Be Ready
- We will rise above the competition!
- Team Meeting coming soon to show how we will have to step up our game in the coming weeks.
Concept of Operations Wishlist
ConOps Checklist
IMPORTANT: With all questions, be able to answer: Why?
Initial Conditions
1. What vehicle are you on? Lander, because all of our information collecting will be on the ground with soil analysis.
2. What are the initial conditions? 462 degrees Celsius and 90 atmospheres
a. If on the orbiter, what is your orbital velocity? Do you deorbit? N/A
b. If on the balloon, is the balloon moving? N/A
c. If on the lander, do you deploy during descent or after landing? If during descent, what is your initial velocity? We will deploy after landing to reduce the impact.
Deployment
1. How do you deploy? Describe. We deploy out of the robot by hovering to the surface.
a. What do you use to propel you? We will use …
Prototype Ideas
- Mole Finder
- It would act as a subsurface explorer that would take moisture and temperature readings to determine if liquid ground water was under the surface of Venus and if life could exist under Venus's surface.
- It would have two cameras, one normal, and one thermal for filming underground.
Questions for Inspiress
- What is the range of satellite signals to and from the payload?
- How do we order materials?
- How do we uplink to the NASA satellite system?
- What type of heat resistant camera should we use?
- What is our communication range?
- When will we be able to upload, the Uploads page currently does not show "Sparkman" as a school selection?
- Do we have a limit on the amount of power our payload can use, what are general notes about power usage for the payload on and off the UAH spacecraft?