High-Level Project Summary
We at Grad23 developed a highly compact and reusable habitat that would take care of all the needs of one astronaut for one year efficiently and reliably. We designed a multipurpose chair that could act as a bed and as a work station. We designed a waste system that would store waste until the need for removal. We also designed a compact and easy to use wash station for maintaining hygiene. The habitat in which the astronaut would be living will not suffer from clutter since all the previously mentioned devices are all foldable and storable in an extremely small space.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
This project hopes to to make the one year stay for the astronaut in the habitat will be easy, with reliable tools and compact devices that could decrease and increase their foot print depending on the astronauts needs. To make this idea a reality we used Sketchbook, a drawing software, to visualize the early concepts and then we used Shapr3D, a 3d designing and exporting software, to design and export the final products
Space Agency Data
We decided to check out some of the designs, as suggested in the challenge, of the Curiosity and Perseverence rover wheels, while also checking what are some other important things. While checking the website, we found that exercise is a must for an austronaut, as to keep in shape and be in the healthiest condition. So we took that in consideration and decided to design a bar that he could do pull ups on or other exercises that needs a high bar, thinking that it would be enough as he (The austronaut) could also do exercises that do not need equipment.
Hackathon Journey
We, as a team, would describe our experience as tiresome, but rewarding. We learned how to use 3D design objects, and learned how hard it is to be an austronaut. Like imagine having to live for a year on mars alone, in a small confined space, having to design your own necessities with a broken rover wheel and a crashed spaceship. As to what inspired us, most of us want to become engineers in the future, while the rest were thinking of the possibility of being one, so they entered for the experience and for a glimpse of what could be their future. Our approach was to first decide what objects were an absolute must, then check out on the NASA website what other objects we needed. Then we divided what designing and drawing between us, also checking in on each other to add comments or advice. And for the setbacks, we worked as a team and tried to work out a way around the problem.
We would like to thank NASA for giving us this experience, and to our teacher, Miss Heba, for encouraging us to even enter the challenge.
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#Mars #MarsHabitat #1yearonmars #3dprinting #designs