Design Blueprint: A Water-Ice Dome Shield for a Mars Habitat: Thickness, In-Situ Mass, Dose Reduction and Sublimation Loss
Design blueprint derived from the source paper (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24145272): This paper presents a computed design for a dome of frozen water built over a Mars habitat from in-situ ice, providing hydrogen-rich shielding while slowly losing mass by sublimation that must be replenished. Status: DESIGN BLUEPRINT — SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED — NOT BUILT. All numbers are simulated values from the source paper's computation, deposited with this blueprint as compute.py and results.json. AI-use disclosure: Dave, an AI research system, assisted with the computation and drafting under the author's direction; author of record William Alexander Aldred.
Authors
- William Alexander Aldred (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1215-577X)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24146223
- Primary Topic
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Type
- preprint