MISSION TO MARS

WHY WE CHOSE MARS.

• Mars is closest to earth
• Scientists believe there used to be water on Mars
• Mars is most like earth
• We want to learn if there is life on Mars
• We want to see if we can discover new things

CRITERIA AND CONSTRAINTS

• I want the space craft to be able to take high quality pictures
• The camera might be expensive and break easily
• I want it to travel quickly to Mars and land safely
• We can't really control the speed and we can only do so much to protect it

SPACE CRAFT #1

SPACE CRAFT #2

FINAL SPACE CRAFT

PARACHUTES

• The parachute is important because it helps slow down the space craft
• The canopy (top) is big and lightweight it is the part that slows the load
• Suspension lines attach the canopy to the load
• Load: space craft

TESTING

• Our group tested the canopy size
• We kept the load and suspension lines the same
• Our variable was the canopy
• We changed the canopy from big,little, and medium
• The results showed that the big canopy was the slowest

OUR FINAL PARACHUTE

FINAL PARACHUTE We used tissue paper, medium suspension lines, and a big canopy. We chose this because they had the best averages.Our results were And we made the packing score . As it slowly floated down I knew our parachute was pretty good.

THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE I LEARNED...

Through this process I learned how hard it is to go to mars and the struggles NASA has to go through. I learned how to create drag and what it's like to be an engineer. I loved making parachutes and learning about Mars.