FAR ABOVE FAR BEYOND MFA TRANSPORTATION DESIGN UMEÅ INSTITUTE OF DESIGN DOMINIK KRUG UMEÅ UNIVERSITY - 2017 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS During this project I stayed in regular The tutoring and reviews at UID helped Furthermore, I want to say thank you to contact to my mentors at Land Rover, me focus on the important parts and the my fellow students for their inspiration, who guided me throughout the design positive reactions after my presentations critique, patience and company. process and provided me with important kept me motivated. I want to especially feedback. Their views helped me to thank Jonas Sandström and Demian progress, take decisions and push me out Horst for the review and tutoring of my comfort zone. Through their aid I sessions, and also that they let me be a am also able to build and show a design student at UID. model. A special thank you to the guys involved at Land Rover: Aymeric Chertier, Martin Pohanka, Mark Butler, Sean Johnson and Tino Segui. 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENT Table of content 3 Abstract 5 Introduction 7 Process Research and References 9 Nasa‘s Journey to Mars 11 Google lunar Xprize 13 SpaceX 14 Mars 15 The people on Mars 17 Mars Stations 18 ISRU (In Situ Ressource Utilization) 19 Space based Solar Power 20 Mixed Reality 21 Land Rover 23 Design Opportunities and Goals and Wishes 25 Creative Development Exterior 27 Interior 35 Results Final Design Exterior 43 Thrusters 45 Offroad system 47 RPHW 49 RPHW + Mixed Reality 51 Interior + Functions 53 Bathroom 55 Suitport 57 Mobile HQ 59 Design Model 61 Reflections and Conclusions 63 References 65 3 4 ABSTRACT The intention of this project is to give a The conditions on Mars guided me The vehicles features offer answers to vision of what a Land Rover Mars throughout the design process. face the harsh conditions on Mars and Exploration Vehicle could look like, Extremely cold temperatures don‘t allow also to enable a new enhanced driving which tasks it would have to perform and for the use of many materials. experience through the use of mixed also which technologies and features The lack of oxygen and a low reality applications. it would need to accomplish the task atmospheric pressure needed to be of exploring a place far away from our considered for the ingress and egress It was important to incorporate the homeplanet and civilisation. into and out of the vehicle. brands values and it‘s heritage, while The absence of a developed also interpeting design cues in a new way In the 2030s the first manned missions infrastructure and the terrain conditions and to explore a future design language to Mars are planned. The first arrivers needed to be addressed through an for Land Rover. will have exploration vehicles, that are extreme off-road system and vehicle limited in range and capability. features. To really explore the planet, vehicles with greater off-road capability and range During the design process I used will be needed in following missions to traditional 2D sketch and 3D modelling the red planet. The vehicles also need methods combined with virtual reality to allow the crew to stay in the vehicle for testing and refining. This method for long journeys comfortably and offer proved very efficient and helpful, extended life support. especially in the verification and testing of ergonomics and the perception of space inside the vehicle. 5 6 INTRODUCTION BIG DREAMS We certainly live in very interesting In recent years the topic of space It is important to set our goals high. Like the ISS, going to Mars can not be Exploring unconquered terrain is what With the Tata Group as a ressourceful times. Political, social and religious shifts exploration had a revival and massive Humanity needs something aspirational achieved by one company or nation. It earned the brand high admiration and and diversified parent corporation and tensions, decentralisation of finance advancements from nowadays private to work towards and to dream big. requires many with one shared vision desirability and runs deep in it‘s roots. Land Rover has the necessary ressources and government, technological organisations and companies bring the and the bravery to think beyond personal Furthermore, potentially taking part in and knowledge to realise a vehicle able innovations, breakthroughs in medicine prospect to dream big. Shooting a rocket Dreaming big is often times dismissed as gains and short term profits. The vision the terraforming process of Mars would to face the most difficult terrain and and many more things cover headlines up in the sky and beyond is a costly naive, a waste of time and ressources or beeing a self sustaining colony on the be a philosophical link back to the very conditions. A vehicle able to conquer on almost a daily basis and affect our endeavor, a highly complicated one plainly just too good to be true. red planet. A planet far away and hostile first of it‘s kind. Mars. Advanced technology and lives in a multitude of ways. Often times aswell and certainly makes you wonder if Dreaming big is though exactly what we, to life as we know it. However, a planet manufacturing would be required, which we read the news and an ever faster, we don‘t have enough challenges to face as one species of many people, need. with a huge amount of frozen water, a Nowadays the brand and it‘s would eventually find it‘s way into future more connected, automated and right here on Earth. A big dream, that is in fact becoming high concentration of carbon dioxyde vehicles stand for certain types of earth bound derivatives and the existing advanced world view emerges. Other However, there is no American, reality, is our journey to Mars. and other ressources we can use and lifestyles. On one side of the spectrum pillar vehicles. This contribution would times senseless violence, an increasing Russian, Japanese, Chinese, German or Huge financial efforts, countless hours transform to enable life. The plan is to you can find comfort, elevation and lead not only to great publicity and division between rich and poor, poluted whichever nation‘s space station. There of work, research and development of explore, research, experiment on and in luxury, while still beeing able to tackle interest in the brand and it‘s vehicles, and destroyed nature, social isolation is only the International Space Station. many individuals, companies and the long run terraform the planet. Many the most difficult terrain. Hard core off- but also inspire others. and separation draw a dark picture and A collaborative effort and bright nations, exceptional bravery of the things, including insight about ourselfs roading and the possibility to go low hopes for humanity. example of union of many nations, which pioneers going there and one shared and even the origin of life could anywhere on the other end represent A vehicle of such nature would be the Some developments seem far away and are oftentimes competing, provoking and vision make this one of, if not the potentially be learned from this. a type of exploratory and adventurous ultimate expression of what the brand not relatable to the average person, but failing to come together for seemingly greatest dream humanity ever had. lifestyle. stands for: Going where no other vehicle are in fact changing all our lives. With all simpler tasks on our home planet. It is a dream uniting us and letting us Sharing this vision and taking part in it‘s can go. In addition, it would combine the the technology available to us, history The last space time inspired and look into the future with wonder and realisation can lead to many Adventurous explorers will also be the stand-out attributes of each brand pillar to learn from and the assumption to live motivated the generation of engineers awe. Humanity is about to become a contributions of all sorts of nature. ones attracted to an expedition to the vehicle: in a modern, enlightened time, very few and scientists that developed our multi planetary species and Mars is our red planet. Their individual financial tough and robust as a Defender, things actually unite all of us. modern day amenities. first step to even greater travels. Land Rover is a car brand known for support could contribute to make the modular and versatile as a Discovery, building highly capable off-road go travels to Mars financially sustainable for comfortable and technologically anywhere, do anything vehicles. the companies organising the hardware advanced as a Range Rover and They have their origin in a vehicle to go. highly specialised as a SVO vehicle. developed for agricultural use. It would be the ultimate halo-car for Land Rover. 7 8 RESEARCH AND REFERENCES NASA‘S JOURNEY TO MARS Nasa is currently undertaking preparations The proving grounds phase will Finally, the Earth Independent phase will Nasa could have gone to Mars a long The plan included a year and a half long By doing, so the crew would find a fully for their journey to Mars. They plan to send include various missions to the moon build on what was learned on the space time ago already. George Bush senior stay for research and exploration of the fueled spacecraft upon their arrival. They the first people there by 2030. and beyond. Capabilities and equipment station and in deep space to send created another space initiative and planet. The spacecraft would be laun- would stay on Mars for more than 500 will be tested for a manned Mars humans to low-Mars orbit in the early wanted to see plans for further space ched from earth directly.