As part of Space Tech Expo Europe and the ESA Ministerial Council in Bremen, the city has organized a “space experience exhibition.” At the Space Hub in downtown Bremen, the cluster of excellence “The Martian Mindset” presents how the University of Bremen is promoting green change on Earth through space research: The scarcity of resources and extreme conditions on Mars serve as a starting point for developing a new paradigm of sustainability. The aim is to enable innovative, resource- and energy-saving processes for material extraction and processing.

The exhibit shows what a human-inhabited basis on the surface of Mars could look like in the future. The cylindrical modules form the habitat. This is where scientific experiments are carried out, food is grown, and people live. The square building next to it is a production hall. It will be used to manufacture materials and components from the extremely scarce resources on Mars that cannot be brought from Earth due to the great distance. Such a facility is currently being set up at the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM): a production hall, two thermal vacuum chambers, and a habitat module including a control room and airlock will be available for research purposes in the future.

Entry is free, and the exhibition can be viewed in downtown Bremen until the end of November.