Mars Terraforming Program Mission Cycle Chart I by wblack
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Mars Terraforming Program Mission Cycle Chart I
MST- CL/PLV & MST Payload Return
This is an on-going series -- previous posts are linked below.
The operations cycle illustrates the functioning of the Mission Support Transporter, its automated reconfiguration for different legs of the operations cycle, and the function of the Cargo Lander Payload Launch Vehicle in its core mission purpose: to support resource recovery operations on Callisto and return those resources to Mars where they can be employed in Martian terraforming operations.
All models are my own. Models constructed in Bryce 6.5 and rendered in Bryce 7 Pro.
As always thank you for your interest, thoughtful comments, and encouragement.
Mars Colony Terraforming Program Image Links:
Mars Colony: The Expanding Frontier
Discarding Stages
Discarding Stages: A New Perspective
Prospecting Callisto
Callisto Production Field
Flight Control Station
Command & Control Deck
Crew Quarters
Mars Colony Heavy Lift Nuclear SSTO
Mars Colony Nuclear SSTO Launch
Mars Colony Nuclear SSTO Approach to Touchdown
Nuclear SSTO Orbital Operations
Nuclear SSTO Diagram
Mars Terraforming Program Orion Launch Site
Callisto Orbital Loading Operation
Dusk Orbit: Mission Support Transporter Unloading
Mars Terraforming Program Vehicle Class Chart
Mars Terraforming: The Growth of Industry
Orion Impulse Launcher Assembly
Outward Bound
Comments (13)
texboy
another tour de force, bud! I'd be interested to know if your areoforming scheme includes any of the ideas from the Red/Green/Blue Mars books, such as the soletta, mohole drilling, and nuking the permafrost....
geirla
Very well done! Great looking chart.
flavia49
marvelous work
NefariousDrO
You're modeling work is stunning, the ships are highly realistic and superbly detailed. Brilliant job!
peedy
Fantastic! I so love your very detailed modeling/models. :-) Corrie
thecytron
Interesting detailed presentation!
shayhurs
Well done on the Preso!
A3DLover
Nice presentation, interesting models.
Pierrot_Lunaire
Wonderful work!
WZRD
Top notch work here! I'm sure such wholesale alteration of the native environment would upset all the greenies (or would they be "reddies'?
wblack
WZRD The only constant in the universe is change – the notion of “preserving the natural environment” is a delusional irrationality – we see no evidence of any “preservation” what-so-ever in the action of natural forces. It is an idea that fails, as it is detached from reality. All life forms alter their environment by virtue of their very presence. All life forms prey on other living things or otherwise use natural resources in pursuit of their own survival – human beings included. The notion that humans need curtail or limit technological tools or pursuit of their comfort, survival, or success (along with wealth and happiness) is suicidal – the product of those who hate existence.
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent.
wblack
Hi texboy, Note:Response revised to reflect changes in link posted as part of response. I have not actually read the entirety of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red/Green/Blue Mars trilogy – largely my ideas come from articles on the subject. I’ve posted material from a detailed article on the methodologies of terraforming here (Link): Martian Terraforming Atmospheric Diffusion Plant. The method’s I’ve adopted for my series are employed in stages over a span of 500 years. The first step involves deploying mirrors made of thin aluminized PET film to reflect sunlight onto the Martian poles (both northern and southern) thereby warming them and releasing carbon dioxide and water vapor. Concurrent with this, is importation of first ammonia and then methane – both of which are available in the moons of Jupiter and Saturn – Callisto and Titan are primary targets. Ammonia and Methane are both powerful green house gasses and (released in quantity over long spans of time) would thicken the Martian atmosphere and raise the global temperature, melting permafrost locked oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor. Some experts believe there is sufficient oxygen locked up in permafrost to provide a human breathable atmosphere, and this would be released should the ambient temperature be maintained at sufficient levels, however nitrogen is likely lacking. Importation of nitrogen from Titan is the longest and final stage of the process. The evolution of these resource recovery operations – along with the duration of time they need be carried out, and the distances which must be traversed form the basis and impetus for a solar system wide industrial civilization.