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worlds

Earth · Moon · Mars — one protocol, world-specific envelopes.

Same product language · world changes the envelope

Grow-your-own energy and resonance harvesters useful on Earth, the Moon, and Mars under the same protocol with world-specific envelopes. The sun is still the harvest; resonance is still the frequency. Gravity, atmosphere, night length, dust, and water change how you build — not the ledger rules.

sun is the harvest, resonance is the frequency — on any world with a sun and a mass

Earth →Moon →Mars →hybrid pilot →data room →

invariants (all worlds)

  • sun only primary. Electrical primary harvest is solar (or light taken from it). Resonance is match frequency, not a second source.
  • ledger. Co-log drive (irradiance or mechanical) with output. Binary pass. Separate ledgers: electrical, biomass, piezo.
  • schemes. grow_your_own_energyresonance_harvester
  • lab log. locus-lab-log/1 + environment.world

environment snapshot

paramEarthMoonMars
g (Earth=1)10.1650.38
atm (kPa)101.300.6
solar TOA W/m²13611361590
surface G typical10001361~200
day / night≈24 h cycle; seasonal≈29.5 Earth days synodic; polar peaks of near-continuous light possible≈24.6 h sol; seasonal + dust
dustlocal / pollution / desert — site dependentabrasive regolith; electrostatic cling; seals and optics criticalpervasive; storms; PV and optics must tolerate obscuration
wateravailable; living layer limited by moisture planscarce; polar ice / imported — closed loop onlyice / hydrated minerals / imported — closed loop; brines careful

Terra

design + kit + instrument_sim corpus; Earth pilots next

Earth

g=1 · atm 101.3 kPa (N2/O2, convection cooling available) · solar TOA 1361 W/m² · ≈24 h cycle; seasonal

AM1.5 class surface; weather and latitude dominate · Thermal ~220330 K class · Dust: local / pollution / desert — site dependent

grow your own energy

L1 collect. PV as today; tracker optional

L2 match. MPPT + electrochemical store; grid or island

L3 carry. PMMA fibre daylighting; green-window organism choice

L4 live. shade moss tray and/or green algae culture (open or sealed PBR)

L5 envelope. couple heat, decouple water — vapour barrier + dual T/RH

algae battery. default biomass store under fibre; discharge dry/food/hold

night store. electrochemical + optional biomass; night is hours not weeks

resonance harvester

RP0. 1 g foot traffic / sports / transit; f0 tuned for human bounce band ~0.5–3 Hz

drive. people, traffic, coordinated bounce

notes. Full SKU ladder Lab / Plaza / Court

SKUs. SKU-GROW-KIT · SKU-P3 · SKU-RP0-LAB · SKU-RP0-PLAZA · SKU-RP0-COURT · design packages →

Pilots / analogs. pilot_a_proof · pilot_b_campus · pilot_c_plaza

Luna

design envelope — no flight hardware claimed

Moon

g=0.165 · atm 0 kPa (vacuum — no convective cooling; no free oxygen) · solar TOA 1361 W/m² · ≈29.5 Earth days synodic; polar peaks of near-continuous light possible

No atmosphere attenuation; 14 Earth-day light / 14-day dark polar exceptions · Thermal ~100390 K class · Dust: abrasive regolith; electrostatic cling; seals and optics critical

grow your own energy

L1 collect. PV or concentrator; dust mitigation (cover, electrostatic, vertical arrays); size for night

L2 match. MPPT + large electrochemical and/or thermal store for multi-day night; no grid

L3 carry. fibre or light pipe into pressurized habitat; avoid dust on collector

L4 live. sealed photobioreactor only (algae preferred over open moss); no open tray to vacuum

L5 envelope. pressure vessel is the envelope; heat rejection by radiation; water fully decoupled from vacuum

algae battery. primary chemical store for dark period complement; CO2 from crew loop

night store. dominant design driver — store for ~14 Earth days or polar site selection

resonance harvester

RP0. retune f0 for 1/6 g (lower restoring force or mass loading); crew gait / EVA / ISRU plant vibration

drive. crew traffic in habitats; treadmill / exercise as intentional drive; machinery vibration pads

notes. Plaza/court scale only inside pressurized volumes or as sealed deck modules; vacuum exterior uses vibration/ISRU coupling not open trampoline

SKUs. SKU-P3-SEALED · SKU-GROW-PBR · SKU-RP0-HAB-DECK · SKU-STORE-NIGHT · design packages →

Pilots / analogs. analog_earth_vacuum_chamber · analog_night_store · habitat_deck_rp0

Mars

design envelope — no flight hardware claimed

Mars

g=0.38 · atm 0.6 kPa (thin CO2; weak convection; dust storms) · solar TOA 590 W/m² · ≈24.6 h sol; seasonal + dust

≈43% Earth solar constant at TOA; surface often lower; global dust storms can crash G for sols · Thermal ~140300 K class · Dust: pervasive; storms; PV and optics must tolerate obscuration

grow your own energy

L1 collect. oversized PV vs Earth; dust cleaning; diffuse-tolerant arrays; track storms in G log

L2 match. MPPT + store for storm sols; load shedding rules in lab-log notes

L3 carry. fibre into habitat; protect entrance optics from dust

L4 live. sealed PBR algae (CO2-rich ambient is a feedstock if scrubbed/conditioned); moss only inside wet volume

L5 envelope. habitat pressure; couple heat carefully; water loop separate from cabin electronics

algae battery. biomass store + life-support coupling; discharge food path more central than on Moon

night store. overnight store like Earth but cold-biased; storm store is the long tail

resonance harvester

RP0. retune f0 for 0.38 g; habitat corridors and gym decks; rover dock vibration pads

drive. crew + exercise + vehicle coupling

notes. Exterior trampoline not first path; pressurized deck modules preferred

SKUs. SKU-P3-SEALED · SKU-GROW-PBR · SKU-RP0-HAB-DECK · SKU-PV-DUST · design packages →

Pilots / analogs. analog_dust_pv · analog_co2_pbr · habitat_deck_rp0

stack matrix

layerEarthMoonMars
L1 CollectPV AM1.5, weatherPV vacuum, dust, 14-day night sizingPV ~0.43× TOA, dust storms, oversize
L2 Match + storeMPPT + battery / gridMPPT + multi-day store or polar sitingMPPT + storm-resilient store
L3 CarryPMMA fibre daylightfibre into pressure volume; dust sealsfibre into habitat; dust on optics
L4 Live + algae batterymoss tray and/or open/sealed algaesealed PBR only; closed watersealed PBR; CO2 feedstock opportunity
L5 Envelopevapour split wet/dry airpressure vessel + radiative heat rejecthabitat pressure + water/electronics split
M1–M5 Harvesteroutdoor Lab/Plaza/Courthabitat deck / exercise / vibration; retune f0 for ghabitat deck / rover; retune f0 for g

For similar membrane stiffness k and mass m, natural frequency f0 = √(k/m)/(2π) is independent of g; bounce drive force and sag under load scale with g — retune tension/mass for crew gait and desired amplitude.

path to usefulness

  1. Earth now — kit, runs, hybrid pilot, SKUs (kit · hybrid).
  2. Earth analogs — vacuum chamber fibre+PBR, multi-day store, dust-on-PV, CO₂ PBR, habitat-deck RP0 retuned for reduced g (harness / cables).
  3. Flight design packages — sealed P3, PBR algae battery, night/storm store, habitat-deck harvester (see SKU list per world).
  4. Lab-log everywhere — set environment.world to earth | moon | mars; co-log G and store SoC.

related

measure (world channels) · algae battery · skus · firmware · worlds.json · vegan colony