Design Blueprint: A Water-Ice Dome Shield for a Mars Habitat: Thickness, In-Situ Mass, Dose Reduction and Sublimation Loss
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: 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.
Author: Aldred, William Alexander
Language: English
Subfield: Space and Planetary Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225826511