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Week 6 Progress Log

Originally Published  at  10:30 AM
Updated  at  11:20 PM

Week 6 of Development!

Following on from the previous week where we discovered potential benefits of a nuclear engine, we found that the use of nuclear engine on our spaceship could potentially bring us to Mars in only about 45 days. This was mentioned in quite a few sources, but most are saying that it is still being tested so we are making an assumption that in the future, nuclear engines will be able to help us to travel from Earth to Mars in 45 days.

Multiple Sources on Travel Time of a Nuclear Rocket
Figure 1: Multiple Sources on Travel Time of a Nuclear Rocket

At the end of the week, we had discussions of the ideas that could work as a solution to the problems in the brainstorm. Each member presented their findings in detail to the group and talked through which solution would be the best, or how we could merge some of the ideas together for a better final decision. We decided finally the solutions for most of the problems while some other still require research for better options, such as food, water, oxygen problems, etc. Shown below are the final decided solutions for some of the problems.

Chosen Ideas
Figure 2: Chosen Ideas and Areas for Further Research