Beyond Corona

High-Level Project Summary

We are almost 100% oblivious about the outer space and the mysteries of the stellar universe. However, it is at least a shame to be oblivious the most important star in our solar system, the SUN. Solar dust resulted from the sun can readily ruin any space mission in the future. Hence, our future plans of invading Mars may simply be doomed to fail because our lack of understanding of the sun and its environment. To encounter this problem, we tried to provide a source of reliable information about the sun in an interactive way. Indeed, this source of information is the Parker’s Solar Probe, the first human-made object to technically touch the sun.

Link to Final Project

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rgDXDcMRs0KwxD-A9k9GDo7hjgnkp--I?usp=sharing

Link to Project "Demo"

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KteGIEHfa-B1dXSFcpBtFJUm1z3mIOp0

Detailed Project Description

The game will begin with some clear instructions about gathering several parts of the probe together, while explaining how each part of them contributes to the benefit of this journey. Afterwards, another game scene will show up, in which the player will be able to control a 3d model of the probe through the space directly towards the sun. Meanwhile, the player will also be prompted to have some side missions, in which every side mission represents a challenge that the probe had faced.

1. Cooling the probe: The probe will have a 2d mini game to connect some wires to have the cooling system of the probe done, while explaining some facts about the probe.

2. Destroying/Getting rid of Solar dust: The player will be directed to evade and destroy the solar dust encountered throughout the journey. This will be done while explaining the know-how of solar dust and why does it affect the space-directed objects negatively.

3. Capturing Plasma: The player will be directed to an additional mini-game to capture the plasma from the sun. This plasma is extremely important in understanding the nature of the sun and its outer layer, the Corona.

Space Agency Data

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries/

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasas-parker-solar-probe-sheds-new-light-on-the-sun/

Hackathon Journey

The hackathon journey overall was a well-rounded experience. We definitely learned new skills, such as Unity C#, on our own to be able to develop our solution. Furthermore, it was a splendid experience to meet new people from different cultures, all of whom are working endlessly on their solutions. We were inspired to choose this challenge from the story of James Webb Space Telescope. Not too many people knew much about the Webb telescope until the last few weeks, when it was able to capture the deepest, sharpest image of the universe. Since then, we, Beyond Corona, thought that it will definitely be a good choice to develop something to inform more people and teenagers about the most important star of our solar system, the SUN! We began firstly by analyzing the current solutions to this problem of oblivion, and we found that almost all of them are only informative. Thus, we decided to implement the interaction in our solution to a large extent, in which the player will have the chance to be informed about the interesting journey of the sun as well interacting with the game.

Finally, we would like to thank our mentor Eng. Hassan Moustafa for his assistance throughout the hackathon.