Death Care

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In order for a regular fire to burn, it must have oxygen provided to it, and the atmosphere on Mars has much less oxygen than the surface of Earth does, thus making the burning process even more difficult to initiate.

 Mars' surface consists of hard rock, which is difficult to dig into without machinery, meaning that every time someone dies, the same machinery and equipment that could be used to help build and expand the colony would have to be dedicated to digging graves for burial

The best option for taking care of the dead on Mars would be to use as little space as possible while also doing it in a respectful manner. Therefore, bodies of the deceased in the colonies of Aurora will be sent out to space at a trajectory away from Mars. The vehicle that will accomplish this task will be a spinlaunch rocket in order to use as little fuel and energy as possible, just like the ones on Earth. How this system works is that a large clamp is attached to a rocket, then spins the rocket in a circular pattern until the capsule reaches a certain speed. After it reaches the required speed, the clamp releases the rocket in an upward direction toward the desired launch point. After this, a thruster on the rocket is activated to send the ship out of the planet's gravitational pull, where it will drift off into space with the bodies contained within it.