Living In space

Student Names: Andrew, Brandon, Daniel, Michael

Project Goal

Our goal was to create a safe space on Mars that we can use to live, research, and explore on.
We chose to pursue this because we feel that it's important to be on Mars and have a safe clean spot to conduct experiments and make discoveries.

ACTION

To take action, our group decided to make a 3D model of the space base and a side project called M.S.O.S (Multi Stage Orbital Satellite) In Minecraft. As for the materials, we used blocks in Minecraft that resembled the real marital that we would use the closest. We made a table of translations that can be seen on our Instagram.
We used a lot of chemistry to determine the best kind of materials. For our project, we needed to determine the best kind of material for things like the lightest weight, the strongest, and the most heat resistant. Using chemistry we were able to determine the best material for each part to ensure that we will not be held back by something not working as it should.
Here is a link to our slides where we go in detail and show videos explaining our project:

Space camp

Outside of Midway point.webm

Space Camp Tour BLJ.webm

Reflection

How does our project fit in with the other project? That's a good question. As we see it, our project is like the glue that binds everything together. Everything connects to this one point. Food gets transported to the base, water filters are in the base, the energy is for the base and all these things add up to give us a complete base. As you can see, all the projects add to the space base and the space base binds them together for the perfect living space.
Our action was pretty successful. Our Mars base is well thought out and has many places to carry out operations. In addition, we created a Midway point. This will aid in getting to Mars and can allow people to do missions from the Midway point. So overall we would say this mission was a success.
If we could do something differently we would definitely start working sooner. That's what the big problem was in our eyes. We should have started building a lot earlier. If we did this we would have a had a lot more breathing room when it comes to turning it in. The way we did it was we researched for a long time before building our project. If we had more time or possibly were more time-efficient we could have begun earlier. Another way we could have done it is after having a good amount of research, we could have begun building an outline or getting the structure done so that when we felt we could finish the entire thing our base was done.

WHERE IT COULD GO NEXT...

If someone were to be inspired by our underground base idea, there are many ways that they could continue our work. One thing could be to build a robot of a drill, one that could dig out the mars base so we can get supplies. Another thing could be to continue with the midway point idea and figure out how to send it to space or maybe make a 3d model in real life. Those are just a couple of ideas for the next phase of our project.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN...

Andrew- A few things I learned are that when doing a big project like this, the due date comes a lot faster than expected. As for science, a lot of things I learned during the year made their way into the project. As for me, it is chemistry, electricity, and circuits. On Minecraft, I made these Automatic doors. They are a lot harder to build than I originally thought. They work just like a normal circuit, so there were a lot of times that I needed to go back and try to find a spot that was not connected or getting power. With my knowledge of circuits, I was able to get it done and they work perfectly now. Having these skills came in handy when I needed them during this project.

Brandon- I learned that when working on big projects, it's hard to get everyone motivated due to the due date being a long time away. Also, I learned that compromises need to be made, if everyone is butting heads about ideas, then time will be wasted. A final thing would be how working on this project helped me better understand the things we were taught in class, this was due to how we used the science learned in grade 9 in a non-school-related situation. If I were to do this project again, I would use the lessons from this project to finish it not only with more quality but also with more haste.

Daniel-

Michael- This project was difficult, and the fun of working on something new quickly deflated into anxiety, stress, and anger. I learned that my time management skills are still very lacking. I learned that I am not the best choice for a project leader (although in this case the only one willing). I learned that space is fun to work around. I learned tons of interesting facts about mars as a planet, like the average temp, the weather, and gravity in comparison to earth. I learned that homework is important. I learned that everything must be done as soon as possible, so you have more time left for quality. Most of all, I learned that Rocket science, and space exploration is 110%, not a subject I will be looking at in the future.

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