“All the Ares missions use Hermes to get to and from Mars. It’s really big and cost a lot so NASA only built one.” Pg 2. Hermes is the large spaceship used for the trip to Mars in the Ares 3 mission. It carries the Ares 3 crew from Earth to Mars’ orbit.
“Hermes is powered by ion engines. They throw Argon out the back of the ship really fast to get a tiny amount of acceleration. The thing is, it doesn't take much reactant mass, so a little Argon (and a nuclear reactor to power things) let us accelerate constantly the whole way there.” Pg 2. This quote explains how the Hermes ship functions and explains that the Hermes spaceship has ion engines that helps the ship to correctly function.
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Best technology available on Earth. So NASA figured “why send a lot of water up there? Just send enough for an emergency.” Humans need 3 liters of water per day to be comfortable. They gave us 50 liters each. There are 300 liters total in the Hab.” Pg 16 This quote also shows that the Hab has useful technology for the astronauts, such as the water reclaimer. The water reclaimer helps create water or reuse water so no water goes to waste.
“I have two Martian rovers. They have pressure seals, allowing the occupants to drive in ease, without spacesuits, as they spent long periods traversing the surface. They’re too cramped to plant crops in, and I want to be able to drive them around anyway. But both rovers have an emergency pop-tent.” Pg 19 Rovers help astronauts with travelling around the foreign planet and communicating with Earth. The rovers have a sealed in surface and are adaptable to emergency situations.
“Thanks to the fine taxpayers of America, I have over 100 of square meters of the most expensive solar paneling ever made. It has an astounding 10.2% efficiency, which is good because Mars doesn’t get as much sunlight as Earth. Only 500 to 700 watts per square meter.” Pg 67 Solar panels uses the sun’s energy and turns it into energy that is usable in different ways, for example, to power the rovers so they can work
“Hermes is powered by ion engines. They throw Argon out the back of the ship really fast to get a tiny amount of acceleration. The thing is, it doesn't take much reactant mass, so a little Argon (and a nuclear reactor to power things) let us accelerate constantly the whole way there.” Pg 2. This quote explains how the Hermes ship functions and explains that the Hermes spaceship has ion engines that helps the ship to correctly function.
“From there, we took the MDV (Mars Descent Vehicle) …show more content…
Best technology available on Earth. So NASA figured “why send a lot of water up there? Just send enough for an emergency.” Humans need 3 liters of water per day to be comfortable. They gave us 50 liters each. There are 300 liters total in the Hab.” Pg 16 This quote also shows that the Hab has useful technology for the astronauts, such as the water reclaimer. The water reclaimer helps create water or reuse water so no water goes to waste.
“I have two Martian rovers. They have pressure seals, allowing the occupants to drive in ease, without spacesuits, as they spent long periods traversing the surface. They’re too cramped to plant crops in, and I want to be able to drive them around anyway. But both rovers have an emergency pop-tent.” Pg 19 Rovers help astronauts with travelling around the foreign planet and communicating with Earth. The rovers have a sealed in surface and are adaptable to emergency situations.
“Thanks to the fine taxpayers of America, I have over 100 of square meters of the most expensive solar paneling ever made. It has an astounding 10.2% efficiency, which is good because Mars doesn’t get as much sunlight as Earth. Only 500 to 700 watts per square meter.” Pg 67 Solar panels uses the sun’s energy and turns it into energy that is usable in different ways, for example, to power the rovers so they can work