The Peristalsis Project 

takes place during the phase of Mars’ colonization when mining is rampant and high performance materials enable large ultralight structures to dominate the land. The Peristalsis Project takes place in the vicinity of an impact crater in the Deuteronilus Mensae region on Mars where the regolith is rich in water ice and a small settlement has been established to extract it. A large mobile habitat ferries scientists, explorers, and passengers of all kinds, between settlements and across the region in search of the finest ore deposits. The habitat is a large serpentine inflatable vehicle that traverses Mars’ diverse terrain on a belly of boron carbide scales in a peristalsis locomotion enabled by shape memory tendons that contract its body. It’s aerodynamic shape and mobile counter weights give it great stability in Martian dust storms and on tactical terrain. The vehicle’s interior in lined with a series of habitat modules connected by contractible corridors, suspended on 3-axis gimbals for level stability. Each habitat module is equipped with its own life support system and other housing essentials and can accommodate a growing number of passengers. The translucent ETFE separators in the interior of the vehicle let light propagate throughout, while the very low mass, translucent and high tensile strength and abrasion, tear, radiation, and environmentally resistant Dyneema Composite Fabric forms the outer-most covering and secures the ultralight and ultrahard boron carbide scales in place for gaining traction on diverse terrain.

Biomorphic move – TRACK.

Shape memory tendons stretch and contract to conform to the terran below and move the outer shell in a peristalsis fashion across the Martian landscape. The housing modules and corridors between them remain level and stable respectively by behaving as a gimbal.

Biomorphic move – SNAKE.
Electricity is generated by wind turbine and is stored on board. Martian regolith is heated to evaporate, condensate, and purify water for drinking and water storage. martian in situ resource utilization provides materials for technology fabrication and recycling.