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Taipei | The Trail to Mars: Can You Keep Your Crew Alive

Mars Gen I

High-Level Project Summary

Genetically inclusive space travel.In the future, we plan to incorporate the app in curriculum, and update it with space knowledge. So from Kindergarten to Grade 12, boys and girls can have an equal footing when they are planning for their space travel.

Link to Project "Demo"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rsv4mGyFuJyxvDs97A3A38uRN3G2K2bg/view?usp=sharing

Link to Final Project

https://thunkable.site/w/A685P3oWW

Detailed Project Description

As Adam and Eve are leaving for Mars, several space missions are given. They aim to stay fit and healthy along the way by completing dietary, sleeping, and discharging mission while working out regularly. There are gender-specific missions as well, for example Adam needs to shave and Eve has periods.

In the journey are interesting games, for example, communicating with possible life forms, space walk and meteor crisis. The goal is to keep the crew healthy, physically and mentally, bring life to Mars and extend humanity.

The inspiration comes from the fact that almost 90% of astronauts have been men, and that men and women have very different needs. This App is a role-play game that empowers boys and girls who aspire to explore the space. With required training, education and preparation, space travel can be genetically inclusive.

Project materials and resource files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15VV1FphsB2IiFKeIdmrSddVDZXi5s984?usp=sharing

[Mobile App screenshot]

[Thunkable code]

[Miro]

Space Agency Data

https://genelab.nasa.gov/

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/2012_space_nutrition_book-072213.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3oAwa5DlZkif_SqWNA9jqjhBaGHC349WNHOnyuO9f5tn-moVm2ayglnkc

Hackathon Journey

Joannie and Croc saw the hackathon theme in late September and found the mission that may have the most profound impact. They started by developing their ideas on Miro. In the process, they identified that there is not enough introduction of space and astronauts in Taiwan's education. Their background as educators inspire them to create and design a game prototype for students.

Kelly and Renee joined and completed the team. On the first day, the group decided to use the app-building tools of Thunkable to make up for the lack of coding experiences, and give the interactive game more realistic feel. Since this is an all-women team, they decided to blend in female physical experiences, and guide users to think about what life is like as a female astonaut in space.

The final app design and flow is the concerted effort of the team. Leveraging online stock photos, the concept is brought to reality. You can experience the app by clicking on the URL.

The group consolidated and funneled their ideas in the last stage of submitting information, and identified the core message: Genetically inclusive space travel, which guarantees that the trip to Mars is meaningful and life-sustaining!