🇺🇸MISSION TO MARS🇺🇸

GOING TO MARS

• I decided to go to Mars because Mars weather conditions, atmosphere, and distance from the sun is about the same as Earth
• About every other planet is a gaseous planet so it would be impossible to land on
• Other planets would freeze you to death or the atmosphere would be too extreme

GOING TO MARS

• Mars is exactly like Earth, but the atmosphere and distance from the sun is different
• We will explore there to find life on Mars
• We hope we learn if humans and other life can live on Mars

SPACECRAFT

• We thought that important things we needed on the spacecraft were an engine, fins, and boosters
• We would also need a parachute, storage room, an exercise room, and an escape pod
• We had to have oxygen tanks, a space suit, food, and tools for experiementing

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PARACHUTE

• Parachutes are an important part of part of our spacecraft because it helps of land.
• Canopy: creates drag which slows down the load
• Suspension Lines: connect the load to the canopy
• Load:is what you are carrying

CONTROLLED VARIABLE

• On our first parachute we controlled the load and the suspension lines the same length
• On our second parachute we kept the load and the canopy the same size
• On our last parachute we kept the load the same and the suspension lines the same lengths

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

• Test 1: The canopy sizes were not all the same
• Test 2: The suspension lines were not he same length
• Test 3: The material used were all different

DEPENDENT VARIABLE

• We were testing to see which parachute went slow enough to land on Mars
• Test 1: Our time was 2.40 seconds with a medium parachute
• Test 2: Our time was 2.59 with 21 inch suspension lines
• Test 3: Our time was 1.21 with fabric as a parachute

FINAL PARACHUTE

• Canopy: Large
• Material: Plastic
• Suspension Lines: 13 inch
• Load: Small bulldog clip
• The Parachute's packing score had to be 150 inches or less

FINAL PARACHUTE

• We took the data of the slowest times and tried to incorporate it as much as we could
• We decided to make it be the closest to the packing score without going over
• When we built our if we used longer suspension lines it would go over so we had to use shorter suspension lines
• Our average final parachute time was 3.65 seconds

PARACHUTE USING ANY VARIABLES

• Canopy: Large
• Material: Plastic
• Suspension Lines: 21 inch
• Load: Small Bulldog Clip

PARACHUTE Using Any VARIABLES

• Large Parachute: It creates a lot of drag which slows it down
• Plastic: It went the slowest time when we tested the material
• 21 inch: It would put the load farther from the canopy and would pull the canopy down, but the canopy would catch enough air to slow the parachute down
• Small Bulldog Clip: Is not to light , but not to heavy

What I Learned

I have learned a lot. The process of making our parachutes. One thing I learned was the different kinds of variable. The controlled variable is the thing that you keep the same. The independent variable is the one thing that you change in an experiment. The dependent variable is what you are trying to test for.

I also learned that the different parts of the parachute do different thingsOne important thing that I learned was that scientists have to keep trying and trying. Before they can try again they have to make a better version of the thing that they made before. Even when they try again it might take a year before they can start again. The Mission to Mars project taught me a lot and was a fun and challenging project. If I could do the Mission to Mars project again I would totally do it.

SADLY, IT IS