Mission to Mars Space Camp 2016 Caitlin Nolby and Marissa Saad North Dakota Space Grant Consortium
Meet the Space Grant Team: Caitlin Nolby Deputy Director of Space Grant Middle School favorites: Dance Avril Lavigne Treehouse Macaroni and Cheese Now: Space Studies Astrophysics
Meet the Space Grant Team: Marissa Saad Coordinator of Space Grant Middle School Favorites Soccer Basketball Pirates of the Caribbean 1 Now Education Space Studies Astronomy
True or False Earth is the only location in the solar system with volcanoes
Who will you take to Mars?
What will you take on your trip to Mars?
MASTER ALARM
Spacecraft Emergency! What actions will your team take? Will your astronauts survive? Split your crew into two teams Astronauts Engineers Refer to your Mission Procedures
Spacecraft Emergency! What actions will your team take? Will your astronauts survive? Split your crew into two teams Astronauts Engineers Refer to your Mission Procedures This is a TRUE story! Apollo 13
Mission Rules Engineers Design a filter that will reduce the amount of CO 2 in the air using the materials provided to you Using a Walkie-talkie, describe your procedure to the astronauts Astronauts Stay warm and wait for the engineers to send you instructions Build the filter that the engineers describe to you, using the Walkie-talkie Teams have 15 minutes to build the filter on the spacecraft. If you do not, the astronauts will die!
White Boards! What does “EVA” stand for?
Welcome to Mars! You have a beautiful view from your spacecraft! What are some features that you see? Colors, terrain, size, shape Do you think anyone/anything is already there? How are you going to land? Where are you going to land?
How do you land on Mars?
Surface Features on Mars Riverbeds and oceans – lots of water! Huge Volcanoes!
White Boards Mars is completely inhabited by rovers. How many rovers are still operational and transmitting data to us?
Curiosity Rover - Overview Launched Nov. 26, 2011 – Landed Aug. 6, 2012 Gale Crater Goal: Investigate climate and geology Search for signs of past life on Mars 154 km
Mars Satellite Imagery Select a landing site by looking at all the prospective locations As a group, explain why one would be better than the other Think of water sources, bad (rocky) terrain, windy locations, volcanic spots, etc. We’ll see if other groups select the same spot!
Valles Marineris A size comparison lpi.usra.edu
Time to Land!
Your habitat looks great!
White Boards What type of vegetation needs the least amount of water?
Your habitat looks great!
Planetary Exploration While you were out exploring the area close to your home base, you find some interesting things! Take a look at your artifacts!
Clean those solar panels!
How do you clean off the solar panels? A) Do an EVA! Your fellow astronauts can spread out and brush off the regolith. Any tool you use will weigh 1/3 of Earth’s gravity! B) There are so many solar panels out there! You should deploy a rover to do the work.
B! Assign a rover to do the work! If you want astronauts to do the work, they’ll become tired quickly! Also, someone has to stay back in the main base to monitor the station. Rovers are great tools, using solar panels to generate electricity for power. They don’t get “tired” and can help out humans!
Bristle Bots! With the materials provided, connect the motor to the battery Create a design that will sweep the solar panels Toothbrush bristles Rubber Bands Battery Motor Paper Clips Straws
Robotic Arms!
How does the end effector work? Follow the directions on your handout, and see what happens! Were you successful?
Preparing for Re-entry Before you get ready to land on Earth in your reentry vehicle, you have to jettison, or get rid of, your trustworthy service module. Make sure none of your crewmembers are in it when you let it go! While you’re turning on the computer in the reentry vehicle, you realize one circuit board malfunctioned! The astronauts call up Mission Control for some more instructions! It is up to your Mission Control team to relay the appropriate steps – good luck!
Landing! Protect your astronauts (raspberries) Land in the target Examine the condition of your payload
Thank you! We had lots of fun, we hope you did, too! us! Caitlin Nolby: Marissa Saad: