Overview
• 5-day student competition where students from all over the world come to Caltech to design a human mission to a Martian Moon
• We provide you with the tools needed to create a successful mission in only 5 days
• Provide opportunity for students all across the world to interact with scientist/engineers from NASA and industry
• Goal is to Develop innovative strategies and solutions which could be applied towards future deep space missions.
Mission• A human mission to a Martian moon stays true to NASA’s flexible
path approach that was advocated by the Augustine Committee.• This mission is a Fundamental step on the way to human exploration
of Mars, and our solar system.
• In 5 days, each team is challenged to design a mission to land humans on a Martian moon, either Phobos or Deimos, and return them along with a sample, safely to the Earth.
• The launch date of the mission may be no later than January 1st, 2041.
Deliverables and Judging
• Each team is required to:– Submit a final report by 1:30 PM 5/29/2013– 1 hour presentation (50 minute presentation, 10
minute questions) on 5/29/2013 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
• Teams will be judged on their answers to the 5 questions by a panel of jurors
Space Challenge ParticipantsHighly talented applicant pool of over 175 people!
21 universities and 11 countries represented
Handbook Information
• Problem statement and 5 questions• Many useful design references– Launch vehicles– Radiation– Science examples– Team milestones and organization
“Rules”
• All lectures and meals are mandatory– Great way to interact with the speakers and
people on the other team• This is a “friendly” competition• Don’t forget to sleep!• Learn something and have fun
Ed Stone – 1 of 4
Welcome to the Caltech Space Challenge, where the challenge is to expand the five frontiers of space:
• The physical frontier- sending a human or a robot to new places
• The knowledge frontier- learning what is out there• The technology frontier- the innovations needed to send
systems and humans into space• The human frontier- the physiological, psychological, and
medical aspects affecting humans in space• The applications frontiers- the use of space to benefit life on
Earth
Ed Stone – 2 of 4
Your teams carry the names of two JPL missions that have expanded those frontiers…
Explorer- the first US orbiting spacecraft that discovered the Van Allen belts of radiation trapped in Earth’s magnetic field
Ed Stone – 3 of 4
Voyager- that explored Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and will soon become the first to explore interstellar space
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