- Sorted ourselves by our birthdays
- Sorted ourselves by favorite food
Next, we presented our project research.
Jeremy:
- Exercising in space
- They need
Nathan:
- Generating energy for rovers stuck in sandstorms
- Martian sandstorms block out sunlight
- Rovers cannot recharge and may eventually run out of battery
- The sandstorms can last up to many months
- Rover goes into low power mode
- Currently using plutonium batteries
- These batteries only produce 8 watts
- We can use wind turbines
- Can produce around 23 watts
Chungtai:
- Better ways to launch rockets
- Currently rockets are launched by burning oxygen, making an explosion
- They are slow and a bit hard to control
- Nuclear fuel could continue propelling rockets to faraway places
- Electromagnetic tethers could act like an extremely strong catapult
- Warp drives could teleport us to other places
- These ideas are currently not possible without a major technological advancement
Zoey:
- Planting in space
- On Earth plants need light, water, and nutrition
- In space it is the same
- Plants grow to light
- Roots grow to nutrition
- Plants being tested
- Red Romaine Lettuce
- Tomatoes
- Pepper
- Cabbage
- Need a better watering system
- Need a way to pollinate crops
Ben:
- Food packaging in space
- Canned food is heavy and takes a lot of space
- Dehydrated food requires a lot of water
- Meal packets lose nutrition after a year
- NASA is currently using meal packets a lot
Ryan:
- Living on a new planet
- Try to pick a more specific problem and solution
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