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In this project, we chose one section of our grade that had the lowest grade and we re-did the project under that category and we tried to increase the score. My partner and I had our lowest grade in gravity and orbits and waves, so our main focus was gravity and orbits but we incorporated waves in as well. Our idea to improve the previous project which was intergalactic planetary was to create something called project X which focused on predicting certain phenomenons of our new project.
We calculated the force of gravity of the rocket when it was halfway from the Earth and the speed at which the rocket needed to be to exit Earth's atmosphere. After this, we figured out when to deploy thrusters to safely land on Mars. After all of that, we created a new planet named Planet X and we calculated the escape velocity the rocket needs to be from the plane which is 1627.42 meters per second.
A couple of other things we figured out was the launch date which will be in October because Mars is ahead of Earth in orbit. Lastly, we described what a heat shield is and how it is important because it blocks very dangerous heat waves.
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Our project is an improvement from the intergalactic planetary project and we used some of the same equations such as Fg ( Force of gravity), V( Velocity), and T=D/ S, T(time) D (distance) S ( Speed of light).
We used the engineering design cycle as a guide to finish this project. We first identified what we needed to do to improve our grade which was to create an equation for some time of phenomenon. We then did our research like when to launch our rocket and also the equations we needed to predict our outcomes. We then went through the possible things we could do like predicting the force of gravity, velocity, or escape velocity. Then we made our plan to figure out the escape velocity of our new planet. We then created the equation for the phenomenon, tested it made sure it made sense, and finally made any last improvements.
Equations within our project:
F = GMm r2: this equation is used to find the force of gravity between two objects.
v_e= \sqrt {\frac {2GM}{r}}: this equation is used to find the velocity that an object needs to travel at to get out of a planet's atmosphere.
t=d/c: this equation is used to find the speed at which the sound waves from the rocket launch travel.
Reflection
This project was a way to make up lost time and focus to get my grade up so I made sure to focus on collaborating and critical thinking with my partner. I made sure to think very hard when making decisions and focusing on making the best option, and I focused on collaborating because I wanted to really listen to other options to make sure this project turned out the best it could.
I really don't think I could have improved anything else on this project except my attention span but other than that I really focused here and kept on task most of the time.
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