{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "![satacad](./images/satacadlogo.gif)\n", "TOC: [1](./mm1.ipynb) [2](./mm2.ipynb) [4](./mm4.ipynb) [5](./mm5.ipynb) [6](./mm6.ipynb)\n", "\n", "# MARTIAN MATH INHERITS FROM *SYNERGETICS*\n", "\n", "Richard Buckminster Fuller was a big name futurist and architect throughout the 1900s. The \"alien mathematics\" or \"unfamiliar mathematics\" used in our storyboard draws from his research. The big idea here is making the tetrahedron a centerpiece of the geometry.\n", "\n", "### GEODESIC DOME\n", "\n", "Fuller is associated with the Geodesic Dome as a basis for many sheltering solutions, including for use off Earth, such as on the Moon or on Mars.\n", "\n", "The Tacoma Dome, visible from I-5 when driving between Seattle and Portland, is a good example of a Geodesic Dome. \n", "\n", "\n", "\n", "Many domes were built in Canada to protect radar. These are called radomes. Sometimes the skeletal triangles are randomized so they don't show up as patterns on radar.\n", "\n", "![dome home](./images/dome_home.jpg)\n", "