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Engineering Wishlist

Wish list for the Engineering team. (Most of this is for our Summer Refit/overhaul. MDRS R2!) This has been updated based on team suggestions. We could use someone to actively solicit donations.

Building Materials & Supplies:

• Lumber, 2x4's and 2x6's

• Plywood. (4 4x8 sheets.)

• Two 2x10 sheets 28 ga. Tin sheet metal

• Several sections tin roofing material or Solar PV roofing material.

• 4 yards concrete.

• An external Fire escape or caged ladder.

• 6 strong cots & Covers

• 32 3" heavy duty hinges

• Several rolls of GOOD Non toxic, no formaldehyde, Fire resistant insulation.

Electrical:

• 2 4Kw True Sine wave 12V/117 volt inverters

• 1500Ah of 12VDC Home power grade batteries.

• 1 ea roll of 12Ga wire (black, white, green)

• 1 ea roll of 18Ga wire (black, red, green)

• 1" Poly (Buriable) conduit

• 1" EMT conduit

• 3/4" EMT conduit

• 1/2" EMT conduit

• 25-50' each of 1/2" and 3/4" flexible conduit

• Conduit benders

• Assortment of fittings and clamps

• 1 12" square metallic junction box

• 12Ga Wire nuts

• Ground clamps

• Several hundred High intensity LED's (both red and white)

• 20 power diodes, 12v <500mA

• 20 12VDC regulators (7812's)

• A couple sheets of Copper clad circuit board OR a board manufacturer who will make some for us.

• 10 1Ah 12v LiIon (or even NiCd) batteries)

• 36 12VDC florescent fixtures.

Plumbing:

• 3 12V RV water pumps (Preferably one like the ShurFlow Smart SensorT 5.7

• Water Pump or any decent 45PSI, 3 GPM pump)

• 1 12V RV water pump (any decent 45PSI, 3 GPM pump)

• 1 small RV water accumulator tank.

• 150 feet 3/4 buriable Poly water piping.

• 150 gallon (or bigger) Diesel tank

• 150 gallon (or bigger) Gasoline tank

• 150 gallon (or bigger) water tank.

Computers and Networking:

• 4 802.11a/g access points, Preferably 200 mw "long Range" units

• 2 Orinoco 4000 802.11a/g access points/Bridge

• 4 Uni-directional 12dB (ish) antennas

• 7 802.11a/g PCMCIA cards

• 7 802.11a/g PCMCIA cards Preferably 200 mw "long Range" units with

• external antenna connectors

• 3 Omni-directional hi gain antennas

• 1 router, W/ 802.11a/g Access point built in.

Electronics:

• 12 Business band radios

• The manufacturers help in building headsets into the helmets, or 8 good (Really Good) headsets.

• 3 business band repeaters. Preferably 12VDC powered.

• 4 15 foot sections of heat tape.

• 2 25 foot sections of heat tape

Appliances:

• 2 LP/117VAC Fridges. (one full sized, one small unit)

• High efficiency 117 cook top/oven OR RV LP units

• 2 LP RV Furnaces (About 35000 BTU) or 10 LP high efficiency catalytic heaters (about 5000 BTU) These MUST be interior grade.

Supplies to be consumed during the refit:

• 250 Gallons of Diesel fuel

• 200 Gallons Gasoline

• Food for 6 man months

• 2 cases Beer,

• 2 cases Martinelli's sparkling Grape juice.

• Rental / use of a small powered trencher

The Mars Society
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P.O. Box 273 Indian Hills - Colorado 80454, USA
Copyright © 2008 The Mars Society.

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