Colonization of Mars

Nonprofit hopes to build a permanent colony on Mars

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RESTRICTIONS: NONE For story suggestions please contact tips@nextanimation.com.tw The race to Mars has begun. SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk announced that the company will send people to the red planet by 2024 and would reveal plans for colonization in September, the Los Angeles Times reported. Meanwhile, a nonprofit group also aims to establish permanent Mars colonies, sending the first group of astronauts by 2026. Mars One has developed a mission plan to colonize Mars. It has already selected six teams of four individuals. The first team will begin training next year, according to the Mars One website. In 2020, Mars One will launch a communications satellite to the red planet. Between 2022 and 2025, a series of rovers will land and assemble the habitats. The colony will have livable habitats, a life support unit and a communications system. RUNDOWN SHOWS: 1. Colony on Mars 2. Satellite orbits Mars 3. Rover sent to mars with materials 4. Living Unit (exterior) 5. Living Unit (interior) 6. ECLSS Unit (exterior, gas extraction) 7. ECLSS Unit (exterior, electricity generation) 8. ECLSS Unit (interior, water extraction and purification) 9. Satellite orbits Mars and sun 10. Satellite orbits Mars and sun (upper view, transmission) 11. Satellite orbits Mars and sun (upper view, loss transmission) 12. Advance Mars colony VOICEOVER (in English): “Nonprofit foundation Mars One has developed a plan to colonize Mars. It has already selected six teams of four individuals and the first team will begin training next year.” “In 2020, Mars One will launch a communications satellite to the red planet.” “Between 2022 and 2025, a series of rovers will land and assemble livable habitats, which include a life support unit and a communications system.” “The living unit will house an inflatable living section and an airlock used by astronauts when leaving the sealed, habitable settlement.” “The unit will include materials for the construction of rooms, floors and electrical outlets, and comes equipped with showers and kitchen areas.” “Additional units will arrive and be constructed as new teams join the colony.” “Attached the to living unit is the environmental control and life support system. The system will feed nitrogen and argon gas extracted from Mars’ atmosphere into the habitable space as inert gases.” “Thin film solar photovoltaic panels will be included to generate electricity.” “The life support system will be equipped with heating units to boil and extract water from ice in the planet’s soil. Once the astronauts have landed, it will also be in charge of water purification and removal of carbon dioxide from the living unit atmosphere.” “The colony’s communication system will include two orbiting satellites: one around Mars and one around the sun. The satellite orbiting Mars will only be interrupted when Mars is positioned between it and Earth.” “To counter the lapse, the second satellite orbiting the sun will intercept and relay the transmission, allowing almost 24/7 communication with Earth.” “The colony will lose transmission only when the sun is between Mars and Earth and Mars is between its satellite and Earth simultaneously.” "Mars One will launch a team of four members every two years, starting in 2026. It will take a year after departing Earth for a team to land on the surface of Mars. The organization hopes to train and send new teams, even after the initial six have colonized the planet.” SOURCES: Mars One, Engadget, Los Angeles Times, NASA http://www.mars-one.com/ http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/26/mars-faced-an-ice-age-400-000-years-ago-and-its-still-recoveri/ http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-mars-20160602-snap-story.html http://mars.nasa.gov/ *** For story suggestions please contact tips@nextanimation.com.tw For technical and editorial support, please contact: Asia: +61 2 93 73 1841 Europe: +44 20 7542 7599 Americas and Latam: +1 800 738 8377 ----------------------------------------­­---------------------------------------­-­---------------- Next Animation Studio’s News Direct service provides daily, high-quality, informative 3D news animations that fill in for missing footage and help viewers understand breaking news stories or in-depth features on science, technology, and health. Sign up for a free trial of News Direct's news animations at http://newsdirect.nextanimation.com.tw/Reuters.aspx To subscribe to News Direct or for more info, please visit: http://newsdirect.nextanimation.com.tw/Index.aspx