The Cute Solution
There is a great deal of interest from national space agencies to go to the Moon and Mars. ESA wants to go to the Moon and establish a village there. NASA wants to go to Mars. Astronauts and Cosmonauts from all over the world are already living aboard the ISS. What can they do in their free time? It can’t be all about reading books or game play on computers. Think of new sports or games that could take into account the low gravity (e.g. a space lacrosse game, extreme basketball). What about real or virtual experiences involving the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon? Or following the paths of Sojourner, Spirit or Curiosity on Mars using a form of cross-country skiing? Think of new ways for to astronauts to use their free time. To present your results develop an app that makes use of virtual reality tools.
We designed a house for astronauts on Mars. It is supposed to be an underground building to avoid radiation and space winds. To increase the efficiency of the building we planned to build it in the lava tubes. While being underground it has natural insulation, which is reached by using an optical system. This system is above the building and focus the sunlight and efficiently deliver the light below. Tracking mechanisms capture the natural light by following the path of the sun throughout the day, before reflecting this light towards the concentrator .Tubes deliver the concentrated sunlight underground. The natural light is also used for growing plants and we deliver CO2 from living zone to the green one by the tubes, and oxygen is sent to living zone by another tube. We also use the waste water for growing plants.
