When you think of future Martian habitats. What do they look like? The Mars Home That NASA Awarded $500K.

A Squat half-buried dome that has no window, which is scary and boring, but what about Marsha.

Marsha is an AI space factory that has multiple windows, multiple floors, a private room, and even a skylight.

Above all NASA loves it!

NASA is figuring out how to send a human to Mars but when it comes to living on Mars, they decided to ask the public for help.

In 2010 NASA launched 3D printed habitat challenge. Over the years it is held multiple stages of the challenge that started with a virtual design. Challengers compete not only for bragging rights but also for money.

The first prize was half a million dollars. Challengers were judged by multiple criteria, including the material they used, the structure durability, and how airtight it was.

After four days of building and judging NASA announced the winner.

The winner was AI Space Factory.

Making of Marsha

The Material used in Marsha is made of Basalt Composite, something that no other competitors used, the AI Space Factory said it could be easily made on Mars because Mars has basalt speckled all across its surface. Once you have a good amount of basalt it is mixed with some plant-based polymers when you are on Mars.

Secondly, you will need a Robot to 3D print the Marsha (house) and other stuff like windows. The prototype by AI space Factory is only a third of the size that team invasion on Mars.

The Mars Home That NASA Awarded $500K. This prototype alone took 30 hours to complete from start to finish. The team during construction had to step in and help machines a few times but on Mars, the entire process will be fully autonomous because on Mars there won’t be many people to help.

This Basalt Composite is an effective shield against the high-energy radiation at Mars. Mars has very strong radiation. A person living on Mars unprotected from radiation would receive about five thousand times more radiation than Earth. That is more than enough to cause cancer.

Some experts said that any freestanding building on Mars is a bad idea, specifically because of the High-radiation, which is why some concepts proposed for Martian habitats are underground and look like nuclear fallout shelters.

Marsha designers said that homes above the ground are essential to the long term success of life on Mars. Moreover, he said isn’t psychological health also mission-critical.

NASA for years has been testing how humans withstand long periods of isolation.

Marsha Interior

Marsha has multiple floors each with a purpose, the first contains a wet lab. On the other floor there is a kitchen and dry lab and on the third floor a hydroponic Garden, bathrooms, and sleeping quarters, and on the top a Gym and recreation center, there are multiple windows throughout the home.

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