High-Level Project Summary
We have developed a system that provides continuous energy to a spacecraft that will conduct long-term research on Venus. The batteries we use today cannot work in the extremely hot and high pressure environment on the surface of Venus. For this reason, in the system we have developed, the rover is covered with zylon material. It is planned to obtain a continuous energy by using the H gas obtained by the electrolysis of water as a fuel.
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Detailed Project Description
The system we want to use in the rover has a tank that can store water and can electrolyze it.
Rover is coated with zylon material to protect it from high temperature and pressure. It provides the energy it needs while researching on the planet's surface from the hydrogen balloon attached to it. When the water in the rover's tank is split into H and O molecules by electrolysis, the hydrogen gas released is stored in the balloon attached to the rover. Energy is released as a result of the combustion reaction of hydrogen gas. This released energy makes Balloon V work. Since the water in the system does not decrease, the energy system continues to be produced in a cycle. In this way, long-term research can be carried out on the planet. The hydrogen balloon should be positioned 55 km above the ground so that it is not affected by the atmosphere of Venus.
Space Agency Data
While developing the Balloon V roject, we were inspired by the Da Vinci roject in NASA resources. We made a previously tested space balloon survivable in the current conditions of Venus by covering it with a more durable material.
Hackathon Journey
We chose the mission to explore Venus because we knew little about Venus, which is called Earth's twin. It is our aim to go to planets with extreme conditions while doing space exploration. Balloon V will show us that we can travel to other extreme planets in space with an infinite source of energy. We would like to thank our school and teachers who made us meet this platform.
References
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/549/energy-storage-technologies-for-future-planetary-science-missions/
https://techport.nasa.gov/view/92914
https://sbir.nasa.gov/SBIR/abstracts/21/sbir/phase1/SBIR-21-1-S3.03-3308.html
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13887
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12208
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/automaton-rover-for-extreme-environments-aree/
https://www.nasa.gov/exploring-hell-venus-rover-challenge
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/1.41886
Tags
#venüs, #balloonV, #explorevenüs, #nasa, #nasachallange, #nasaspaceapps