Meeting Minutes 8/19/18

Chungtai’s Presentation - Avoiding Space Debris

• Space Debris is random stuff floating inside space and inside Earth’s orbit
• Spaceships could collide with debris
• Current solution - pizza box detects known space debris and tries to avoid it, however there may not be enough time to avoid certain objects
• Possible solution - Reduce debris, better detection system
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Nathan’s Presentation - Paper Strength

• Pastepaper, paper used in business cards
• Problem - Get a wind turbine on Mars, very costly
• Solution - Make wind turbine out of paper, much lighter
• Force on Mars with wind would only carry 1% power compared to Earth, so paper is strong enough
• Less gravity and less wind speed on Mars
• Can take field trips in illinois

Jeremy’s Presentation - Food Preservation

• Meals can lose nutrition in a year
• Use MRE technology and Microwave sterilization in order to have a more efficient method in keeping food fresh

Zoe’s Presentation - Pollinating Plants in Space

• Problem - plants need pollination to grow in space
• Different fruits and veggies will give astronauts different nutrition
• You need animals or wind to pollinate

JJ’s Presentation - Protecting Astronauts in Space

• Radiation protection - hydrogen rich materials for spaceship building
• Micrometeoroid Protection - high strength kevlar that stop debris and micrometeoroids
• Solution - water or cheaper method

Sophia’s Presentation - Communicating in Space

• Current - softphone, works through laptops on ISS
• Problem - phone signals sent using ku band, specific frequency of satellite transmissions
• Sometimes the ISS is out of range or the ISS itself can block the signal
• Solution - Satellite can be made more powerful

Arthur Presentation - Different Power Types

• Batteries stores energy made on Earth and releases as electricity, limited power, heavy
• Solar power converts light into electricity, positioning, could be overheated
• RTG thermoelectric generators will generate heat as they turn into non-radioactive materials
• Fuel Cells - Limited time, heavy, dangerous
• Problem - Spacecraft don’t have enough energy

Ryan Presentation -

• Finding which planets can we use to survive
• Using mars
• Finding a flat shady and smooth surface as they are ideal for safety
• Areas near water or ice are also ideal
• Settling near the equator can also allow you to study methane
• There are a lot of problems and hazards on mars
• Nasa can put a magnet on a specific area of the planet and protect the planet from solar storms