Project for January 21, 2013
In the book, The Might Mars Rovers, we've seen several different pull out sections that explain different aspects of the mission. Those sections include:
- Naming Names page 28
- How to Drive a Rover page 28
- Chatting with Rovers page 30
- Living on Martian Time page 38
Today, you are going to take some time to research one of those subtopics. You'll begin by skimming each section and choosing one that interests you most. Then think a bit more about that topic. What are you curious about in regards to the topic? Make a list of questions. Then choose one question that interests you most.
You will then research that question, take some notes, and write a short paragraph to answer the question. You will be putting all of this information on a Google Doc. (Link for it is below)
When you are done, you will make a comment on this post. You will tell your research question, websites used, and your paragraph answer. Then take some time to reply to others' questions.
Research Process Sheet - Create a copy and share with me when you are done.
Why are we doing this?
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.9a Apply grade 6 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres [e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories] in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics”).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.9b Apply grade 6 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not”)
I believe the MARSONE colony will fail. First of all they do not have a enough money to pay for it. Secondly How would get there in the first place by rock that really small? Finally what happens if some people want to stay on earth? Clearly Mars One will be a failure.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, the rover driver gets a picture from the rover. Then they map out what is a good route to go. They do this all while the rover is asleep so then when it wakes up it will follow that path that the rover driver set up. Nobody really knows what's happening until it sends the next picture.. Then the process goes on and on.
ReplyDeleteHow do you drive a rover?
DeleteQuestion:How to drive a rover. Answer:I believe that Driving a rover is important to nasa. To steer you use commands, commuting with a spacecraft to send commands to the rover, people studying photos from the rover to get commands for the next day, it takes 20 minutes to send a signal to the rover, Nasa has a very small window to send commands and that is only a week to do so. In conclusion driving a rover is difficult.
ReplyDeleteMy question: How long does it take?
ReplyDeleteThe answer I received \/
I have figured out that it takes about four minutes until the commands get to mars, and before it gets there the people who drive the rover have to check and recheck the path before they decide to actually send it. Once this process is done everything gets sent to the rover and it does what it was told to do (obviously)
Question: How NASA talks to the rovers. Website: http://marsrover.nasa.gov/mission/communications.htm then go to x-band waves. Answer: they send a signal to a satellite, then it sends a wave to the rover, and then it sends a signal back.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: how to drive a rover. First you need a person that knows how to drive them and they also haft to have lots of patience and they haft to have lots of practice because if they dont they could hit a rock and then it could break it and then it would be a lot of money gone because it would be broke.
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ReplyDeleteI typed in “ Where is Spirit now?”
Website: http://voices.yahoo.com/spirit-opportunity-mars-missions-guide-for-5222903.html
Several months ago Spirit got stuck in a sand pit driving round so know Spirits solar panels are now being coated with dust from Mars and he cannot get out.
Spirit has had a long journey but several months ago he was driving around and drove into a sand pit, his solar panels have coated with Mars dust. And they still are collecting. It’s not going to be long before Spirit takes the last picture of Mars.
Question:How to drive a rover.
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First They have to make a drive sequence to control all the moves. He said “Its just like playing a videogame but a lot harder.”Then he has to apply software to the path. Finally he will adjust the rover to avoid bad areas on the path and then he will drive.Clearly thats how to drive a rover.
Question:What is it like to work at JPL.
ReplyDeleteI know NASA is a BIG place to work and driving rovers is the most important job, but it all happens here at JPL!First of all they inspire passion for stuff you want to do and mostly builds collaboration. But the biggest thing is that you get rewarded for excellence.Secondly is that they have a large piece of land or something behind the building that is 117 acres of foot hills so you can test the rovers.Finally they have many great databases to find what you need - like a library can help with looking on how to drive it.The museum can look up rover parts.Also there are a lot of computers so that you can steer the rovers to go in the right direction.In conclusion, driving the rover starts at the base called JPL.
Question: How do they drive the rovers?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: First they have the rover send them pictures of his or her surroundings, then, they map out every possible path for the rover to take. After that, they circle anything dangerous so they can aviod that. Last, they pick a path and send commands for the rover to do that.
Driving a rover sounds really fun I want to try driving one on Mars( if that's possible for me to).
DeleteQuestion: How fast can a rover go?
ReplyDeleteWebsite: http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft_rover_wheels.html
Answer: First, the two front and two back wheels have motors(1 each). That makes the rover able to go 2 inches per second. When the rover is going it goes for ten seconds then stops and takes pictures for twenty seconds. Truly, the rovers speed is an important factor.
My question is what are the steps to communicating with a rover?
ReplyDeleteMy answer is The mars rover communications system is pretty cool. First lets talk about the steps. At 6:45 NASA will switch from the medium-gain antenna to the low-gain antenna. Then at 8:00 the rover will start sending tones telling it’s status. Next for the whole time the rover is landing NASA will not be able to communicate. Finally the rover will land and send it’s first pictures from mars. In the end these are all the steps of communication with the rovers.
https://docs.google.com/a/student.portage.k12.wi.us/document/d/1raiWq_bN0g2sMuWz8Og28Vk0uO_Ltnw-ynuSKzb8M8Y/edit
ReplyDeleteQuestion:How does Martian time work?
ReplyDeleteHave you ever thought of how Martian time works? Well first, a martian day(a sol) is 24 hours and 39 minutes. That’s about 10 seconds off from every minute on a regular watch. Because of this 39 minute difference members of the the Rover team showed up 39 minutes later than the previous day. Garo(the guy who made the Martian watch) spent $1,000 on trying to make a martian time watch. Several times he & his helpers just say “forget it, we’re just wasting time and money” but Townsend & Doudrick(the system engineers for the project) wouldn’t let them quit and drop by every week to see how they were doing, and assuring them that his highly anticipated watches would be a valuable asset to the team. Finally after 2 months Garo completed the watch. Can you imagine what it was like for Garo to pressure himself with making the watch.
My question is (How do they figure out what to name the landsite the rovers are at?) My website is www.space.com./17238-mars-rover-curiosity-ray-bradbury-...space.com The reason they know what to name the landing site of the rover is because NASA'S made a tradition to name the landing sites of rovers after people who had a devotion for space
ReplyDeleteMy question is: Is there more to DSN?
ReplyDeleteWebsites:http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/about/#
My paragraph: There is so much more to the Deep Space Network than people think, and people think that’s it just a collection of antennas, but really it’s so much more. The Deep Space Network (DSN) is the most sensitive space communication system in the world. This system is operated by JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). The DSN has three Facilities one in Goldstone, near Barstow, The second one in California near Madrid and the third one in Spain near Canberra and Australia. See there is so much more than a big bunch of antennas.