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#1 2005-10-08 05:33:10

SpaceBull
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Re: Martian settlement with a few hundred people

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.

mars2035750x5636lh.jpg

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


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#2 2005-10-15 02:27:39

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Re: Martian settlement with a few hundred people

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.

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#3 2005-10-16 08:13:12

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Re: Martian settlement with a few hundred people

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.


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#4 2005-10-16 16:30:15

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Re: Martian settlement with a few hundred people

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?


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#5 2005-10-16 16:43:56

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Re: Martian settlement with a few hundred people

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:
simple6bk.jpg


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#6 2005-10-16 17:07:49

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#7 2005-10-16 17:17:20

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Re: Martian settlement with a few hundred people

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


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#8 2005-10-16 17:50:30

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Re: Martian settlement with a few hundred people

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  smile
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#9 2005-10-16 21:48:11

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Re: Martian settlement with a few hundred people

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. big_smile


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