High-Level Project Summary
Artemis is the first crewed Moon landing mission with a female and a male to the moon after a long time, and this mission won't stop from 2 astronauts sending some time on the moon. It will be a huge leap for the whole mankind.One of the main objectives of this mission is to find any form of water springs. So in our project we have come up with the developed version of a few important tools used for planetary surface exploration, and we have found tools to scrape ice in the moon surface as well.With our 3 tools, the astronauts can easily take part in the excavation process. And our tools and equipments are sustainable and cost effective.
Link to Project "Demo"
Link to Final Project
Detailed Project Description
Our project pitch comprised with few important tools for lunar surface exploration.
The mission Artemis will happen on the South Pole of the moon because Scientists believe that there might be water or ice in the South Pole. So here we are introducing you few tools which will ease the surface exploration process.
Drill360
In Artemis program there are 3 main missions. Humans will go to the moon in mission 3. In mission 2, NASA will send a rover to the southern pole. This rover will cover the whole south pole. And collect data about the characteristics of its surface and the special areas like (areas with ice, areas with hard rocks, areas which we need to drill and check the inside). The rover traces everything and by using machine learning, in the 3rd mission, we input all the details into the sensors embedded in our Drill 360. By tracing all the areas which we need to drill, we are making the drill bits. These drill bits are based on the sizes of the areas and with different shapes. In the 3rd mission, when the astronauts go to the moon, and when they found a place to drill, they hold the drill closer to the area, and with the help of the sensors, our drill 360 will change into a perfect drill bit and the drilling process can go smoothly and perfectly.
A small note - in the drill 360, the handle should be longer and the ending of it should have a 90 degrees hook, so that the person who’s holding this can hold it without loosing it .
Xylinder
Xylinder is a sample container. This is a new invention rather than a developed stage of the existing sample containing bags and boxes. The black strips are charged metallic strips. In the spaceship, there is a specific place with magnetic holders to store these containers. And because the sample container has charged magnetic strips, it fits well without falling or leaking. When the astronaut wants to take the xylinders (sample containers) out, it deactivates the magnetic field. This sample container has 1 button. When we press the button 4 legs will come out and the container can be stood. This container has a handle on the top so the astronuts can carry it while they are moving. The colorful striped are the drawers. Each drawer is divided into 2 parts. So altogether there are 10 drawers. And all are vacuumed. When gives a small push to one drawer, it opens. And we can store one type of sample. This method is easy to handle and can be stored easily. Maximum weight = 5-10kg.
Cravex
Cravex is a scraper which can scrape ice and collect samples or scrape large sand dunes and collect samples. The collector part is detachable and attachable. When we collect the scraped samples, to the collected, we can detach it and close it with a lid and store it. And we can attach another collector and scrape the rest.This is a new geological tool and whatever we scrape, is falling to the collector.This can be scrape horizontally and vertically.
Solique
SOLIQUE is a robotic solid to liquid converter that helps in collecting solid ice and checking its composition roughly. If there is an area with ice (just like Dallol in Danakil depression in Africa ) we can send solique to that are without we stepping in. Solique will move from its wheels and will stop when we give the command. We are controlling solique from the tab or a remote controller and it is connected to the tab in the astronaut’s hands and the base camp on the earth. If the solique wanted to stop at a certain area, then stoppers inside the 4 wheels would come out. There is a shovel (1)and a scraper (2) in the body of the solique. And these 2 come out from the bottom of the solique. The scraper has a sharp blade but it is flexible. The scraper will scrape the floor from right to left and the scraper will direct the scraped surface part to the shovel. This shovel has an automatic shutter. When it comes out, the shutter opens. And when it goes in, the shutter closes the shovel mouth. And the shovel will take the samples into the body of the solique. And the astronaut gives the command “heat”, so that the shovel gets heated. Since this is ice, the sensors in the shovel send the signals to the tab with the astronaut saying that the ice solids have melted. And the sensors in the shovel can detect the particular composition of the solid which has been collected. Then the astronaut gives the command for the solique to come back to him and if the samples are harmless, he can collect it. Collect it and add it to the sample container. If the samples are harmful, it will be kept in the body of the solique.
Space Agency Data
How We Used Space Agency Data in this Project
We used a lot of space agency data when we were addressing our challenge. Especially when we were trying to find out the past and current geology tools and their characteristics and functions.
For developing multi-engineering tools, we used many data resources which is given by NASA, ESA, JAXA, etc. Below mentioned resources, we used as references.
Apollo 16 Press Kit-https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/pdf/A16_PressKit.pdf
Apollo 17 Press Kit-https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/pdf/A17_PressKit.pdf
Artemis Geology Tools-https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/topic_5_initial_artemis_geology_sampling_tools.pdf
NASA 3D Models-https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-artemis-rover-to-land-near-nobile-region-of-moon-s-south-pole
https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/464826main_SEV_FactSheet_508.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/topic_5_initial_artemis_geology_sampling_tools.pdf
https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/catalogs/other/jsc23454toolcatalog.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/464826main_SEV_FactSheet_508.pdf
Hackathon Journey
We formed the team quiet early. But we couldn’t research and address the challenge quickly. And doing this hackathon virtually was a big drawback for us. If we could meet at a place do this for 48 hours at a stretch , we would have done bigger and better.When addressing the challenge, we considered real life experiences and real life applications like color changing pens etc.All in all we believe this was huge experience for us. And we thank all the people who worked hard in making this a huge success.And next time we would like to request for a physical hackathon.
References
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/lunar_exploration/geologicTools.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-artemis-rover-to-land-near-nobile-region-of-moon-s-south-pole
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/lunar-south-pole-atlas/
https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/464826main_SEV_FactSheet_508.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/topic_5_initial_artemis_geology_sampling_tools.pdf
https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/catalogs/other/jsc23454toolcatalog.pdf
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/lunar-south-pole-atlas/
https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/464826main_SEV_FactSheet_508.pdf
https://github.com/atlasthehero/handsonviii/blob/master/README.md
Tags
#Artemis #ice #water #space #lunarsurfaceexploration #lunar #tools #VR #equipments #soil #cravex #drill360 #solique #xylinder #3!musketeers
Global Judging
This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.