Mars Habitats

This is a subtopic of the main page, Life on Mars.

The habitats are the shelters for all living beings brought from Earth or grown there. They must be resistant to radiation and have air and temperature control systems to simulate Earth conditions.

They are modular environment made up of multiple inflatable units, and will comprise about 1000m³ of total living space, one forth for each inhabittant.

As the habitat will be modular, and constructed using fully redundant systems, even if one inflatable unit is damaged beyond repair, the habitat will still be secure and fully functional, and there will be enough remaining volume available for relatively comfortable living until a replacement unit can be delivered.

The most important module of the habitat is the Life Support Unit, which will be responsible for extracting water and oxygen from the ground and keeping the closed environments Earth-like.