MISSION TO MARS
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHY MARS?
- weather (68°-220°F)
- distance from earth (229 million km. away from the Sun)
- rocky planet
- atmosphere is much thinner than the Earth
- size: 6,437 km. (in size)
We chose Mars because of the wonderful conditions. It has a medium/small atmosphere but that means that you have to make more of an action to make it have a smooth landing. Also the temperature is a big part of it and Mars's temperature is most sutible for our crafts. Another very important factor is that some planets ( the big planets ) don't even have surfaces. And lastly the LOCATION!!! If you chose say Jupiter that would be impossible to get to.
Photo by amiharbi
WHY MARS?
- has the best features
- ( means what it is like there)
- we explore here to find things about it past
- we hope to learn about its past to learn about ours and our future
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
WANTS & CRITERIA
- be able to land on Mars
- be able to take off
- be able to rove Mars and report back information
- be able to function properly
- be able to make history
Photo by lecates
CONSTRAINTS
- TIME TIME TIME TIME
- BUDGET
- needs to fit in a limited amount of space
- needs to be light weight, reliable, create drag
Photo by Thebeev
FIRST PROTOTYPE
At the time, me and my team wanted to send people to Mars. That is why you see beds. But my team decided against it because it would be extremely hard and the better technology was yet to be discovered. One of the big things of the design was for it to be arodynamic. A big tank for fuel, a pod for the rover, parachute, protective layer and a mother board were also important to the space craft.
SECOND PROTOTYPE
Same as first prototype. Except for pod also showed out side like it would be on Mars. And I got rid of all the little computers that were in the first drawing to make more room for the fuel.
FINAL PROTOTYPE
Same as second prototype but added a camera so the ship itself can take a couple of pictures of the area around it.
SOFIA'S GUIDE TO PARACHUTES 102
- have a big canopy so you can create a lot of drag
- have long suspension lines for the same reason
- have multiple suspension lines so canopy can open up easier
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
THE PARACHUTE WORKS
- first design had...
- a big open canopy
- long suspension lines
- and an average load (all loads were the same)
From first all the way to
last, we only made one change and that was to the suspension lines because our team felt it was having trouble deploying and that seemed to solve the problem. So instead of 4 we made 5 suspension lines. It preformed with an average speed of 3.65 feet per second and took 3.16 seconds to land, the canopy length was 18" inches in diameter and the suspension lines were a length of 15" per line.this parachute rightfully won 5th place.
Through this project, I learned S.T.E.M. all rolled in one. To figure out calculations we used math. We used science by learning about the galaxy above. Everything about it was educational. And we were learning about the technology that is used to go out to Space.
Photo by Torben Bjørn Hansen
