Use of Robotically Hollowed Out Moon of Mars as a Mars Space Station

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Jan 2002

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IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA.,

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For long term manned exploration and colonization of Mars it is necessary to develop a space station as a way station to and from the Earth. The author proposes that one of the Moons of Mars could be converted into a permanent hollowed out space station. This could be done robotically before any manned mission to Mars arrives in orbit around Mars. In the construction industry there already exists small robotic tunneling devices that are used underground in urban settings. With excavated tunnels being completed by remotely controlled operators when a manned vehicle arrives from Earth with a crew all that would be needed to be done is seal the tunnels underneath the surface of one of the Moons of mars and then either erect tent like structures in the tunnels or seal up the actual surfaces of the tunnels so that it could be shirt sleeve rated. The hollowed out space station for Mars could be a permanent structure. Because the station would be inside the Moon the threat of micro-meteorites would be non-existent. If more space was needed then all that would be needed is to excavate more of the Moons. Also by using robots to tunnel the structure would be complete before the manned mission would arrive.

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