I've got a base on Mars...yes, no fancy one-off mods of hacking involved ...just standard parts available.
That said, it truly is difficult to maintain after initial landing, you know the fuel needed (and hypothetical consumables involved I pretend are also being resupplied)
But there's also a solution for that mission as well in the form of a specialized Mars resupply package that gets dropped to surface via parachutes. Pic of that to follow this disclosure of the primary excursion lander/rover system.
Utilizing two launchers, and two separate launches, the primary excursion mission vehicle gets delivered to a low Earth parking orbit, for rendezvous and assembly of it's two sections. Use of docking adapters have proven very useful for assembly or reconfiguration of systems during missions. The use of explosive joints also has its place at certain locations like one time deployments from launch vehicle.
That said, it truly is difficult to maintain after initial landing, you know the fuel needed (and hypothetical consumables involved I pretend are also being resupplied)
But there's also a solution for that mission as well in the form of a specialized Mars resupply package that gets dropped to surface via parachutes. Pic of that to follow this disclosure of the primary excursion lander/rover system.
Utilizing two launchers, and two separate launches, the primary excursion mission vehicle gets delivered to a low Earth parking orbit, for rendezvous and assembly of it's two sections. Use of docking adapters have proven very useful for assembly or reconfiguration of systems during missions. The use of explosive joints also has its place at certain locations like one time deployments from launch vehicle.
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