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Mars Analogue Research Base in High-Altitude Hypobaric Environments on Earth

HALFWAY TO MARS (H2M) Objectives and Methodological Framework of the H2M (Halfway 2 Mars) Mars Simulation Base Figure 1: An H2M Mars Analogue Research Base at 5,400m altitude in Atacama Desert, Chile, featuring Craterhab pressurized habitat units, support infrastructure, power generation units and trainee astronauts in pressurized suits. These astronauts work outside with a pressure difference of 0.3 - 0.5 bar between interior and exterior of the pressurized Craterhab domes,

M Akbar Hussain

Apr 28 min read

Revisiting the Mareekh Process: Part 2 - The Exergy

Mareekh Process is our patented hybrid power generation concept through In-Situ Resource Utilization of Martian subsurface water ice for power generation augmenting auxiliary sources such as solar and limited nuclear. Figure 1; The layout of the Mareekh Process from the patent document. Minor improvements include the redefining of 19, the router pump to MVR pump for condensate recovery and latent heat extraction. The core concept is to bring the subsurface ice to the surface

M Akbar Hussain

Mar 288 min read

New Co-Founder in the Team

We are proud to welcome Raul Carretero as one of the Co-founders of Mareekh Dynamics. In late November 2024, while we were trying to establish connections in Latin America to advocate and promote our Craterhab technology to combat altitude hypoxia in the Andes, Raul approached us and offered his support to help achieve this through an advisory role. Within a few weeks, he spread the word around and arranged key meetings with stakeholders in high altitude mining, tourism and r

M Akbar Hussain

Feb 121 min read

Temperature Regulation Inside Martian Craterhabs

(Mars is known as a frozen dead world in popular culture. A screenshot from 2015 movie "The Martian". An astronaut inside a rover braving the extreme cold of the Martian night) Temperature on Mars The average temperature on Mars is -60c, with temperature extremes ranging from 21c at midday near the equator to -130c at night at the poles. The extremely thin Martian atmosphere, with pressure averaging around 0.006 bar, offers little to retain daylight heat during the frigid nig

M Akbar Hussain

Feb 65 min read

Lava Tube as Habitats on Mars

A small base on Mars. During early period of exploration and settlement, lava tubes and caves on Mars may provide necessary radiation protection thus minimising engineering and logistical challenges of establishing early outposts on the red planet. Lava caves and tunnels on Mars Mars is a frigid, cold and geologically 'dead' world. But even the very first look of the planet reveals structures such as extinct volcanoes and lava flow channels, telling a different story from its

Mehdi Hussain

Jan 246 min read

Craterhab Technology for Mars - Frequently Asked Questions

For some time, I have been considering writing a section of Frequently Asked Questions for Craterhab Technology. But for me who has an internal perspective of our technologies, I found a certain bias if I tried to create a set of questions. Therefore I always welcome questions which help me understand the gaps between my explanation and a reader's or commentator's understanding. Huzaifa Mustafa, a UET Taxila (Pakistan) graduate of the year 2024 has asked a few questions which

M Akbar Hussain

Jan 96 min read

Craterhab Chile - Brief Introduction and Objectives - A Latam Persective

What is Craterhab-Chile? Craterhab Chile (CC) is a Chile-incorporated technology and innovation company formed through a collaboration between Mareekh Dynamics (Australia), Ferrada Blast (Chile), and myself (Brazil). CC deploys Mareekh Dynamics’ patented Craterhab pressurised habitat technology which is originally developed for long-term human habitation on Mars, for its terrestrial use in mitigating altitude-related hypoxia among workers at ultra-high-altitude mining operat

Raúl Carretero

Dec 27, 20254 min read

Craterhab Chile - Background and Objectives

Mareekh Dynamics is proud to announce incorporation of our joint venture - Craterhab Chile - in South America with our Latam partners. Earlier this year, we started consultations on the application of our proprietary pressurized habitat system (The Craterhab) designed for Martian surface conditions, in high-altitude hypobaric environments such as mining operations in the Andes, South America, above 3,500m altitude. Miners working as such altitudes are subjected to altitude hy

M Akbar Hussain

Dec 19, 20252 min read

Craterhab; From Concept to Reality

https://youtu.be/bOiysrWwtec?si=NlQZuhKSbRdvJtub First proof of concept pressure testing of a Cratehab benchtop prototype at Karachi Space Observatory, Pakistan (17 Oct 2025). This is a major milestone in our technology development for Martian habitats and for high-altitude terrestrial environments. This is a 1m-diameter Nylon-TPU fabric composite dome, made up of adjoining composite polygons for optimal stress distribution on the structure. Kevlar could be more ideal as the

M Akbar Hussain

Oct 19, 20251 min read

Revisiting the Mareekh Process: Part 1 - The Latent Heat Question

Mareekh Process is our patented ISRU hybrid power generation concept for Mars (Patent no. US 11421559 B1) (Fig. 1: The Mareekh Process) (Fig. 2: Simple flow diagram of the Mareekh Process) In a nutshell, Mareekh Process utilizes recovered subsurface ice on Mars (permafrost or subsurface glaciers) as superheated water and releases it in the power generation apparatus (steam turbines) making use of the very low pressure and temperature of the Martian atmosphere as a perfect hea

M Akbar Hussain

Aug 24, 202517 min read