High-Level Project Summary
At first look, Venus may seem a great source for renewable energies: with speed winds, higher solar energy density, high thermal energy availability. But high atmospheric pressure, corrosive substances and extreme surface temperatures creates an absolute challenge. Our approach proposes an innovation to handle these extreme conditions to allow current-state technology to work on Venu.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
Our project represents a journey of discovery and exploration of our capabilities learning and working together as a group, telling all the proces of thinking, reaching an innovative sugestion.
We wish we had more time. Enjoy our work and many many thanks.
Space Agency Data
We used Nasa-provided data, as well as Wikipedia and industrial sources.
Hackathon Journey
Our team was a last minute complete success. All team members get toghet firt 2hs of the first day, most of us never met before.
Our adult team member helped us to level basic information about Venusian environment, energy storage options, energy generation systems, and scope of the challenge. Then we made a bainstorm to identify speciffic problems and options which ended in a list of subject where each member choosed from to resarch.
First day was used for reseacrh, validate ideas and disgard options, in the same or between research lines. Second day we focused on final candidates and compose our proposal.
We all got exhausted in the process but it was an incredible experience, with fun all along.
References
Energy Storage Technologies for Future Planetary Science Missions | NASA Solar System Exploration
Venus Resources – NASA Solar System Exploration
Venus Fact Sheet - NASA
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html
Mars Fact Sheet - NASA
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/marsfact.html
Powering the Curiosity Mars Rover – Electronic and Electrical Engineering Tools