GALILEO MARS BASE

GALILEO MARS BASE
Named after Galileo Galilei, a revolutionary scientist and astronomer, and the father of the scientific method .
This Mars base originates from a new technology: 3D-printed houses.
In the inital trip(s) to Mars, the transport would only carry the astronauts, a mining module and equipment, resources, scientific equipment, and a large, house-making 3D printer.
The region of settlement will be first surveyed for presence of necessary resources (metal ore, subterranean water, materials to produce concrete from regolith.
When they settle onto Mars, at first, the astronauts will live in the mining/manufacturing module.
They will generate Oxygen and Nitrogen, necessary to create and maintain a breathable environment. These can both be extracted from the martian atmosphere, which is thin compared to that on earth, but contains all the necessary gasses.
Water can be generated chemically and/or harvested from subterranean deposits. Polar ice caps are an