Inspiration

Acute and chronic exposure to radiation can increase risks to astronaut health and well being.

What it does

Cost-effective prewalk robotic mission that autonomously fabricates radiation shield components for generating localized magnetospheres in order to deflect cosmic radiation and enhance well-being of astronauts and biological habitability on Mars.

How we built it

Using design thinking and concept maps, the team collaboratively ideated the solution to meet the end goal of reducing radiation impacts on astronauts. Feasibility and Risk Analysis of fabricating the radiation shield components was utilized from a human-system integration perspective.

Challenges we ran into

The breadth and technical complexity of the system.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

End-to-end system with a process that was validated by the Buzz Aldrin VR story.

What we learned

The journey to Mars will take extraordinary innovation and engineering.

What's next for Mass Production of Radiation Shields In Situ

Derivation of high level requirements that can be tested on earth first.

Built With

  • analytical-hierarchical-processing
  • concept-maps
  • design-thinking
  • human-system-integration
  • idea-visualization
  • systems-thinking
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