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1. Reconnaissance

Introduction

Colonizing Mars - What and Why?

An Overview of Mars

ScavengerHunt_Mars_Questions

ScavengerHunt_Mars_Answers

Lecture- 01; MODULE: Space Ex; Batch 1

Planet Fraction & Scale (Space Math Problems)

2. Exploration: Orbiters

Orbiters, Its types and Planetary Orbiters

Lunar Orbiters

Solar and Asteroid Orbiters

Lecture 02 Orbiters

Real life image processing

3. Exploration: Mars Rovers

Introduction to landers

Viking 1 & 2 Missions

Mars Pathfinder Lander

Pathfinder NASA facts

Phoenix lander

InSight lander

Rovers: Introduction

Sojourner Rover

Spirit and Opportunity Rovers

Curiosity Rover

Perseverance Rover

Ingenuity Helicopter

Lecture 03 Rovers

Real life image processing

Real life image processing part 2

4. Two - Way Ticket

Introduction

Machine Before Man: The First Return

How do we even go to Mars - Opposition and Hohmann Transfer

Mars Sample Return Mission: The Next Milestone

Future Manned Mission: Challenges

Proposed Solutions

Starship - A voyage to the Red planet

Lecture 04 Two Way Ticket to Mars

5. Shelter (Housing)

Introduction

Challenges that need to be addressed

Types of Planetary Habitats

A) Category A: Prefabricated Habitats

A1) Argo: University of Michigan

A2) RolyPoly: California Polytechnic State University, Pomona

B) Category B: Redworks Mars Habitat

C)Category C: 3-D Printed Habitats

C1) Zopherus: Rogers, Arkansas

C2) X-House: SEArch+/ApisCor

C3) Martian 3Design: Northwestern University

C4) Marsha: AI Spacefactory

Pratt

6. Solar Energy

What is Light?

Light carries Energy, It also carries force

Photo electric effect: The paper that got Einstein the Nobel Prize

Solar Cells: Converting Solar Energy into Electrical Energy

Attenuation of light’s intensity (The inverse square Law)

Activity: Generating Energy in Mars

7. Food (Agriculture)

Introduction

Current methods of growing plants in space

Hydroponic Systems

Aeroponic Systems

8. Resource: Oxygen Production for air and fuel

Producing Oxygen on Mars

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