PROJECT ASTRO Water & Resources
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RESOURCE INTELLIGENCE / MARS

Water & Resources

Investigate potential in-situ resources and prepare a supply plan for a future surface mission.

PLANNING SYSTEM READY
Science noteResource indicators are remote-sensing evidence, not proof of a confirmed, accessible or safe-to-use deposit. All inventory quantities and consumption rates entered below are mission-planning estimates.
RESOURCE CLASSES
04Tracked in this module
WATER EVIDENCE
OrbitalEvidence-based research
SUPPLY INVENTORY
0Items in your local plan
MISSION CHECKLIST
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01 / IN-SITU RESOURCE CATALOG

What can Mars provide?

Potential resources and the technologies required to evaluate or use them.

ISRU · OVERVIEW
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Catalog records are loaded from the local PROJECT ASTRO resource API.

02 / WATER-ICE RESEARCH

Where could water ice exist?

Use orbital observations to shortlist regions for further investigation.

SWIM · MRO · ODYSSEY
MULTI-DATASET STUDY

Subsurface Water Ice Mapping (SWIM)

SWIM combines orbital observations and geological indicators to map consistency with near-surface ice. It is a useful research starting point for identifying candidate areas.

60°S–60°NStudy latitude range in published SWIM products
MultipleRemote-sensing evidence types combined
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How scientists look for ice

Evidence is complementary, not interchangeable
SHARAD radar

Uses radar echoes to investigate subsurface layers and possible buried ice.

Thermal observations

Surface temperature behavior can help identify terrain consistent with shallow ice.

Neutron / hydrogen data

Neutron measurements can indicate hydrogen in near-surface materials; hydrogen is not automatically pure water ice.

Images and geomorphology

Landforms and fresh impact exposures can provide supporting context for ice investigations.

RESEARCH REGION

Arcadia Planitia

A northern mid-latitude region highlighted in NASA water-ice research as a candidate area for investigating relatively accessible buried ice.

Read NASA research
RESEARCH CONTEXT

Mid-latitude terrain

SWIM products assess ice-consistency indicators across mid-latitudes. Local conditions, depth, uncertainty and landing safety still need separate evaluation.

View NASA SWIM overview
03 / MISSION SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Mission inventory

Track planned supplies and update quantities as your mission plan changes.

LOCAL PLAN DATA

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Values are stored in this browser on this device.

Current supplies

Low-stock status compares quantity against your minimum reserve.

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SUPPLYAVAILABLERESERVESTATUSACTIONS
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04 / CREW CONSUMPTION MODEL

Mission consumption planner

Estimate baseline water and oxygen demand from your mission assumptions.

ESTIMATE · NOT TELEMETRY

Mission parameters

Change the inputs to recalculate the requirement.

Editable planning assumption. Actual needs depend on recycling, hygiene, food and mission design.
Editable planning assumption for a simplified baseline estimate.

Estimated total demand

Calculated from the assumptions on the left.

SIMULATED ESTIMATE
WATER420litres for full mission
OXYGEN100.8kilograms for full mission
4 crew × 30 sols × 3.5 L = 420 L water
This is a simplified arithmetic estimate, not a NASA life-support standard or a complete closed-loop life-support model. Add contingency margins and account for recycling and losses in a real mission design.
05 / FIELD OPERATIONS

Resource survey checklist

Keep track of the steps required before treating a resource as mission-ready.

FIELD CHECKLIST
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