Awards & Nominations
ACUARIUS has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Global Nominee
PROYECT ACUARIUS :Outfitting a Mars Habitat: A 3D Print Challenge
High-Level Project Summary
Mars is a cold desert planet. It is half the size of Earth. It has a thin atmosphere,consisting mainly of carbon dioxide (95.3%), nitrogen (2.7%), argon (1.7%), minoramounts of water, carbon monoxide and molecular oxygen, and traces of other gases.At present, the atmosphere of Mars is much thinner than that of Earth. This means thatthe average atmospheric pressure on Mars is about 7 millibars, while on Earth itreaches 1024 millibars. Due to the low pressure, plants on Mars would dry out.In view of these data, and with a view to the established objective, we consider as a mainpoint the health problems that human life on Mars entails
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Detailed Project Description
To meet this challenge, we decided to investigate how we can generate the greenhouse effect on the planet earth, thus reducing radioactivity and creating a habitat with a pressure similar to that of the earth. When we came up with this idea, certain problems arose that we were able to solve, as well as some unknowns that we will continue to work on.
Space Agency Data
However, this idea became more and more problematic, we needed two very different types of gases, which would allow the survival of the crops, the transport of these gases and their containers. Then Moxie appeared in our heads, a well-known NASA project capable of decomposing carbon dioxide and transforming it into oxygen, although it still cannot produce enough oxygen, scientists have reported that they are working on it and that they will soon achieve results. But this is where the problem of the thermal amplitude worsened, we already had the necessary gases, but we still could not solve the temperature change. Until we thought of the most earthly possible, an air conditioner. A habitat with a hot air circulation system, in the form of heating. So that in this way the internal environment remains stable, and the crops as well as the people can survive
Hackathon Journey
project is a solution for medical needs in confined spaces in space, this saline solution with potable water can be used for quick and safe rehydration as an intravenous fluid. Using the station's current recycled drinking water, IVGEN research demonstrated that it is possible to produce medical-grade saline in space. Now, attention has turned to the longevity of the IVGEN hardware and the shelf life of the solution produced.
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IT WAS A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LIVE DURING THIS EVENT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE CREATED DURING THIS SHORT TIME LEADS US TO THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES THAT IT ACHIEVES.