Mission 2 Mars: Project Baraka
Since the
beginning of humanity, we look up to the stars and wonder what is waiting there
for us. Will we ever be able to cross the borders of our solar system and
travel to distant galaxies?
50 years
ago we came a step closer to this question with the first moon landing.
Now is the
time to take the next big step and visit planet Mars.
Project
Baraka should make this visit possible. Manned with capable astronauts,
equipment, greenhouses, 4 transport ferries and powered only by the power of
sunlight, this project represents the beginning of a constantly manned station
on and around Mars.
At the
beginning of this entry was the great solar sail, which should
propel the space ship Baraka (named after the light ship from "Star Trek DS9") on the way to Mars. I liked the idea of a
fuel-less drive, even though I later discovered that with this size of the spaceship, the solar sail would have to be many times larger than shown
here. But the model looks imo nice and that's
why I left it that way :)
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