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Michel Lamontagne: /* Entertainment production and facilities */

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Entertainment production and facilities

Michel Lamontagne: /* Production */

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Production

Michel Lamontagne: /* Production rates */

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Production rates

Michel Lamontagne: /* Mineral and water extraction facilities */

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Mineral and water extraction facilities

Michel Lamontagne at 19:50, 19 January 2021

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Michel Lamontagne at 19:49, 19 January 2021

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Michel Lamontagne at 14:57, 19 January 2021

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Michel Lamontagne: /* Mineral and water extraction facilities */

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Mineral and water extraction facilities

Michel Lamontagne: /* Recycling */

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Recycling

Michel Lamontagne: /* Mineral and water extraction facilities */

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Mineral and water extraction facilities

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 ==Entertainment production and facilities==
-Mars will need a radio and a TV station.  Locally produced shows will be in demand as soon as they are possible.
+Mars will need radio and TV stations.  Locally produced shows will be in demand as soon as they are possible.
 ==References==
 [[Category:Resources and Manufacture‎]]
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 Notes:
-- 70% of the water on Earth is used for irrigation.
+- 70% of the water on Earth is used for irrigation. As irrigation water would certainly be recycled, the production values would be much lower.
-- Replace bauxite with local equivalent
+- Replace bauxite with local equivalent.
 - In the Early stages of a settlement, it will probably be advantageous to bring the smaller masses of metals/minerals from Earth.  But the requirements for aggregate, cement and iron will grow very fast.
 ==Agricultural production and facilities==

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 Production facilities will be the main users of [[energy]] on Mars;  [[Propellant production]] and agricultural production in particular.  [[Maintenance]] facilities will also be required to support the production activities, as well as [[Research|research laboratories]].
-==Production rates==
+==Production==
 [[File:Grow room.jpg|thumb|450x450px|A grow room with artificial lighting and mechanical cooling with dehumidification in a Martian tunnel.]]Table of yearly production rates for mineral, metal and water , with a ratio of production required for a Martian settlement depending on its population.  The ratio is a direct correspondence between populations.  Higher growth rates would require higher production rates.
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 ==Mineral and water extraction facilities==
-Mining will require facilities in addition to the mines themselves.  Crushing equipment, [[Transportation|garages]], stores and [[Research|laboratories]] will be required on site.  Loading stations and [[transportation]] equipment will also be required.  Depending on the abundance of [[Elements on Mars|elements]] and their concentration on the Martian surface mineral treatment plants may be required directly at the mining site rather than only at the settlement.
+Mining will require facilities in addition to the mines themselves.  Crushing equipment, [[Transportation|garages]], warehousing, storage and [[Research|laboratories]] will be required on site.  Loading stations and [[transportation]] equipment will also be required.  Depending on the abundance of [[Elements on Mars|elements]] and their concentration on the Martian surface, mineral treatment plants may be required directly at the mining site rather than only at the settlement.
 ===[[Recycling]]===
-[[Water]] use should be partially recycled, reducing the need for primary water extraction.  The same is true for [[steel]] and other recyclable metals and minerals.  Recycling is the reason Steel production is higher than iron ore production.
+[[Water]] use should be partially recycled, reducing the need for primary water extraction.  The same is true for [[steel]] and other recyclable metals and minerals.  Recycling is the reason Steel production is higher than iron ore production on Earth.
 ==Atmospheric extraction facilities==
 As an element of propellant production and as a source for most of the carbon and atmosphere for the colony, [[atmospheric processing]] is an important part of a settlement production facilities.  The first stages of atmospheric processing may be exterior, to profit from the cooling available from the cold Martian outdoors.  Fans, compressors and coolers will need to dissipate large amounts of heat.

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 - Replace bauxite with local equivalent
-- In the Early stages of a settlement, it will probably be advantageous to bring the metals/minerals from Earth.
+- In the Early stages of a settlement, it will probably be advantageous to bring the smaller masses of metals/minerals from Earth.  But the requirements for aggregate, cement and iron will grow very fast.
 ==Agricultural production and facilities==

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 Mining will require facilities in addition to the mines themselves.  Crushing equipment, [[Transportation|garages]], stores and [[Research|laboratories]] will be required on site.  Loading stations and [[transportation]] equipment will also be required.
-[[Water]] use may be partially recycled, reducing the need for primary water extraction.  The same is true for [[steel]] and other recyclable metals and minerals.
+=== Recycling ===
 ==Atmospheric extraction facilities==
 As an element of propellant production and as a source for most of the carbon and atmosphere for the colony, [[atmospheric processing]] is an important part of a settlement production facilities.  The first stages of atmospheric processing may be exterior, to profit from the cooling available from the cold Martian outdoors.  Fans, compressors and coolers will need to dissipate large amounts of heat.
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 ==Manufacturing production and facilities==
 [[File:Pruduction area.jpg|thumb|450x450px|Production area in an underground settlement.  Dust collector, beam crane, 3D fab units.  Plants are used to encourage cleanliness and a dust free environment.  Skylights let some martian light enter the area. but most of the lighting is artificial.]]Manufacturing on Mars will be similar to manufacturing on Earth.  However, there will be no heritage infrastructure that needs to be preserved or supported.  The most modern techniques such as 3D additive manufacturing may be used extensively.
-Heat recovery, rather than burning hydrocarbons, will be used as much as possible for heating and most heating processes will be electrical.  Steel, glass, ceramics, concrete and aluminium may be primary products.  All manner of manufactured goods, equipment, clothing, utensils and containers will be manufactured as equipment is imported or built on site and speciality manufacturing comes on line.
+Heat recovery, rather than burning hydrocarbons, will be used as much as possible for heating and most heating processes will be electrical.  Steel, glass, ceramics, concrete and aluminum may be primary products.  All manner of manufactured goods, equipment, clothing, utensils and containers will be manufactured as equipment is imported or built on site and specialty manufacturing comes on line.
 [[File:Atmospheric Production.jpg|thumb|450x450px|Atmospheric production facility.  1 kg/s would extract enough CO2 to produce propellant for over 40 SpaceX Starship vehicles over 2 years, as well as all the nitrogen required for the colony growth.]]