Preliminary design considerations for the M.A.R.S. wastewater treatment system: Physico-chemical or living machine

• Main Authors: David M. Blersch, Erik Biermann, Patrick Kangas Ph. D
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Devon Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.664.1203; http://marspapers.org/papers/Blersch_1999.pdf

The Mars Society has been preparing designs for a terrestrial-based analog human habitat for Mars. The Mars Arctic Research Station (M.A.R.S.), currently in the design phase, is slated for construction beginning in July of 2000 in Haughton Crater on Devon Island in northern Canada. An important comp...