Mars One is a Dutch initiative to establish a human colony on Mars by 2025. Several questions remain concerning he feasibility of the mission, in this presentation a general outline of the mission is presented and the radiation hazards are discussed.
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Mars One: A hoax or a new approach for space funding?
1. Mars One: a hoax or a new
approach for space funding?
Quirijn Frederix
2.
3. Table of contents
• The idea
• Roadmap
• Issues
• Radiation
• Types of radiation
• Effect on molecular level
• Radiation exposure during mission
• Radiation shielding
• Conclusion
4. Table of contents
• The idea
• Roadmap
• Issues
• Radiation
• Types of radiation
• Effect on molecular level
• Radiation exposure during mission
• Radiation shielding
• Conclusion
5. The idea
“... It would just be the greatest
adventure. Ever. We need
things that are exciting and
inspiring, it can’t just be about
solving some awful problem.“
7. The idea
• Dutch NPO founded in 2011
• Humans on Mars by 2025
• $6 billion price tag
• Advisory board with
respectable reputation
• One-way trip...
8. Table of contents
• The idea
• Roadmap
• Issues
• Radiation
• Types of radiation
• Effect on molecular level
• Radiation exposure during mission
• Radiation shielding
• Conclusion
9. Roadmap
• Start crew selection
• 202,586 applicants
• 4 Rounds
• Right now: round 2 interviews,
663 applicants left (4 Belgians)
• Darlow Smithson Productions
obtained broadcasting rights
• 6 teams of 4 will start 7-8 year
training program
10. Roadmap
• Start astronaut training
• 7-8 year programme
• Technical training
• Personal training
• Group training
(simulation
outpost)
11. Roadmap
• Demonstration mission
• Lander: test water extraction capabilities
and solar power generation
• Contractor: Lockheed Martin
• Communication satellite: Provide
communication link with earth
• Contractor: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
12. Roadmap
• Rover mission
• Rover and trailer: search for fitting
landing place and prepare it, move
future modules
• Communication satellite in L5 point
13. Roadmap
• Cargo Missions
• 2 life support systems
• 2 habitable modules (including crop
growth area)
• 2 supply units
• Rover will roll out solar arays,
provide regolith for water
production and cover modules with
regolith for radiation shielding
14. Roadmap
• Mars Transit Vehicle
• Transit habitat + lander + propellant
tanks assembled by assembly team
• Departure of crew
15. Roadmap
• Arrival on Mars
• 48-hour recovery period
• Move to habitable modules
• Connect all modules and start
building the settlement
• Few weeks later; cargo for second
crew arrives
16. Roadmap
• Total cost: $6B, $4B per subsequent crew of 4
• Return mission estimate: $50-100B
• London Olympics; Nearly $4B in broadcasting
revenue
17. Table of contents
• The idea
• Roadmap
• Issues
• Radiation
• Types of radiation
• Effect on molecular level
• Radiation exposure during mission
• Radiation shielding
• Conclusion
18. Issues
• Ethical aspects
• Every additional crew costs $4B: is this
sustainable?
• Physical state of astronauts upon arrival on Mars
• Reliability of the rovers
• Closed life support systems
• Bacterial contamination
• Psychological effects
19. Table of contents
• The idea
• Roadmap
• Issues
• Radiation
• Types of radiation
• Effect on molecular level
• Radiation exposure during mission
• Radiation shielding
• Conclusion
20. Radiation: types of radiation
• Van Allen belts: Electrons <6MeV, Protons
<250MeV
• Galactic Cosmic Radiation (GCR): Protons
(85%), α-particles (12%), electrons & positrons
(2%), heavy ions (1%), γ-rays
anti-correlated with solar activity
• Solar Energetic Particles (SEP): “Low” energy
protons & electrons, some heavy ions
21. Radiation: effect on molecular level
• DNA-strand breaks
• Linear Energy Transfer (LET): 𝐿 =
𝑑𝐸
𝑑𝑙
23. Radiation exposure during mission
• Trip to Mars: 1.84 mSv/day (From MSL
measurements, 5.4% of dose was from SEPs)
180 day trip 386 mSV
• Radiation dose on Mars: ≈0.64 mSv/day (From
Curiosity measurements)
After 2 years and 8 months, limit of 1
Sv reached
Radiation shielding necessary!
24. Radiation shielding
• Water reserves as radiation shield
• 5m of Martian regolith on habitable modules
to limit radiation to 11 mSv/year 55 years
25. Table of contents
• The idea
• Roadmap
• Issues
• Radiation
• Types of radiation
• Effect on molecular level
• Radiation exposure during mission
• Radiation shielding
• Conclusion
26. Conclusion
• Humans will go to Mars in the (near) future
• Mars One tries to achieve this by 2025, the
mission is already in full swing but first big
hurdles still need to be encountered
• Many issues remain relating to the mission
plan (feasibility, ethical aspects, CLS systems,...)
• Radiation effects can be overcome to a degree
though a lot of research still needs to be
conducted
Editor's Notes
$400M for total mission, design lander similar to Phoenix lander, 0,5-2l water extracted. $250k-€60k, Indiegogo $313k/400k, Investment fund agreement to fund entire mission
Mutations/Cell death
Deterministic effect/stochastic effect
Shielding probably not vastly different, so approximately the same. SEP highly unpredictable so can be a lot higher.
Mars has no magnetic field and thing atmosphere.
Also take in to account that GCR and SEP depend on solar activity
1 Sv is 4-5.5% risk of fatal cancer and 0.8% risk of hereditary effect on future offspring