ABSTRACT

The year is 2050 the planet has surpassed the reversible period of controlling climate change damage. The
Earth is vulnerable to ecological and natural disasters. Our team has come up with an imaginative and
innovative way to establish colonisation on Mars.

Our settlement is made on the lava-free part of a plain on mars called ‘Acidalia Planitia’. This is because this
plain has the highest uranium density since mining uranium for fusion is be one of the main source of
electricity along with solar panels and piezoelectricity.

Crops like Potatoes, Broccoli, Onion along with others will be grown using aeroponics. since this ensures
less water-wastage. Secondly, we will make use of 3D bio-printers for 3D printing edible meat which is a
healthier alternative.

Most of the labour including construction, mining, house hold work etc. will be done by various automations
and robots. There are even medical robots that would be precise and accurate enough to perform surgery.
Aside from that, automation systems have been provided for personal use including a pet robot.

As far as residencies go, there are 3 different types residencies for luxury stays, scientific research facilities
and lodging for refugees.

One crucial factor about our settlement is that no resource is wasted. Instead, most of the resources have
been recycled: Organic waste is being repurposed to make biofuel, leftover hydrogen from spaceships are
being reused to make water etc.

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PLACEMENT OF SETTLEMENT

Our settlement will be made on the lava-free part of a plain on mars called

‘Acidalia Planitia’. This is because this plain has the highest uranium
density on mars and therefore, with the help of mining robots, abundant

uranium will be obtained. Also, this place has a stable temperature, making it more comfortable for our
inhabitants. Image Credits: businessinsider.com (click here for image)
MAGNETIC FIELD

To prevent our settlement from the harmful radiations that the atmosphere of mars may contain, an artificial
magnetic field will be created using a very a large iron ore and pass electricity through it to make it a magnet and
abundant fuel (with less current and more voltage) This fuel would be provided by the methods of electricity
production mentioned below

OXYGEN

The atmosphere of mars has 95% of carbon dioxide, so, CO2 to Oxygen converters will be used on a large scale
to get a large supply of oxygen.

WATER

Some water and hydrogen will be carried on the multiple spaceships coming from earth and the leftover
hydrogen fuel from the spaceships will be reused. This hydrogen will be combined with part of the oxygen
produced to create water . For the making of water we will also be using the process of ‘Effective Collision’.
This process will give us high amount of heat energy to combine the two gases to give the purest form of water.
The process will be performed in orientation barriers and will use solar energy . We will be adding minerals to
make this water drinkable.

ELECTRICITY

Solar Panels: Solar panels would be placed in a large quantity all around
our settlement and on top of each house. The transportation robots will
also help to place additional solar panels in the places receiving the most
sunlight depending upon the position of mars. There wouldn’t be that
much shifting for these additional solar panels since the speed of mars’
revolution around the sun is way slower as compared to earth.

Piezoelectricity: Piezoelectricity consists of piezoelectric

crystals which when applied pressure on, produce electrical
energy. Such piezoelectric devices will be placed all over the
flooring plans in the interior of the houses as well as in all the
roads. With this, electricity would be generated simultaneously
as robots or people walk or vehicles move on roads or as people
will walk in their residencies.

Exercycles: Several buildings are dedicated just for the fitness of people since the muscle mass gets lower as we
spend time in space. In these buildings, several equipment including exercycles which would help in converting
kinetic energy into electrical energy. In this way electricity would be produced simultaneously as the people are
exercising. This electricity will be stored in large nickel-metal hydride batteries due to their greatly large
capacity, quick recharging abilities and environment friendliness. It is expected that by 2070, NiMH batteries
would become way more advanced.

Transparent Solar Panels: For maximum use of solar energy, the windows will contain transparent solar panels
since almost every house will have a window and these solar panels would act as a source of energy as well as
being see-through.

Uranium for Fusion: Uranium will be mined from the surface using the mining robots which will be explained
later (under Technological Engineering) . In the starting few years, uranium will be used directly, but after that
plutonium will be obtained from uranium and use that since plutonium is more efficient.

Biofuel: Biofuels are renewable transportation fuels where organic waste is converted into biofuel to produce
electricity. Transportation robots( please see Technological Engineering) will run on this recycled transportation
fuel.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Martian Concrete Aluminium Oxide Magnesium Aluminate Spinel

This sturdy concrete-like material The surface of mars contains This material is glass like in nature
can be produced using the Martian aluminium from which aluminium and can be used to make windows
soil. This would also help in oxide will be made (using O2) for have more integrity and heat
preventing the wastage of resources heat resistance. resistance. Magnesium is also found
since we are taking it from mars on mars and thus, this also helps in
itself. preventing wastage of resources.
SCALABILITY OF SETTLEMENT
Construction robots will be used to keep adding on to the houses/buildings. This will accommodate the addition
of 50,000 people every 35 years. Along with this multiple container houses will be set up which are basically
small foldable houses. Panelled houses will be used which consists of small detachable panels for the floorings
and walls of a house which then can be easily assembled. Using this, expansion of houses will be feasible.

FOOD PRODUCTION

Aeroponics: Crops would be grown using

aeroponics. Aeroponics is the growing of crops
without the use of soil and reduced water
consumption! Plants like Potatoes, Broccoli,
Carrots, Corn, Cucumber, Onions, Peas, Peppers, Strawberry, Sweet Potato, Tomatoes, and Watermelon, among
many others, have been successfully cultivated using aeroponics.

3d Bio-printing meat: For non-vegetarians, meat will be produced by 3D-Bio printing meat. This is a healthier
alternative, and it also decreases inhumane killing of animals. Technically, since this is not actual meat (but
tastes the same), even vegetarians can eat it.

TEMPORARY SETTLEMENT

When the spaceship from earth will land on mars, the spaceships would be
converted into temporary habitats for the humans to live in the till the settlement
is constructed. These would later be repurposed

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Waste will be recycled and repurposed. The 10% being sent to the landfill
where the waste will be further broken down to make biofuel

ROBOTS

Construction Robot: Tank shaped robot that has 2 bulky arms. It has an
advanced 3d printer on it to print using any material. It contains
materials to 3d print inside it so that it can print at any given time. It can
swap out its hands for any other tool for any task that has to be
performed. It uses Artificial Intelligence to calculate the fastest method
to perform a task. To bear the harsh environment of mars it will be made
of tough materials namely titanium, aluminum, tungsten, and a titanium
alloy. For movement, it will be using treads and thrusters for speed. Powered by solar panels.
 Mining Robot: The robot has a cylindrical container with deep scoops
in it that collect resources while mining. For deeper mining, the robot
has 2 extendable drills for hands to drill through any material on mars
and to dig bigger tunnels. The robot can interchange the cylindrical
scoops for a drill to cover a larger surface area. The drills are made of
cubic boron nitride and the body uses tungsten titanium alloy. Treads
and thrusters are used for more speed. Powered by kinetic energy
transformation system.

Exterior Transportation Robot: An ellipsoid robot. It has an inner

storage compartment to preserve materials for refining. It contains a
frozen CO₂ dispenser for preservation. It has 2 bulky arms for lifting
small materials irrespective of their weight. For bigger materials, it will
have a tray to hold the weight of the materials. It uses aviation kerosene ,
Solar panels for power, ion thrusters and treads for speed

Supervisor Robot: Inbuilt AI to supervise the work done by other robots.

It has the information of all the operations done by different robots. In
case it finds something is varying, it could act or report to a human. The
robot if malfunctioning can be remotely turned off. It has paralyzing
agents for prevention of any sort of crime. Powered by solar energy.

POD (personal operating device): Provided to every person entering the

settlement. It is a lens worn in the eye. The eye lens is based on
Augmented Reality. AR alters one's ongoing perception of the real-world
environment. It will show a screen about the person and can be used to
chat and call someone. It also has remote access to the robots in the
person’s room. It can do many more things such as play music, play
games, show restaurant menus, show the news and television on a huge
screen that will only be visible to the person wearing the lens. It will have
its own Artificial intelligence named A.L.I.C.E. (ARTIFICIAL LABILE
INTELLIGENCE CYBERNATED EXISTENCE).
Pet robot: The owner of the pet robot can customize its name using the POD.
It is a small oval-shaped robot made up of a soft and furry substance so that
the person can cuddle it. It will be 2 feet long and it can play games on the
POD with the person. It can also exercise with the user. It has a face that can
change expressions to show what it needs for example it would act sad when it
is low on charge or needs repairs. It will hover.

Restaurant robot B.A.R.L.E.Y: A robot that will have all the essentials
required for basic cooking. It will have a storage compartment where it will
collect all the used plates and left-over food using it hands. It would be able to
suck up any food particles from the ground using suction pads at its bottom,
simultaneously cleaning the floor and tables.

REPAIRO ROBOT: It is a 5 feet robot that can move fast. It will have 6
hands which can repair the robot very quickly. The 6 different arms can be
equipped with different tools. Whenever there is an ambulance going to save a
person there will be one repairing robot with the ambulance so that in the case
of emergency the repairing robot can do its job there and then. This robot will
be with almost every automation robot to aid in any scenario.

Household robot Butler Martin: It will be a cuboid with a big surface area,
and it can be extended up to 5 ft. It will have 2 extendable hands. These arms
will help the robot to do work such as cooking, cleaning, and helping the
residents. It would have a tablet at the top using which the user would be able
to set a routine for it and give it customized commands. The user can also use
voice commands. For example: - “Hey Martin, can you play Bollywood songs
on shuffle?”, or “Hey Martin, prepare my morning tea with some hardboiled
eggs please”.
Cleaning robot: It is a cylindrical-shaped robot that will work with concept of
nanobots. It has a vacuum cleaner as its feet. This robot will be further divided
into small robots which will have two arms each. These mini robots will spread
throughout the settlement during a specific time and clean it. In case of an
emergency, it can send a signal to the specific robot to help. It will act both as a
surveillance and a cleaning robot.

Human intervention: Humans will have full control over the construction
activities through a temporary server which will be designed for remote human control in the early construction
stages. While en route, whenever any robot malfunctions, humans would be able to take remote control of any of
the robots through control center and would be able to perform any
procedures remotely.

Doctor robot: The Cuboidal 4 feet Robot will attend to all trauma and
urgent cases in every hospital around the settlement. It will have knowledge
of every medical procedure to be done and the skill to perform any medical
surgery ever done. The bot will have a wide array of surgical instruments,
an oxygen cylinder, and other medical equipment and medicines in the
compartment which will be situated in the middle part of its body.

Ambulance robot: This robot will be a big sized tube which will have
things like a bed, oxygen cylinders and tools necessary for medical
treatments. This robot will have two retractable hands which may help in
keeping the human on a bed inside. It will be accompanied by a doctor robot
for critical cases and on sight treatment. It will be a fast-moving robot. It
will be connected to the AI which is the same as that in POD so that if the
POD finds any harm to the owner it can right away call the ambulance robot
and inform the type of harm that has happened like physical harm by illness or accident.

Fire Emergency Robot: These spherical-shaped Bots are stationed at the

fire station and on detection of any fire-related incidents on the settlement,
they would be dispatched from their respective stations. Due to their
extremely lightweight design and the hovering capabilities, they can reach
the scene within minutes. On arrival, the fire bot assesses the situation and
ejects the mixture of halons, foam, and carbon dioxide to extinguish the fire.
During this process the fire bot contacts all maintenance robots and medical
robots for further assistance.
Life Finder: It will be an advanced hovering drone shaped bot within built
GPS and will have retractable hands with a vacuum and hyperloop system
inside it will have a very efficient cooling system using CO₂ and aerogel
insulation will be made outside it will be made out of platinum graphite lead
and thick aerogel it will contain heat sensors and x-ray sensors within built
storage it will be analyzing biological samples and searching for life forms
on Mars surface and will be storing these samples.

Interior Construction Robot: The robot will be spherical with 2 arms on

either side which will be able to perform any construction procedure. For
movement it will contain 3 spider legs and will have ion thrusters .it will be
made out of titanium gold alloy and a layer of tungsten, for a staying in place
the robot will release a powerful suction pad to stick to the surface of the hull
and do the construction it will have a 360 camera for assessment and repair it
using the material stored inside its body it will receive orders on what needs to
be constructed. It can even be controlled manually it will have the ability to lift
approx.200 kg. Will have a 3d printer to print all missing parts. Powered by
solar energy.

Interior Transportation Robot: This would be a cube shaped robot that

would have a monitor and keyboard attached to its front with a 3d printer for
custom orders. It would also be used to understand the size and weight of the
goods so that it can adjust its suspensions and body accordingly. Powered by
solar energy.

Watch-ifier: This will be a custom watch that would be given as a

complimentary gift to exclusive members and scientist. This would show you
the notifications for all your robots. It would tell you if your pet bot is charged,
when the cleaning robot will come, etc. It would have a fitness section, a
music player, and a camera system. There would be a section with included
wireless earplugs for the watch. You can download any app. It would also
have a world clock, facetime and calling features. It would be able to contact
people in space and on Earth. It would be all you need for daily work. It would
be holographic with 3 haptics and gestures.
Communication

Along with PODs(personal operating device), Light Fidelity- LiFi which is data transmission via LEDs or
infrared light will also be used. Along with LiFi, LPWAN (Low Powered wide area network) and WI-MAX are
the two modes of communication which also will be established and will operate between 3.2-5 GHz.

Community layout: Placement of all public and Residential areas

Government and office buildings: There will be a separate legislative, executive and judiciary as
governments. Proper elections will take place and Government buildings will include a court, parliament,
police stations, government offices.

Gathering Spaces: Restaurants, Cafes and Community Centres are available, along with Business Centres,
Meeting spaces and Offices. A variety of themed dining and retail options will be present including Decade
themed restaurants, Chocolate factory inspired dessert cafés and antique stores, ‘space streetwear’ shops and
more.

Education: Education is of prime importance to us. Permanent Residents and in – transit Passengers will learn
online at home. The lessons will also be recorded, and the children can listen to them anytime and anywhere.
Residencies

Ursa Major Manor: This facility provides luxurious living for high profile citizens of up to six people. This is a
two-story, hemispherical residence with a total area of 1700 sq. ft. 13 of these designs are required.

Cassiopeia Condo: This showstopping skyscraper is a sleek accommodation for refugees’ residents. The total
area for one apartment is 1000 ft and for one building is 10,000 sq. ft. (with 10 floors and 8 rooms per floor). 45
of these designs are required.

Virgo Villas: This residence provides modern living for researchers and scientists. It has a customisable room, 2
bedrooms and a luxurious lounge area. The total area is 1200 sq. ft. 13 designs would be required.

Recycling Activities

• Dismantling the spaceship to recycle its material

• Using biodegradable organic waste as a fuel for transportation (methane ore any strong fuel needed to
burn biodegradable waste)
• Fuels from metamorphic rocks
 • bioreactor containing ‘nitrifying’ bacteria and an algae-based photo-bioreactor, the bacteria transform the
urine to feed the algae while the algae take the carbon dioxide exhaled by the rats and convert it into fresh
oxygen.
• Getting water from icy asteroids
• Using plastic waste to make roads

Spacesuit

Six materials have been chosen for testing: Orth fabric, Teflon, nGimat-coated
Teflon, Dacron, Vectren, and Polycarbonate. The test will help select the best
materials for future Mars space suits

Costing

S no. Product Cost

1 Iron ore for magnetic field Rs 4,400/ Ton

2 Solar panels Rs 3,600/ Panel

3 Transparent solar panels Rs 50/ Sq feet

4 Magnesium aluminate spinel Rs 40/ Kg

5 Paneled houses Rs 40,000/ Panel

6 Orth fabric Rs 100/ Meter

7 Teflon Rs 675/ Kg

8 Dacron Rs 50/ Meter

9 Vectran Rs 1,327/ Sq

10 Polycarbonate Rs 102/ Kg

Total Cost: Rs 50,344 per respective

amount