High-Level Project Summary
First, an analysis of the design of the main area of the habitat, or initial house where most of the tools for working and living will be found.Then, a research was made about viable ways to lead a "daily" life on the red planet.In addition, we delved into the field of vital work tools to be used in space, taking into account the scarcity of materials.Finally, a "similar" model of a wheel of a rover curiosity exploration vehicle was made, with the specifications and behaviors of the same.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
The project in question provides a 3D design model of tools previously analyzed for an off-earth environment with limiting data on manufacturing materials, so we came up with the following tools to design:
-Nuts and bolts, which will be useful for the use of fasteners used to join parts, momentary or long term.
Screwdriver, is composed of an insulating plastic handle and a metal bar with a pointed end, at the end of which a screw is placed. It is used to tighten and loosen screws that do not require much force.
Wrench, they are designed to tighten and loosen hexagonal head nuts, with the particularity that they can vary the opening of their jaws depending on the size of the nut.
Among other materials, there are also pliers and hammers.
On the other hand we have the furniture or furnishings to have a greater comfort among which we can define two beds two bathrooms two bathtubs two sinks, desk, medicine cabinet, kitchen, dishwasher, transmission room and gym. And the spare tire of the rover curiosity which will be replaced by a nitonol tire, which is an alloy of nickel and titanium with the corresponding technical specifications, with the advantage that the wheel being ductile will only be deformed but will not reach a breaking point in addition to an arduous investigation to take into account the different positions about the knowledge of the habitat, also the deepening of the working tools and materials to live a year and with degree of sustainability. All the mentioned objects are quite related to the 3 printing machines that we have, which are made of metal and print small things, also of plastic, which prints things with greater magnitude and finally the concrete printer that is outside the habitat.
Space Agency Data
https://youtu.be/2lv6Vs12jLc
Hackathon Journey
The sensations of participating in this great event for the first time are great and pleasant, it is a myriad of feelings both good and bad. The learning was based on teamwork, camaraderie, brainstorming and quite a lot of impetus and activation of skills to solve the various problems that arise.
In general, everything related to surfaces and environments on other planets fascinated us and inspired us to bet on this wonderful project.
From the first minute as a team we had some inconveniences with the death of two of our members, for different reasons, so we had to double our efforts and be at the limit with the time of the competition. As a team, we are grateful to the organization and part of the event staff for their kindness and constant help.
References
-C.Rus (2019) obtenido de:
https://www.xataka.com/espacio/esta-empresa-disena-casas-que-nasa-planea-construir-marte-tambien-han-hecho-version-para-tierra
-O.Kardoudi(2021) obtenido de :
https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/novaceno/2021-03-18/nasa-rueda-bicicleta-nuevo-material-rover_2998056/
Tags
#Mars, #Creation