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D. Gomez1, A. Theinat1, Y. Lu2, & Y. Zhang1

,1Lyles School of Civil Eng. 2School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Purdue University

Engineering 2169

Future of Resilient Human Settlements

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1969

BoilerMaker! Apollo 11First manned lunar

landing Now

2169?

Mars InSight landing

2050

Human on Mars

Columbus sailed to Asia

Where is the next frontier…

Moon Mars 3

Look again at that dot.That’s here.That’s home.That’s us!

Carl Sagan, 2004

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Our vision…

...establish long-term resilient habitats 5

Extreme temperature

Meteoriteimpact

Seismic activity

Radiation

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How to live there? Lava tubes on Earth.

(Larger sizes are found on other planets).

Habitats above & under ground

www.spacex.com

7https://www.valentinasumini.com/mars-city-presentation

www.azorobotics.com

Sustainable resilient habitat construction

In-situ resources utilization Additive manufacturing

Northwest,2018

Purdue,2018 8

http://www.3ders.org/

www.azorobotics.com

Engineering & Science maps the future

Infrastructure and integrated technologies needed to enable permanent, self-sufficient and thriving human settlements away from Earth

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D. Gomez1, A. Theinat1, Y. Lu2, & Y. Zhang1

,1Lyles School of Civil Eng. 2School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Purdue University

Engineering 2169

Future of Resilient Human Settlements

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