PRE2020 4 Group5

Team:

Members	Student ID	Faculty	E-mail
Ive Harzing	1325094	AP	i.harzing@student.tue.nl
Tim Kolen	1311506	AP	t.kolen@student.tue.nl
Peter Duel	1236313	ME	p.m.duel@student.tue.nl
Quentin Missinne	1435957	ME	q.missinne@student.tue.nl
Johan van Tien	1455788	ME	f.j.m.v.tien@student.tue.nl

Project Plan:

Milestones:

(still to be edited)

• Create Milestones
• Develop plan around these milestones
• Research:
  • Research previous/planned missions to Titan
  • Voyager 1&2
  • Cassini-Huygens 1997-2005
• Dragonfly 2027-2034
• How we plan on getting the tech into orbit of titan (or landing on titan)
• General space and orbital research
• Potential scanner types:
• For Land rover:
  • Thermal sensors
  • GPR system (ground penetrating radar)
• For satellite:
  • simple scanning software (to map surface and activity)
• How thoroughly programmed the system will be.
• How much of this can be realised and hand in
• potential deliverable programs/software
• what would be used to create software.
• Conditions of life
• Deliverable:
• For technical (physical rover):
  • RC cars of sorts hooked up with sensors which we can show the use of certain sensors for life detection (thermal and radiation sensors).
• Program/software:
  • Show the program code and its effect on a simple arduino most notably:
  • goal based decision making
  • self learning system
  • mapping software

(Possible combination of both) Final Video: No further addition to this general goal as it is simply a presentation of what we have achieved.

Peter: Make working camera mount with live feedback Reach xx% effectiveness in recognizing points of interest (Rover) Make virtual environment in which the set up can be tested (looking for patterns in a dynamic space) Subgoal: make database of all kind of surfaces found on Titan Subgoal: determine physics on the surface of Titan and how that impacts the movement of the rover. (Satellite) Determine ideal orbit (and adjustment propulsion) for the system Think of ideal camera resolution, geostatic orbit (is that possible for moons?) Design system to fit in a standard rocket (pretty high goal I know, but might be a fun thing to look into)

Tim: decide on either a rover or a satellite

For rover: Investigated all kinds of surfaces that are on Titan Rover is able to travel across the surface that has been chosen to be investigated a drill has been designed to obtain underground samples an energy source that last longer than the calculated mission length has been chosen (RTG for instance) the rover design fits into the rocket that will transport the rover to Titan the rover can be located from earth the rover is able to communicate with earth at certain defined intervals For satellite: The satellite can get and stay into orbit The satellite is able to establish its distance from the surface of Titan The satellite is able to obtain video in a resolution high enough to resolve objects that are 1 m long (min length can be adjusted) the satellite is able to obtain a heat profile of Titan in high resolution the satellite is able to communicate with earth at certain defined intervals

looking for specific things of ‘life’ instead of thoroughly searching For the rover, material study has to be done Simulation with the program Communication with planet earth - all the time or only when necessary

User: Space agencies (NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos) astro-biologists

Society: Satisfying our curiosity primarily: scientists Long term: Everyone

Enterprise: Space agencies Governmental: NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos) Commercial: SpaceX, Blue Origin

astrophysicists