SoPHL Challenge Problems

Part 1 - Problem Solving & Estimation

These are the challenge problems that are currently available for Part 1: Problem Solving & Estimation

• The Aion IV Mission - Full Credit Date: Tuesday, 18 February

  • Researching the NEXT Thruster - Under development

• Interstellar Travel in the Early 21st Century - Full Credit Date: Tuesday, 18 February

• How Many Stars? - Full Credit Date: Tuesday, 18 February

• Analysis of Ancient Earth Laser Light-Sail Program "Breakthrough Starshot"  - Under development

• Researching zero-g flights - Under development

• Designing A Better Yggdrasil Express Challenge - Full Credit Date: Tuesday, 25 March

Part 2 - Building the Yggdrasil World

• Building the Unity Station - Full Credit Date: Tuesday, 25 February

• The Aetna System - Full Credit Date: Tuesday, 25 February

• Unresolved Binary Magnitude - Full Credit Date: Tuesday, 25 March

• Time in the Yggdrasil World - Full Credit Date: Open

• Design a Yggdrasil Time Converter - Full Credit Date: Open

• Unresolved Binary Magnitude - Full Credit Date: Open

• A Walk Through the Yggdrasil (Repeatable)  - Full Credit Date: Open

• Does the Drasilian Population Make Sense? - Full Credit Date: Open

• Designing a Space Station with Artificial Rotational Gravity - Under development

• Yggdrasil World Estimation Problem Design Challenge - Under development

Part 3 - Astronomy Applications

• The Tau Ceti Class Problem - Full Credit Date: 8 April 2025

• The Ein's Place in the Universe - Full Credit Date: 8 April 2025

• Researching the MMR & MLR - Full Credit Date: Open

• A Bolometric Correction Interpolator - Full Credit Date: Open

• A Solar Eye of Sauron - Full Credit Date: 8 April 2025

• XKCD HR Diagram Addition - Full Credit Date: Open

• The Gravity Maths Math - Full Credit Date: Open

• Power the World on Water - Full Credit Date: Open

Part 4 - Salvation of the Yggdrasil

• An OKC Story - Full Credit Date: Open

• A Daedalus Convoy Story - Full Credit Date: Open

• A Ptolemy Pentagraph Article - Full Credit Date: Open

• A "Travel Time" Equation - Full Credit Date: Open

• We Didn't See It Coming - Full Credit Date: Open

• A Coding Solution for Chapter 1 - The OKC - Full Credit Date: Open

Create Your Own Challenge Problem

• Line-of-Sight on the Yggdrasil  - Full Credit Date: Open

• A Novel Support Beam Structure  - Full Credit Date: Open

Problems from Our Course Texts

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

• Project Hail Mary Challenge Problems - Full Credit Date: Open

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

• Under Development