Mars City States: Integrated Model-based Approach - Marufa Bhuiyan - 2021 Mars Society Convention

Mars City State Design for 1,000,000 Population: An Integrated Model-based Approach towards Martian Settlements

Track Code: PA-9

Abstract:
Mars used to be the “God of War '' since ancient Roman civilization but in Sanskrit or Bengali language planet Mars means “মঙ্গল”(Moṅgol) meaning good, welfare, blessings etc. It implies that history and meaning can change as we voyage from the East to West, but it will be unique this time as we explore our universe both in real-time and imaginary time. In this paper, we have designed city states on Mars for 1,000,000 population. An integrated model-based approach can play a major role in designing intelligent and self-sustaining city states on Mars. Based on our research findings on Earth, we understand that an optimization-simulation-ArcGIS-GoogleEarthPro based methodology can be useful for Martian settlements e.g. resource allocation, technology designs, governance, workforce development etc. Some important features are: 1. If one leader can manage/coordinate 1000 people, then 1000 leaders will be needed, 2. Potential locations: Mount Olympus, near the ice caps and craters e.g. Jezero crater, Vallis Marinaris etc., 3. City State#1 Olympus Town will include: I. Spaceport, II. Living habitats, III. Time Capsule, IV. Greenhouses, V. Quarantine Habs, VI. Earth museum, VII. Observatories, VIII. Health Units, IX. Manufacturing warehouses etc. We propose various innovative strategies e.g. Mars Exploration and Governance Assessment (MEGA) Tools, analyzing human factors vs. robots, sanity agreement among the nations, culture and workforce development, aesthetics and equations etc. With proper guidelines and protocols, we envision our unique Martian city states will create an outstanding example for the entire solar system by ensuring equality and growth patterns for every citizen on Mars. Mars Citizenhubs will act as a portal for interplanetary communication and further expansion of human civilization from Earth to Mars and then towards interstellar journeys. Keywords: Mars, 1000000, integrated model, MEGA tools, interplanetary communications.

From the 24th Annual International Mars Society Convention, held as a Virtual Convention worldwide on the Internet from October 14-17, 2021. The four-day International Mars Society Convention, held every year since 1998, brings together leading scientists, engineers, aerospace industry representatives, government policymakers and journalists to talk about the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political-economic developments that could help pave the way for a human mission to the planet Mars.

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