"Surviving On Mars Could Teach Us How To Live More Sustainably On Earth", Says Design Museum's Moving To Mars Curator

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"Surviving on Mars could teach us

how to live more sustainably on
earth", says Design Museum's
Moving to Mars curator
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The Moving to Mars exhibition, which opens tomorrow at

London's Design Museum, explores putting humans on the
red planet as the final frontier for design.
The show is structured into five parts: Imagining Mars, The

Voyage, Survival, Mars Futures and Down to Earth.
It explores themes including the role that design plays in

keeping astronauts safe during the voyage to Mars, and what
working with its limited resources could teach us about
designing more sustainably on Earth.
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Moving to Mars opens to the public on the 18 October
"We don't advocate for Mars as a Planet B," said the

exhibition's curator and Dezeen columnist Justin McGuirk.
"But we pose the question of whether the rigours required in

such an inhospitable environment – where we'll have to
recycle our oxygen, recycle our water and reuse our waste to
survive – might force us to solve those problems on Earth,"
he continued.
"Here, despite everything, we can all still get up and go

through our day and not change anything. You cannot do that
if you're sending someone to Mars because they wouldn't last
one minute."
NASA's Curiosity Rover landed on Mars in August 2012.

Image is courtesy of NASA
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How survival on Mars might become possible is explored

through more than 200 exhibits.
These consist of a combination of original artefacts from the

likes of NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX, alongside new
commissions and immersive installations by Konstantin Grcic
and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg.
"We've gathered a lot of the real work going into the Mars
mission by practising architects and designers," McGuirk told
Dezeen. "But we took it even further and invited a number of
designers to think through possible future scenarios."
"Their work adds a layer of design fiction to the exhibition,

which is a great tool for taking ideas and making them
concrete, and material," he continued.
The MARSHA Habitat by multidisciplinary design agency AI

Spacefactory is one of several speculative habitats featured
in the exhibition
The show's first section, Imagining Mars, charts our

fascination with the red planet throughout history and culture,
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and how our understanding of it has been shaped through

scientific advancements.
This covers everything from the first real maps of Mars,

created by Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli in the
1870s, to a prototype of the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars Rover
which will be sent to the planet in 2020.
Named after the scientist whose x-ray images let to the

discovery of DNA, this mobile laboratory created by the
European Space Agency (ESA) and its Russian counterpart
Roscosmos, will drill two metres into the planet's surface to
look for evidence of past or present life.
The Rosalind Franklin rover is the largest of a number of

different ESA prototypes and models featured in Moving to
Mars
This is followed by On Mars Today, a multi-sensory

installation meant to help visitors imagine the current
conditions on the planet, from the radiation to the freezing
temperatures, the lack of oxygen and the frequent dust
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storms.
It visualises these conditions through a slowly panning

panorama of the Martian environment, accompanied by an
audio track of otherworldly sounds and a scent created
especially for the exhibition by perfumery Firmenich.
On Mars Today offers a multi-sensory experience of

conditions on the red planet
Part two of the exhibition takes a closer look at how we would

actually get to Mars, starting from the first iterations of space
travel and going on to explore how it might be adapted for the
journey to Mars.
"It took us three days to get to the moon, so how can we stay
safe and sane on a seven- to nine-month journey to Mars?"
asked McGuirk. "Add to that the time needed for the scientific
study of the planet and it's a completely different prospect."
"It's not just about making sure that people can be kept
healthy and fed. It's also about making it tolerable," he
continued.
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Sokol spacesuits were worn by those onboard the Soviet

Soyuz spacecraft
This shift to a more human-centred approach is explored

through seminal interior designs created for both NASA and
the Soviet space programme.
Sketches by American designer Raymond Loewy illustrate his

introduction of windows, which had previously been
considered a structural weakness, as well as a dining table to
facilitate communal eating.
Alongside this sit designs from Russian architect Galina

Balashova, who first introduced the colour coding of floors
and ceilings to help astronauts maintain a sense of
orientation.
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Moving to Mars explores design as a crucial factor in keeping

astronauts safe and sane during their journey to the planet
This part of the exhibition also considers the constraints of

zero gravity, which require everything from basic equipment
to furniture to be re-designed.
A new commission by German industrial designer Konstantin

Grcic simplifies the highly engineered and complex tables
present in spacecrafts and on space stations today as a
circular rail. Astronauts' feet are hooked into floor-mounted
straps to anchor them.
Designer Anna Talvi, meanwhile, has contributed a series of

lightweight, flexible garments, which act as a sort of
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"wearable gym" working out the wearer's muscles to prevent

them from atrophying in low gravity.
The NDX-1 spacesuit is more flexible than the suits used for
the moon landing to allow for planetary exploration
On display for the first time as part of the exhibition is NDX-1,

the first prototype spacesuit designed specifically for use on
Mars.
It was created by the University of North Dakota to withstand

the planet's gruelling conditions, while soft fabric-joints
improve mobility when compared to the suits used on the
moon.
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The outer shell of Foster + Partners' Mars habitat would be

built by semi-autonomous robots
In part three, designers turn to the matter of survival – namely

where we will live, what we will wear and eat.
Here, a large space is designated to different miniature

models of what a future habitat could look like, including a
3D-printed habitat designed by Foster + Partners, as well as
a full-sized, walk-in model made by architecture firm Hassell.
Both make use of Mars' loose, sandy topsoil, called regolith,

to form a protective outer shell, while inflatable pods are used
to form the interior.
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Raeburn's collection of clothes repurposes materials such as

parachutes, which would deployed in the process of landing
on Mars
Fashion studio Raeburn has contributed its New Horizons

collection, which responds to the lack of resources on Mars
through a "make do and mend" approach, repurposing solar
blankets and parachutes into clothing.
Usually, GrowStack specialises in growing food beneath the

surface of the earth in one of the world's first underground
farms.
But for this exhibition, the vertical farming company is taking

its methods into space, exploring how a hydroponic system –
which is not reliant on soil and uses less water and space
while creating a larger yield – might be useful on Mars.
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The exhibition imagines how GrowStack's hydroponic farming

system might provide food for Mars settlers. Photography is
by Felix Speller
Meanwhile designer Franziska Steingen has created a home

grieving set, which considers new ways of burial in a future
where bodies cannot be sent back to earth.
It consists of a candle placed under a glass dome, with the

soot generated through repeated burning gradually
blackening the glass as a way of visualising grief and
remembrance.
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Moving to Mars aims to help us reconsider how we use

resources on Earth
The final two parts of the exhibition – Mars Futures and Down
to Earth – pose concrete questions about the future.
On the one hand, possible alternative routes are explored,

such as habitable pods suspended in space, as well as a
version of Mars populated by plants instead of people via an
installation by designer and artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg,
who will give a keynote talk at Dezeen Day on 30 October.
Her computer simulation tracks a million years in the space of

an hour, to imagine how sending 16 different species of
bacteria and plants to the planet could lead to a myriad of
different possible biospheres as they interact in unexpected
ways.
Finally, the last section invites visitors and contributors to

ponder the ethical and existential dilemma at the heart of the
exhibition: should humanity actually go to Mars?
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Moving to Mars will be one of the last exhibitions overseen by

the Design Museum's current co-directors Deyan Sudjic and
Alice Black, after announcing their departure at the start of
October.
The museum's new director and first ever CEO Tim Marlow
will step into the role as of January 2020.
Photography is by Ed Reeve unless otherwise stated.
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"Surviving on Mars could teach us

The Moving to Mars exhibition, which opens tomorrow at

The show is structured into five parts: Imagining Mars, The

It explores themes including the role that design plays in

Moving to Mars opens to the public on the 18 October

"We don't advocate for Mars as a Planet B," said the

"But we pose the question of whether the rigours required in

"Here, despite everything, we can all still get up and go

NASA's Curiosity Rover landed on Mars in August 2012.

How survival on Mars might become possible is explored

These consist of a combination of original artefacts from the

"Their work adds a layer of design fiction to the exhibition,

The MARSHA Habitat by multidisciplinary design agency AI

The show's first section, Imagining Mars, charts our

and how our understanding of it has been shaped through

This covers everything from the first real maps of Mars,

Named after the scientist whose x-ray images let to the

The Rosalind Franklin rover is the largest of a number of

This is followed by On Mars Today, a multi-sensory

It visualises these conditions through a slowly panning

On Mars Today offers a multi-sensory experience of

Part two of the exhibition takes a closer look at how we would

Sokol spacesuits were worn by those onboard the Soviet

This shift to a more human-centred approach is explored

Sketches by American designer Raymond Loewy illustrate his

Alongside this sit designs from Russian architect Galina

Moving to Mars explores design as a crucial factor in keeping

This part of the exhibition also considers the constraints of

A new commission by German industrial designer Konstantin

Designer Anna Talvi, meanwhile, has contributed a series of

"wearable gym" working out the wearer's muscles to prevent

On display for the first time as part of the exhibition is NDX-1,

It was created by the University of North Dakota to withstand

The outer shell of Foster + Partners' Mars habitat would be

In part three, designers turn to the matter of survival – namely

Here, a large space is designated to different miniature

Both make use of Mars' loose, sandy topsoil, called regolith,

Raeburn's collection of clothes repurposes materials such as

Fashion studio Raeburn has contributed its New Horizons

Usually, GrowStack specialises in growing food beneath the

But for this exhibition, the vertical farming company is taking

The exhibition imagines how GrowStack's hydroponic farming

Meanwhile designer Franziska Steingen has created a home

It consists of a candle placed under a glass dome, with the

Moving to Mars aims to help us reconsider how we use

On the one hand, possible alternative routes are explored,

Her computer simulation tracks a million years in the space of

Finally, the last section invites visitors and contributors to

Moving to Mars will be one of the last exhibitions overseen by

Photography is by Ed Reeve unless otherwise stated.

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