OUTFITTING A MARS HABITAT:�A 3D PRINT CHALLENGE

We emphasized:

• Utility
• Plausibility of printing
• Structural stability
• Easy assembly
• Pleasant design
• Effective print management App

OUR SOLUTION

OUR DESIGN

• Our dream is to make the Mars habitat our future home, so we desired the furniture to be appealing ( Ex. kitchen shelfs design with the golden ratio).
• Afterwards we derived a static analysis, changing our design to avoid failure.
• We also took in mind long term stability of the structures and future scalability and infrastructure designing a 3D printed metal rebar grid to add to our concrete structures.�

What happened to the mars Rover wheel?

• Our design is based on the Perseverance Mars Rover wheel design.
• The wheel tread is made of interlocking plastic tiles. The thickness of the tiles is twice the thickness of the Perseverance tread to compensate for the fact that plastic was used instead of aluminum.
• The pattern indicates the direction of travel of the rover.
• In addition, two metal rings consisting of 12 sections each are bolted into the center of the plastic tread for Increased ring stiffness and to hold the plastic sections together.
• 6 Pieces attach to both metal rings, bridging them together in order to distribute the load transferred through the spoke due to the rover’s weight.
• The spokes are designed from two parts, they function as a connection between the hub and the tread and as suspension due to their curved design.

PRINT MANAGEMENT APP

SPACESHEEP

Paola – Industrial Designer

Alan – Software Engineer

Yehuda - IT

Hillel – Mechanical Engineer

Minerva – Mechanical Engineer

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