6th Six Weeks Project

Mars Millennium


NASA has set a goal of establishing a permanent colony on the planet Mars by 2035. You are a member of the NASA team designing the habitat for the colony. Your task is to design a habitat to allow the colonists to enjoy a good quality of life, not just exist, on Mars. You must account for more that just the four survival needs, air, water, food, shelter. If they are all that is in your plan you will receive a 75. The project will be The deadline for this project is May 27thth.



You do not have to limit your selves to existing technology. You could include a future invention in your colony. If you do include something new in your colony describe it.


You may complete this assignment one of three ways:

            1. A model

            2. A 4 page written report

            3. A series of drawings


If your do a model or drawings they must be clearly labeled so I can tell what everything is and what it is used for.


Your model, drawings, or report should indicate why you thought something was important.


I have purposely not provided detailed instructions. This is a way for you to use your imagination (imagineering, as Disney called it) in a scientific creative way. It should be clear from your project why you made the choices you did.


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