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Abstract
Time Capsule to Mars aims to land a globally-populated digital time capsule on the surface of Mars in the next five years. Sponsored by Explore Mars this entirely student led mission spans across the nation utilizing the diverse talents of multiple universities including Duke University, Stanford University, Florida Institute of Technology, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Each university is responsible for a specific subsystem of the project. These subsystems span over categories including propulsion, structures, communications, avionics, guidance, navigation, control, and entry-descent and landing. The management structure of this program revolves around weekly correspondence with professional advisors and representatives from Boeing and national aerospace industry leaders which creates a technologically sound feedback loop that our team can learn from and use to achieve success. The mission plans to launch in the next four years, with a price tag of several million dollars. This paper details the technologies and systems mentioned above, but more importantly how they could be conscientiously integrated into the efficient, low cost, high reliability Time Capsule to Mars CubeSat.
Presentation
Time Capsule to Mars Overview
Time Capsule to Mars aims to land a globally-populated digital time capsule on the surface of Mars in the next five years. Sponsored by Explore Mars this entirely student led mission spans across the nation utilizing the diverse talents of multiple universities including Duke University, Stanford University, Florida Institute of Technology, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Each university is responsible for a specific subsystem of the project. These subsystems span over categories including propulsion, structures, communications, avionics, guidance, navigation, control, and entry-descent and landing. The management structure of this program revolves around weekly correspondence with professional advisors and representatives from Boeing and national aerospace industry leaders which creates a technologically sound feedback loop that our team can learn from and use to achieve success. The mission plans to launch in the next four years, with a price tag of several million dollars. This paper details the technologies and systems mentioned above, but more importantly how they could be conscientiously integrated into the efficient, low cost, high reliability Time Capsule to Mars CubeSat.
