Get Ready - Mars| Can You Hear Me Now?

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Global Nominee

Can You Hear Me Now?

Human missions to Mars are moving from the realm of science fiction to science fact. Your challenge is to design an interactive application to explore the challenge of communicating with astronauts on Mars from Earth.

Com project for Mars

Summary

Get Ready – Mars team confronting the challenge of communicating with astronauts on Mars from Earth, provides solutions in order to fulfill their mission. As communications speed isn’t possible to speed up further more we have developed an interactive application for making it more fusible. Our plan is based on use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at motherboard space ship and the on board computers of landing space vehicles to confront not only the challenge of emergencies, but also the everyday need of communications of the mission and needs of the astronauts. Furthermore with the use of mini satellites in MARS orbit there will be continues rate of data for completion of the mission.

How We Addressed This Challenge

Hardware or software communications further development in Earth wouldn’t provide further more to astronauts traveling far away to Mars. Communications are subject to law of physics irrelevant of the wave length to be used.

So in order to address that problem our team proposes the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Orders according to the mission, check lists, emergency procedures, alerts, tasks, communications, Mars weather briefing and even internet for the crew will be provided by AI. Mission program codes, will have to be uploaded before mission, but AI will prompt astronauts for any abnormal situation. Internet will be provided by pre-collecting data at all times according to each member profile, so to be ready to browse whenever the crew recalls that information. Messages from Earth based ground control room as well as personal messages for crew will be forwarded but they will have time delay. Space ship on board computers also forwards all communications and data back to earth at all times. In order to accomplish full coverage of communications during the face of Mars surface exploring, at least 3 more mini satellites should be deployed at Mars orbit apart of Motherboard space ship. They will be used to provide 24/7 communications by relaying all that data. These mini satellites may have also geo location (GPS) and/or observation capabilities in order to provide positioning - weather data to astronauts.

Although launching date "window" for missions to planet Mars have to be scheduled whenever Earth and Mars are going to be close enough for less duration of the mission and further more less fuel to be spend. In case of long endurance missions and in order to address the issues that may be caused by the Sun in between or any other problem of communication interference, there's always a possibility to deploy with the same mission or with a secondary one, a communication satellite, which will address as a relay to all communications for that, as of strengthening the signal of data.

           Our team is developing a interactive application to provide uninterrupted and current communications to astronauts by the use of AI. By that way communications will be operational at all times.

How We Developed This Project

Most of us whenever we recall space missions, keep having in mind images of mission control rooms. All these people manning those crew stations, specialized in something relevant to their expertise, ready to solve an incoming situation or problem that will occur during the space mission. The voice of someone that can help the crew and solve a problem or an incoming situation should have been a calm voice that reassure the crew that everything is going to be all right. In aviation community the most common voice for pilots is of bitchin betty...



She retired a few years ago but she gave her voice to on board computers of fighter jets. Her voice was in mind of all aviation pilots...Now days...as the distances become more and more bigger and control rooms will have less capability to react instantly, on board computers will have to prompt astronauts for correct reactions and check lists as well as solving problems by their own. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the only way to help them at deep space missions and a voice like Betty’s is mandatory…

How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project

Communications have been incredibly advanced since most people have in mind from the Apollo missions. Digital communications, advanced speed of processing data, new methods that are still being advanced (laser, etc). Further more advanced solutions with the developing programs of Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) and how a Deep Space Network (DSN) to our project, were helpful.


Project Demo

https://youtu.be/i7vH1yWSauw

Data & Resources
  • https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2016/03/14/woman-behind-the-f-a-18-s-bitchin-betty-voice-retires/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitching_Betty
  • https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.esa.int%2Fspace19plus%2F&psig=AOvVaw3YZkj_N6LNxGpTbBgoZH2O&ust=1601818596626000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAMQjB1qFwoTCNj347jFmOwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ
  • https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pexels.com%2Fsearch%2Fearth%2F&psig=AOvVaw3z45cPMyh5jAsJ7SBlgHOl&ust=1601818787399000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCOiz1pLGmOwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
  • https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/dsoc/index.html
  • https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/networks/deep_space_network/about