NASA MISSION UPGRADE SUITE (NMUS‑1.0) A Unified Open‑Hardware Architecture for Mars Brine Processing, Thermal Management, Dust‑Resilient Fluidics, and Solid‑State Habitat Support

Inventor(s)

• Michael Victor Caldwell Mr., GCIFollow

Abstract

ABSTRACT (NASA‑Facing)

NASA’s Moon and Mars missions face four persistent engineering challenges:

1. Corrosive brine handling (Mars ISRU water extraction)

2. Thermal management in vacuum (habitats, rovers, ISRU plants)

3. Dust‑resilient fluidics (regolith destroys seals and bearings)

4. Low‑maintenance, solid‑state systems (long-duration missions)

This disclosure presents NMUS‑1.0, a unified, solid‑state, open‑hardware upgrade suite integrating four builder‑ready Caldwell inventions from the TDC ecosystem:

• The Nexus Cell — Arachne Gyroid Structural‑Thermal Substrate

• Arachne Gen‑3 v3.4.1 “FORTRESS” — High‑Thermal Dyneema Microfluidic Interposer

• Thermal‑Energy Harvesting Loop (TEHL‑v1.0) — Vacuum‑Compatible Waste‑Heat Recovery

• TV‑RPPH V3.0 — Mars‑Optimized Solid‑State MHD Brine Pump

All components are grounded in standard physics and use materials and fabrication methods available to NASA and commercial aerospace partners.

This architecture is ready for prototype fabrication and testing immediately.

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Recommended Citation

Caldwell, Michael Victor Mr., "NASA MISSION UPGRADE SUITE (NMUS‑1.0) A Unified Open‑Hardware Architecture for Mars Brine Processing, Thermal Management, Dust‑Resilient Fluidics, and Solid‑State Habitat Support", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/10839