Mars base for 200 people in “For All Mankind” season 4

Season 4 of For All Mankind alternate historical past sci-fi TV collection, depicting alternate 2003, “is basically in regards to the constructing of a brand new civilization on Mars” by the phrases of the co-creator of the collection Ben Nedivi. The worldwide Blissful Valley Base, based in 1995 throughout season 3 and positioned in Melas Chasma within the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars, has been considerably expanded and there are round 200 individuals residing within the base throughout season 4. The bottom is financed and operated by Mars-7 Alliance (consisting of US, USSR, ESA, North Korea, India, Japan, and the Coalition of Communist Nations for Spaceflight (CCCS)) and maintained by a non-public firm Helios Aerospace.

Floor degree of the bottom options a number of separate amenities for energy technology, communications, gasoline refinement, regolith processing, algae manufacturing, storage and many others. and a central interconnected cluster of modules consisting of the Entrance corridor for brand spanking new arrivals with airlocks for the rovers, management rooms, laboratories, hydroponic farms, assembly rooms, warehouses / garages, a cafeteria, in addition to the quarters for larger degree personnel and astronauts / cosmonauts. The bottom has 5 underground sublevels, of which degree 4 & 5 are nonetheless underneath building in 2003 and never accessible. The sublevels home upkeep and storage rooms and extra quarters for staff. There’s additionally a separate North Korean sector accessible solely to North Koreans. The bottom additionally operates six touchdown pads for his or her orbital Hopper shuttles.

The design of the Blissful Valley Base in For All Mankind is probably the most believable design of a mid-sized human base on Mars that we now have ever seen in a TV collection or movie.

For All Mankind is exploring the thought of by no means ending house race if Soviets would have overwhelmed US within the race for the Moon and the intention of the present is every season to leap a few decade additional into the more and more diverging actuality of the present: in season 1, depicting alternate 1969 to 1974, each Soviets and US begin constructing their separate bases close to the lunar South pole; in season 2 (1983) each bases have been expanded and the superpowers compete for sources on the Lunar floor; in season 3 (1992 to 1995), Soviets and US are joined by a non-public firm Helios and North Korea for a 4 method race to be first on Mars; in season 4 (2003) there’s a sprawling worldwide human base on Mars and an sudden aspect enters the race to get maintain on a big, lithium-rich asteroid for mining.

Right here we collected excessive decision photographs from season 4 (downscaled from 4K UHD screens for higher picture high quality) depicting the outside and inside of Blissful Valley Base on Mars. No photos revealing main story plots are included. We are going to make a separate article with season 4 story spoilers after the final episode might be launched on January 12.

Recent arrivals land at Blissful Valley Base:

The Entrance corridor for Blissful Valley Base:

A more in-depth take a look at numerous base modules and amenities of Blissful Valley Base:

Gasoline refinery:

Regolith processing plant:

Life at Floor degree of Blissful Valley Base the place the astronauts/cosmonauts, scientists and high executives dwell:

The cafeteria:

Life at Subsurface ranges of Blissful Valley Base the place the employees dwell feels fairly completely different:

Hydroponic farm:

Airlock:

The outdated Helios cellular base from season 3 remains to be linked to Blissful Valley Base:

North Koreans are secretly watching all actions on Blissful Valley Base:

Blissful Valley Base at night time:

Extra aerial views of the Blissful Valley Base:

Extra content material from season 4 of “For All Mankind”:

Content material from earlier seasons of “For All Mankind”: