Phase 3: Level 1 of NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge
Marsha is a proposal for a habitat on the surface of Mars built autonomously using local and mission-generated materials.
DESIGN TEAM
Jeffrey Montes (lead)
David I. Malott
Sima Shahverdi
David Riedel
Michael Bentley
Tony Jin
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
Structural engineering – Thornton Tomasetti
(Dennis C.K. Poon, Chi Chung Tse, Saravanan Panchacharam, Hao Chen)
Lighting design – Haniyeh Mirdamadi, Arup
Concrete design – Dr. Victor Li, University of Michigan
Polymer design – Techmer PM
Mars geochemistry – Dr. Scott McLennan, Stony Brook University
Planetary physics – Dr. Philip Metzger, University of Central Florida
Systems and civil engineering – Dr. Paul van Susante, Michigan Tech
ISRU/ robotics – Dr. Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics
Basalt construction – PISCES
Building energy performance - Duncan Phillips, RWDI