Group 11: A Transporter For Mars

NASA and ESA have been the main factors of developing space ships that will reduce the factors of failure or risk of the mission. Technology is not the greatest problem itself, space agencies probably have enough technology to go to Mars, considering that our current cell phones have more technology more than Apollo 13 did. The challenge itself is to identify every risk and every step with its details and consequences. We always have to remember that before we can run, we have to walk, and before we can explore the space, we have to leave our planet and be confident about our surroundings. There are some pretty big gaps in our abilities, including the fact that we can't efficiently store the necessary fuel long enough for a Mars trip, more fuel means more weight, and more weight means more fuel to operate. We also don't yet have a vehicle capable of landing people on the Martian surface, and we aren't entirely sure what it will take to keep them alive once there. Sure fuel is not the only thing that human needs if they lived went to

The Mars One project, a mission that will attempt to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars, has become immensely popular since its announcement in December of 2013. With the mission’s growing popularity, the CEO of the project, Bas Lansdrop, has established that within twelve years, the first humans will land on the surface of the barren planet and begin colonization (“Mars One: Roadmap”.) Mars One presents our species with the capability to discover new life forms, valuable resources, and it pushes the limits of our technological potential. It is not perplexing to see why countless individuals have signed up to be a part of this historic mission, and ultimately “the next giant leap for mankind.” (Lansdrop.) Although this mission

The NASA space program has had enormous impacts on the world. Thanks to NASA the United States has explored thousands of celestial bodies throughout the galaxy with telescopes, rovers, and in the moon 's case, people. In the next decade, NASA plans to expand the United State’s human exploration to more than just the moon. A Mars mission has been in NASA’s eye for quite a while now and with technology advancing every day, they feel it is time to send men and women to the red planet. Some believe the journey could prove too dangerous for humans; however, through research and development scientists can find ways to safely transport astronauts to and from Mars. This is a necessary step in the country 's advancements in health, technology and

Space exploration is the future of humanity. As technology improves, new solutions arise to answer the question of sustaining life outside Earth. Many types of life support systems are developed and used on regular missions. However, determining the most suitable life support system for missions on Mars presents a challenge that this paper will solve. This article compares different life support systems using the Equivalent System Mass (ESM), which measures the relative cost of hardware based on its mass, volume, power, and cooling requirements. Bioregenerative systems are more practicable and secure for longer missions as they avoid the cost of constant food supply. However, the ESM shows that the higher initial cost of bioregenerative systems makes it way more expensive than the Physical/Chemical systems for long-duration missions. For short duration missions, the least expensive life support uses direct provision of water, oxygen and food from Earth. As Mars missions aren’t brief, the physical/chemical life support system is the most suitable. The ESM breakeven analysis confirms these well-known and widely accepted results. The conclusion makes the substantial past efforts to develop bioregenerative life support appear impractical.

In 2020, NASA is going to launch a rover to Mars. The rover will be on Mars for one Mars year which is the equivalent of 687 earth days. This special mission is to find out more about future life on Mars. The rover will be carried to Mars by a specially designed spacecraft. The rover will be equipped with the best technology to ensure connection with Earth.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched two similar twin robotic rovers which were Spirit and Opportunity toward Mars on 10 June and 7 July 2003 (NASA 2012). Spirit and Opportunity landed in Gusev Crater on 4 January 2004 and in Meridiani Planum on 25 January 2004 respectively (NASA 2012). Opportunity is still operating and roving after 10 years on the Martian surface while final communication of Spirit to the Earth took place on 22 March 2010, which is around six years into its mission (NASA 2012). The rovers were thought to last 20 times longer as compared to its original design. As part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, the Mars Exploration Rover mission is a continuous multi-mission effort to study Mars as a possible habitation for past or present life and to look for signs of life as well as to prepare for human exploration. Primary objective of the Mars Exploration Rover mission is to explore and characterize a wide range of soils and rocks that possess clues or evidences to past water activity on Mars (NASA 2012).

Nasa’s mission to send humans to the planet Mars is too dangerous, cost way too much, and is inefficient. In the near future, (late 2020’s) Nasa plans to lift off a rocket with humans on it and travel millions of miles to the curious planet of Mars to get data on whether there is life on Mars. Nasa has sent robots to the red planet before, and have got great data, there has even been sightings of water on Mars, and in the near future Nasa wants to have humans live on the planet. The problem with that is, that it’s way too expensive, and dangerouse. They could solve both of those problems by sending robots too mars. Robots will get way more data than a human can, and travel way further.

Mars; the fourth planet from the sun, and considering the vast expanse of the universe, Mars is only a mere 49 million miles from Earth. Mars has been the object of many speculative questions and hypothesis. Over the years, many have wondered if Mars ever sustained life, or if not, if it were possible to one day sustain life; i.e. Humans. There have been many missions to Mars in an attempt to answer those and other questions, like the three separate rover craft missions that will be discussed in this paper. Most recently, the idea to put humans on Mars has gained traction and scientists have begun the process to put that plan into motion. The goal of this paper is to provide more in-depth detail of those missions, their

Getting to Mars is like a balancing act, all of the variables not to be correct in order everything works, this not only includes the calculations of the weights of engines, the rocket and fuel but as well as timing, environmental factors and other problems that could happen along the way. The challenges of getting to Mars are pushing all scientist and researcher knowledge to explore new strategies to complete this mission.

rockets and space capsules. Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has said that he will provide rockets for MarsOne to use for their missions (Williams 10). The goal of MarsOne is to create a permanent settlement on Mars for a low cost. In order to reduce the cost, Lansdorp has said he wants to send one-way missions so they do not have to worry about return missions and sending extra fuel and rockets. However, scientists believe that we do not have to completely give up on bringing the colonists back to Earth. As the colony matures, return missions will become much easier to carry out and as technology advances it will become much less complex as well (Fox News

After the moon landing, human settlement on Mars is the next giant leap for humankind. The current developments of NASA are to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars by 2030. The Mars rover known as ‘Curiosity’ is already on the surface of Mars collecting data and sending back to

The possibilities for the colonization of Mars are endless, so long as keep researching and obtaining new technology. As of current technology, though, it seems that we could make a small colony on Mars in the next 100 years, but that is about it. One of the main limitations is cost, because building such a high-tech rocket and launching it would cost a lot of money. Time won’t be an issue because of a new type of engine that is being created that will go very fast. The author explains this by writing, “The booster, with its 42 Raptors, will be the most powerful rocket in history, by far” (Wall). The author also states that, “The architecture could conceivably get 1 million people to Mars within the next 50 to 100 years” (Wall). This means

The Mars Rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, went to Mars to look for water and life.

The engine arrives from the engine plant. The transmission is matted to the engine here. The motors, exhaust pipes, suspension, axles, drive shaft, gear box, wheel drums, gas tank and other components are brought together by workers with the help of robotic arms. The total assembly is called the chassis.