Solar Jump Jet

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.

We created a concept solution and did the complete math and defined parts and materials of each section proving it's functionality. It's highly plausible and doable.

We created an app - game that can be used on various devices and it's in demo version. It simulates the building of the jet pack, flies around Mars and it produces the local gravity, atmospheric conditions and you can choose your jet pack design.

We have various 3D models and also a scaled down jet pack prototype that's functional. We also have a virtual reality of it.

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Our so called Solar Jump Jet is jet pack which the astronaut can carry with himself on Mars and use It's power in order to accomplish obstruction whenever he encounters one.

The standard Jet Set (usually the Jet Set created on Earth) is based on a standard jet-power backpack and usage of rocket fuel.

We understand that Mars has a complicated landscape and we are fully aware of all the conditions there, thus we went for solar power. Also, we frequently follow N.A.S.A. future projects and we are aware that one prototype should be fully and highly functional and last for long period of time but it should also be as simple as possible to use and safe for the astronaut, the planet environment etc.

As our first goal, we were trying to flee from standard jet-power because of the fuel consumption and its unstable flaming so we can make the astronauts life safer. The second goal is our main idea and that is using the solar power that comes from the Sun for recharging the Graphene Batteries that our Jet is using. The lightest and strongest nano-material on Earth called Graphene is the main material in the skeleton of our Jet.

The standard batteries are nothing compared to these Graphene batteries. They are made with special cathodes that allow recharge in just 20 seconds and retain more than 90% of their capacity even after 1000 cycles of use.

The phase where the astronaut needs to recharge his battery will be taken care by the ten solar panels which the astronauts set on Mars.

Instead of using standard materials, as we mentioned in the beginning we decided to use Graphene and existing nanomaterials, compounds and improved materials that are in use already due to our mentor's help that covers the field of material engineering and nanotechnology. The idea is the jet set to be extremely light and safe but functional because it has to fit the environment, the space conditions, to save the muscle power of the astronaut by helping him move easier, to help him easily maneuver through the area and with the Jet pack itself.

Our Solar Jet Set has two rows of propellers on each side and it has stabilizators keeping them fixed while it’s set. The propellers can rotate of an angle of 90 degrees on every scale – x,y,z and that means in every direction in the Cartesian coordinate system. It uses two packs of graphene batteries that are chargeable and they use the solar energy stashed in the solar station on mars. So the method is by solar energy charging. The graphene battery has a capacity that is 10 times more than the strongest lithium battery. It uses the lightest and most modern materials and it’s set in a way that everything is used by It’s maximum.

If a maximum capacity of a lithium battery is 20v, then 20x10=200v and that means that the graphene battery has a capacity of 200v and is really powerful.

We believe that the key to this challenge is mobility of the explorer but also of the equipment itself – a person needs to easily carry it and deploy it, so it should be possible to assemble and wear it by the user without assistance. So we made the best fit from all the requirements above.

All the power that we get from our Graphene batteries goes into our electro-motors and they will generate between 7000 and 10000 rpm. In one engine we have two different rows of propellers which use up to 100w in minute.

We have made a simulation in Unity where we have one astronaut that carries out Solar Jump Jet and with its help he jumps high enough to reach some terrain or to cover big distances with moving forward.

We have also made an 360° cardboard view of the jetpack model.

We created an APP that functions like a game/simulation so one can see how the Jet Pack will look like, function and behave in various conditions.

We also created a website where one can check all the specifications of the jet pack and all the materials and innovative technology we used.

Conclusion:

It’s a highly functional theory and prototype and we can build it if we have the equipment, materials and funds to do so. Our small prototype worked and was highly functional.

Web Page : http://nasateamgg.github.io/

http://www.graphene-info.com/graphene-batteries

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_pack

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http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models

http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/nmss-z2

https://tdglobal.ksc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch...








http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/reports/1922/naca-tn-94.pdf

http://adg.stanford.edu/aa200b/propeller/propanalysis.html

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Also we were having consultation with people from different sections and with their help we were doing this study, we also consulted Nagin Cox personally and all the people we reached that worked in NASA, all the mentors that already work or are successful in their field: Engeneering, pyhsics, astronomy and space, material engineering, nanotechnology, electronics, math, robotics, programming etc.

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