The final frontier.

https://github.com/fededomgom/thefinalfrontier

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hdqCI0tD590yZaLvofqRlt6bVlQpPesrfUgXI8_UwIk/edit?usp=sharing

Our power source uses IR radiation to power our design of a Venus rover. It works by transforming such radiation into usable power, using the process of infrared photovoltaic conversion. It benefits humankind, as it can make exciting new discoveries, and explore Venus for a longer time than ever before.

https://www.nasa.gov/venus

We used data from NASA to make our calculations, such as the wind gusts, the temperature, and more. We needed it to make our design and calculate the required power.

We'd describe it as a learning opportunity, where we positively benefited from. Firstly, we learned how to design an alternate source of energy, to calculate its power output. We also learned how the process of designing a rover works, and the things you have to take into consideration. Our team resorted to each other to resolve our setbacks and challenges, and never stopped trying. Our main inspiration to take this challenge was our need to constantly learn.

Power systems for Venus surface missions: A review. (2021). Acta Astronautica, 187, 492–497.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.09.030

Venus: The Basics. NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/venus

Venus lander power generation by infrared photovoltaic conversion. (1995). Devon G. Crowe et al. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995LPI....26..293C

Power Beaming for Long Life Venus Surface Missions. (2020). California Institute of Technology.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/niac_2019_phi_brandon_powerbeaming_tagged.pdf

https://www.opticsthewebsite.com/OpticsCalculators

Garín, M., Fenollosa, R., Alcubilla, R. et al. All-silicon spherical-Mie-resonator photodiode with spectral response in the infrared region. Nat Commun 5, 3440 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4440

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