Mars Rovers!

Mars

How to get to Mars

Aim: To design and build a Mars Rover using  Lego Technics.

1. Rover facts
2. Design and make draw Rover
3. Mars facts

Research links:
Mission to Mars - NASA
Mars rover view

Information about Rovers 5 parts

1. Rover facts

Why do we have each of the parts?

Fill in the table below.

Name:	Purpose:
Wheels	So It can move around Mars.
Solar Panel	So It can charges it's battery from the energy of the Sun.
Laser	Is for detecting things in the distance, they are like eyes.
Camera	So the people can see through the camera what's the environment looks like.
Shovel, rock pick, drill	It is for if there was a big rock that looked different from any other rock there and picks it up.

Mars Rover details:

2. Make a Mars Rover that has the following:

• 6 wheels
• 1 camera
• 1 shovel, rock pick, at the front
• 1 solar panel
• 1 laser that points at the ground

 

This is our Rover made out of Lego's

Peoples that with me to make this amazing Lego Rovers are;

Shreya, Risha, Nevaeh and myself.

3. Mars Facts

You will need to find out the following:

Fact	Earth	Mars
Picture of planet
Length of 1 year	365 days	687 days
Length of 1 day	24 hours	1d Oh 37 m
Distance from the sun	149.6 million km	227.9 million km
Distance from Earth.	It's already in the Earth	54.6 million kilometers
Gravity:	9.807 m/s²	3.711 m/s²
Colour:	Blue and a little bit of Green	Reddish
Temperature	-88 to 57 C	195 degrees F
Rainfall	990 mm	Rain doesn't exist on Mars
Atmosphere	The atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and smaller amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, helium, and neon. Roughly 80% of the weight of the atmosphere is located in the troposphere, which is the layer closest to the earth	1. Mars atmosphere is not yet hospitable to humans. 2. Scientist think we might be able to live on Mars in the upcoming years.
Surface	1. Rocky, Mountainy or Smooth. 2. Earth has water perhaps, It's 70% of the	1. Rocky, Dry, and Hard and full of Reddish colour rocks. 2. Like I said, The surface of Mars are dry, that you can walk on it.
Moons and names	1. Moon	1. Demios 2. Phobos

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