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FULL SELF-RELIANCE (FSR)


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Box of Electronics
Shipping from Earth to the Moon or Mars can be very expensive. UNLESS, the part is so small that it makes up only a small portion of a kilogram. Electronics fit this category.

A box containing a single metric tonne of electronics would cost only about $1,000 to ship. Each box could hold about 2,000 CPU-sized computer chips. So, this comes to about only 50 cents per CPU to ship. If the latest, greatest AMD CPU costs $500 then the shipping cost would be 1/1,000th the cost of the chip. So, far better to just ship the chips rather than spend the effort to make them off Earth. The same holds true for medications.

How long would 2,000 CPUs sufficiently supply a small, self-reliant colony if, for whatever reason, the Starships ever stopped coming from Earth? Well, how long does a CPU last us? We usually throw out our computers not because the CPUs burn out but because something better comes along. So our CPUs can last for 50 years or more. So, a small, independent colony using 100 CPUs would have sufficient supply to last 1,000 years. We need more than CPUs so the supply wouldn't last that long but it gives you an idea about how sufficient stockpiling can buy a small, self-reliant colony a long time to implement protocols to build crude, but good enough replacement components.


Chip Fab
Would we ever need to produce our own computer chips off Earth. Our box with 2,000 CPUs suggest that it wouldn't be simpler and cheaper to just ship the chips. But if, for whatever reason, craft stopped coming from Earth, eventually stockpiles would run out. In that situation, some basic level of computer chips would need to be produced locally. Our concept is to melt dirt into glass and then 3D print n-type, p-type, conductor, and resistive material onto that surface. Where these metals touch, that works as a transistor. The first CPU was the 4004. We have the diagram of that chip and it appears as though one needs about 400 x 600 lines to create that pattern. This is within the capability of a basic 3D printer. Then, that CPU could be integrated with locally-produced parts to exponentially produce more 3D printers. And from there, the production of other parts. Our display is of three 2" x 3" transparent layers with aligned patterns to illustrate the concept.

Cryo Preservation
This cryogenic storage container illustrates how biologic specimen can be stored for a very long time. Even a small colony could ensure long-term genetic viability by storing gametes. Studies from 1980s specimen show that viability does not decrease over time. A 100 ton version of cryogen storage could also be used to store the entirety of scientifically described species on Earth. Stored in a constructed cave at one of the lunar poles, it could serve not only as a back-up but also a BioPreserve to restore extinct species.

Hab Within a Hab
How can you make a habitat of within the indoor environment of a hab of equal size? We think that this is possible by having a spheroid hab and then construct sections of another spheroid hab but compressed down into sort of a blood cell shape.

Paraterraformation
We would like to develop a table-top diorama of a paraterraformed area. This would be a small-scale modeled environment including simulated grass trees, bushes, etc covered by a tether-flattened, clear plastic dome.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FSR Section
The FSR Project
The Mars Context
Survival Requirements
Genetic Viability


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