MISSION TO MARS

I HAVE DECIDED TO LAND THERE BECAUSE...

• I have decided to land there because it is the safest planet
• No other planets because they are too dangerous or too far
• It is red with rocks and is a bumpy planet
• We will explore there in the first place because we need to know more
• We hope to learn if it is safe for people to land on it

WHY NOT OTHER PLANETS?...

• Mercury, you cannot land there because it is too hot.
• Venus, you connot land there because the pressure can crush a person
• Jupiter, you cannot land there because it gives off more heat than it recives
• Saturn, you cannot land there because it is a gaseous planet
• Uranus, you cannot land there because is causes a strong magnetic field

CRITERIA AND CONSTRAINTS

• I want my spacecraft to be able to have three rockets to move quickly
• I need to work around on landing safely
• My spacecraft needs to have a big parachute
• I need a rover for my space craft
• I need to work around on dodging other rocks

SPACECRAFT PROTOTYPE #1

• I didn't know that there was no people
• I didn't know about sketching a spacecraft
• I didn't know about the rover
• I didn't know about the rockets
• I didn't know about how strong the parachute lines have to be

SPACECRAFT PROTOTYPE #2

• The improvements is the suspension lines
• The rover
• The three rockets
• The
• No people in the spacecraft

FINAL SPACECRAFT PROTOTYPE

• We need a parachute to land safely on Mars
• We need a rover to study Mars when the spacecraft gets there
• We need rockets to move quickly
• We need a heat shield to not burn
• We need strong suspension lines so the parachute won't snap

PARACHUTES

• They help you land safely
• The suspension lines work by holding on to the parachute
• The canopy works by creating drag
• The load works by sending pictures to Mars

TESTS MY GROUP CONDUCTED...

• Control-suspension lines
• The fabric,the canopy size, and the suspension lines
• Variable-how slow the parachute goes
• Results-the fabric was fast, suspension lines were 21 in.
• THAT's what my group conducted

FINAL PARACHUTE AND RESULTS

• Data: I calculated the radius and the circumference of the parachute
• Data: I timed the parachute three times
• Details: We used fabric
• Details: the parachute dropped quickly
• Details: we had 21in. long suspension lines

WHAT I LEARNED...

• I learned that fabric is too heavy to use for a parachute
• I learned that there is no people in spacecraft
• I learned that the suspension lines were long when the parachute was slow
• I learned that you have to divide the distance to the average to find if your mission ready
• I Learned that you have 7 min. to reach ground