Martian settlement with a few hundred people

SpaceBull · 2005-10-08 05:33:10

Here is a render I made yesterday. It shows a Martian settlement with a capacity of a few hundred people. It doesn't depend on big greenhouses because machines in the central circular building take care of ensuring a stable indoor atmosphere, and making the most essential nutrients. The tallest building was dropped down by parachute while the others are constructed locally.

(I used POV-Ray for making this render. POV-Ray is like all great software free and fair)

evilcitizen · 2005-10-15 02:27:39

Very nice. Have you seen the images on the ESA website for the artists impressions of future Mars vehicles? You should check them out, maybe give you more ideas.

SpaceBull · 2005-10-16 08:13:12

Very nice. Have you seen the images on the ESA website for the artists impressions of future Mars vehicles? You should check them out, maybe give you more ideas.

I did not really find any at the ESA site. My main concern when making the vehicles in the render was to maximize the internal volume and minimize the surface area. I think that is what you have to do if you want to make a pressurized vehicle as light as possible. I also considered making a tractor-like unpressurized vehicle optimized to drag heavy stuff around on the surface. The water-tank in the picture is for farming krill - these wonderful small shrimp-like creatures that is the foundation of all life in the Arctic.

Siegfried · 2005-10-16 16:30:15

Very cool picture! I'm probably going to start drawing stuff to that effect, but not nearly as neat. Is that program like a Fractal Image program?

SpaceBull · 2005-10-16 16:43:56

Very cool picture! I'm probably going to start drawing stuff to that effect, but not nearly as neat. Is that program like a Fractal Image program?

Thanks!

POV-Ray is based on scripting, and can be downloaded for free at http://www.povray.org/ . Here is a sample script to give an idea on how it is used:

#include "metals.inc"
#include "colors.inc"
#include "stones.inc"
//1.Camera
camera {location <0, 5, -10> direction <0, 0, 2.25> right x*1.33 look_at <0,0,0>}
//2.Light
light_source{<-200,200,-200> color White*1.1}
//3.Floor
plane { y,0 texture{T_Stone17}}
//4.Ball
sphere {<0,1,0>,1 texture {T_Gold_1A}}

The image:

noosfractal · 2005-10-16 17:07:49

SpaceBull Mars

SpaceBull · 2005-10-16 17:17:20

SpaceBull Mars

That is a great render! It is unfortunately not one of mine though.

noosfractal · 2005-10-16 17:50:30

That is a great render! It is unfortunately not one of mine though.

I meant that is what you want Mars to look like one day
.

Siegfried · 2005-10-16 21:48:11

Well, I dont' know about SpaceBull, but that is not my Mars, but is my Aldebaran Spaceport from ZAQ1, the SciFi book I'm hoping to finish someday.
My version of a terraformed Mars is a purely-recreational...um...national park with minimal settlement by responsible people. That's my idyllic Mars, to tell the truth. I may be interested in Government, that's my hobby, but this is exactly how I would want it, though it's probably impossible. I'm a Green-Red.

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