A DAY ON MARS
Have you ever wanted a rocket pack to soar amongst the sky? Now you can … on Mars… Gravity is less, atmospheric density is less, and the vistas are breathtaking. So come to Mars...
Buck Rogers aside, Mars is an interesting environment for out-of-this-world mobility options for an explorer. This challenge asks for the definition of a conceptual mobility solution to allow an astronaut to easily and rapidly explore Mars including overcoming obstacles such as cliffs, ravines and other difficult terrain. The solution should be person-portable and any means or source of propulsion be locally produced.
This challenge can be answered by:
- producing an app to simulate your adventures in building your jet pack and flying around Mars;
- produce an app that provides the local gravity, atmospheric conditions (density, weather, anything-else-of-interest) to help decide what is needed for your jet pack design;
- perform a feasibility/conceptual study of an actual jet pack design that could use potential Mars fuel sources; or Design and Demonstrate a model scale jet pack using hardware.
This application was developed en c++.It searchs integrate the different climate variables of Mars to get a report of them that allows us evaluate the real situtation in a particular exploration and then analize the data and take reference fot the future jet pack design parameters.
How did we do it? We did a flush diagram to interrelate the steps for do a code.This individual models was designed taking in consideration different aspects like climate data or physic laws.
Fistly the program calculates the local gravity , this calculus depends of the height of the jet pack operation.We used a gravitational force equation for that.Our information resources was the provided for the NASA.The programing shows the gravity for a value of height in meters.
We knew the life's several conditions in Mars and for that the life's adaptation will be hard.The humans need to find the way to control the various climate changes, atmospheric phenomenons and chemical reactions .However we can find that solutions.
We make procedure to calculate temperature following a tight bend, it depends of the relative height to the martian surface. In the same way we calculate atmospheric pressure and it founds low values if we compare with the earth. This values were so low that the process of combustión and stabilizing of the mass is affected. For the function of a jetpack, we should establish a impulse that depends of the lost mass that is expulsed in some direction. For this process the combustión included gas and liquid using Oxigen and high temperature, but using graphics of pressure and volume, also transition state bend from liquid compress to vapour overheat. We can appreciate that it is difficult make a chemistry reaction to impulse that magnitude.
In conclusion the calculated data allow us to obtain information about the possible fuels, materials, aerodynamic behaviour and the geometric shape to use for a future design of a jetpack.
1. "The Mars Climate Database Projects"
http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/
2. "Mars Atmosphere Model"
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/atmosmr...
3. "Mars Fact Sheet"
