Space Exploration Projects
SpaceXCoin will collaborate and assist funding for the following projects:
AI SPACE FACTORY: DESIGN OF MARS HABITAT (MARSHA)
AI SpaceFactory was announced the ultimate winner from over 60 entries into the NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. Using fibers known to be found on Mars (basalt) and materials that are effective shields for radiation (PLA), they achieved their first print, a recyclable polymer composite structure. Company’s 15-foot tall prototype was commended for its highly automated print and its innovative biodegradable and recyclable material that withstood NASA’s pressure, smoke, and impact tests better than its concrete competitors.
Ref: Ai Space Factory, New York, USA
AI SPACE FACTORY: DESIGN OF MARS HABITAT (MARSHA)
AI Space Factory was announced the ultimate winner from over 60 entries into the NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge.
Using fibers known to be found on Mars (basalt) and materials that are effective shields for radiation (PLA), they achieved their first print, a recyclable polymer composite structure. Company’s 15-foot tall prototype was commended for its highly automated print and its innovative biodegradable and recyclable material that withstood NASA’s pressure, smoke, and impact tests better than its concrete competitors.
Ref: AI Space Factory, New York, USA
NORTHROP GRUMMAN: Roots in the Sky: An Astronaut's Guide to Farming on Mars
The first thing to look at when it comes to farming on Mars would be the limitations.
There are quite a few challenges awaiting future Terran transplants, including locating water and nutrients, removing toxins, and finding space for growing crops. One of he biggest obstacles in Earth’s agricultural industry is lack of land/space too! Human mastery of genetics is growing. It is increasingly possible for us to engineer life forms such as those living on the outside of the International Space Station that find the current surface of Mars appealing. Even without terraforming Mars, we might be able to raise plants that will, with the right encouragement, take root in the new earth.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: How to Grow Vegetables on Mars?
Plants grown in potting mix under the same environmental conditions served as “controls,” and the simulant regolith (soil) is based to a large extent on volcanic rock from the Mojave Desert.
MSS, which tends to be denser, is available online and comes from NASA’s chemical analysis of Martian samples. However, the actual regolith on Mars contains perchlorates that are dangerous to humans. So, once on Mars, this hazardous chemical will have to be removed before the actual soil is used. Also, the sunlight on Mars is weaker, which affects growing conditions.
Reference: Edward Guinan, Ph.D., is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Villanova University. Mars Gardens project 2018.
Reference: Edward Guinan, Ph.D., is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Villanova University. Mars Gardens project 2018.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Research on Martian Gravity Research shows resveratrol may counteract muscle atrophy in space travel.
According to a new report on research in rats published in Frontiers in Physiology,
the first humans who set foot on the red planet might benefit from moderate amounts of resveratrol, an ingredient found in grapes and blueberries, to help prevent muscle atrophy during such a mission. The researchers caution, however, that it remains unclear whether the benefits will translate to humans and, if so, how much resveratrol would be needed to prevent the effects of microgravity in astronauts during space travel.
Reference: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/martian-gravity
SpaceXCoin team will continue to engage engineering students around the world to focus on Martian Gravity and solve our muscle and bodily issues.
NASA: Multigenerational Independent Colony for Extraterrestrial Habitation, Autonomy, and Behavior Health (MICEHAB)
Can humans have babies on Mars?
It is unknown “ if humans can successfully reproduce in space, whether that’s during spaceflight or on another planet.
To be clear, having sex in (much) lower gravity is a simple physics problem. But a host of unknowns swirl around how space environments affect the actual biological sequences of events that must unfold with precision for a new human to grow, from fertilization to weaning. (NASA 2014)”
Reference: National Aeronautics & Space Administration, “Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, Pioneering Space: NASA’s next steps on the path to Mars.” May 29, 2014, http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Pioneering-space- final-052914b.pdf [Accessed: July 1, 2015]
Reference: National Aeronautics & Space Administration, “Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, Pioneering Space: NASA’s next steps on the path to Mars.” May 29, 2014, http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Pioneering-space- final-052914b.pdf [Accessed: July 1, 2015]
