Life Support Track: HVAC, Cooling, Water and Power
The systems that keep people and machines alive: refrigeration, data center cooling, water treatment and electrical safety. For HVAC techs, facilities crews, electricians and plant operators.
Life Support covers air, water, cooling and power systems, the same trades that run data centers, hospitals and factories.
Join the crew and start this track About Life Support
What's in it
Module 1: How refrigeration works
Almost every air conditioner, chiller and fridge uses the vapor-compression cycle.
Module 2: Cooling data centers
Data centers turn almost all the electricity they use into heat, and that heat has to go somewhere.
Module 3: Water: treatment and recovery
Building water systems can grow Legionella, the bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease, a serious pneumonia.
Module 4: Electrical safety and backup power
Every life support system runs on power, and power is where techs get hurt.
The full lessons, quizzes and final test are open to crew members. Joining is free.
A question from module 1
In the vapor-compression cycle, where does the refrigerant absorb heat from the space?
- A. Compressor
- B. Condenser
- C. Evaporator ✓
- D. Breaker
What you get
Sample certificate
Your name here
completed the
Mars Mining Certificate in Life Support Fundamentals
- How refrigeration works
- Cooling data centers
- Water: treatment and recovery
- Electrical safety and backup power
Each real certificate gets an ID and its own page at marsmining.com/academy/verify/, plus an Add to LinkedIn button.
This is a certificate of completion from Mars Mining, not academic credit or a license. It shows you studied the material and passed an unproctored online test.