Awards & Nominations
Dark Matter has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Global Nominee
Mars Lander
High-Level Project Summary
The project teaches the player about Mars and how to reach it from Earth. It consists of three phases: Orbiting, landing and objectives. An AI will assist the player along the way.
Link to Project "Demo"
Link to Final Project
Detailed Project Description
The project will simulate the journey from the interplanetary space to the orbit of Mars. The approach is simulated using orbital mechanics to provide the highest level of realism available for the game engine.
The first phase (orbiting) is about the rendezvous with Mars and the capture of the spacecraft. Aerobraking is used to slowdown and prepare the lander for its final destination.
The second phase (landing) will guide the player to safely land on the surface to start the exploration of the martian terrain.
The third phase (objects) will pose challenges that the player has to tackle to finish the game successfully.
The AI will provide helpful information for the player to optimise their journey to Mars and to its surface, while educating about the planet's characteristics and the physics involved.
Space Agency Data
The use of NASA's data has eased our work on both work and creative sides . On the technical side, the data related to planets allowed us to set up an accurate 1/4 scale of our solar system as well as the necessary data that allowed our physics simulation to run smoothly and accurately representing the real speed and situations the astronauts will face.
As for creativity, the data provided allowed us to wild on the bleeding edge of NASA technology giving us many toys to put in the player's hands, prototypes that will most likely be used by the first settlers of Mars. Such prototypes is the Orion spaceship which will lead humans the farthest it has been from the earth and is currently undergoing test. Added to that is the MULTI-MISSION SPACE EXPLORATION VEHICLE or MMSEV for short, which will be the backbone of the first humans on mars as they will need it to go to different locations and discover Mars.
Hackathon Journey
There is a growing interest around the world in our red neighbour. Colonising Mars will be our greatest achievement as a civilisation, and it will mark the beginning of interplanetary and perhaps interstellar travel era. However, we cannot reach this goal before we can successfully and consistently land on Mars.
This is what inspired us to choose this challenge with the hope that our submission among others to Space Apps can motivate and encourage the future generations to abandon the notion of "The sky is the limit", and to start reaching beyond that.
References
1) https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/marsfact.html
2) https://www.cnet.com/a/img/QZg8zQriV-ZuIR5sCphbOMxo-Jc=/2021/01/28/3fd4cd62-1fe4-4eb7-a970-7163077f50ba/persylanding.jpg
3)https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/entry-descent-landing/
4)https://www.nasa.gov/feature/a-next-generation-spacesuit-for-the-artemis-generation-of-astronauts
5)https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/technology/space_exploration_vehicle/index.html
6)https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/demonstration-proves-nuclear-fission-system-can-provide-space-exploration-power
7)https://www.nasa.gov/feature/inflatable-heat-shield-one-step-closer-to-2022-demonstration
Tags
#Mars #exploration #technology #physics #3d #2d #educational #AI #procedural #Orion #MMSEV #MarsLanding
Global Judging
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