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From Science Fiction to Science Fact
How NASA Is Preparing to Send Humans to Asteroids and Mars
Jamie Orr, PhDTahoe Silicon Mountain
08 February 2016
Image: 20th Century Fox
Outline• Quick overview of “The Martian” (SPOILER ALERT) • Real & Not-so-real science in “The Martian”• NASA’s plan• Earth Applications: Why it’s important to support space
exploration• Questions
A computer-generated image from Marshall’s Meteoroid Environments Office shows the view from Acidia Planetia on Mars. Credits: NASA/MSFC
“The Martian”
Space is Hard.
Image: NASA, Challenger Disaster
Image: NASA, Apollo 14 Moon Landing Image: NASA, Cosmic Evolution Survey
9 Real Technologies in “The Martian”
9 Real NASA Technologies in “The Martian”
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1. Habitat
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Image: NASA
Above: The Habitation Module, “The Hab”, in The Martian
Left: NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog, at Johnson Space Center
2. Plant Farms
Above: Growing potatoes in The Martian
Left: Harvesting lettuce onboard the ISS
Image: NASA
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3. Water Recovery
Video: NASA
4. Oxygen Generation
Image: NASA
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5. Spacesuits
Above: The EMU (used on the ISS), prototypes PXS & Z-2
Left: Suit worn by Watney in The Martian
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Image: NASA
6. Rovers
Above: NASA’s MMSEV, Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle
Left: The MAV, Mars Ascent Vehicle from “The Martian”
Image: NASA
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7. Ion Propulsion
Images: NASA
8. Solar Panels
Right: Solar Panels on the International Space Station
Image: NASA
9. RTGs(Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators)
Above: RTG being tested for NASA’s Cassini spacecraftLeft: Pull apart view of a Multi-Mission RTG
Images: NASA
False: Killer Dust Storms
Above: Dusty solar panels on the NASA Mars Rover Spirit in 2008
Left: The evacuation triggering dust storm in The MartianImage: 20th Century Fox
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
Another Issue: Radiation
Below: Hermes spacecraft from “The Martian”
Above: Sept 2005 solar flare capture by NASA’s TRACE satellite (X-ray band)
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Three Phases on Our Journey to Mars:1. Earth Reliant
2. Proving Ground
3. Earth Independant Image: NASA
Mars Today – 40 years of robotic exploration
Image: NASA
Preparing for Mars – using the ISS
Image: NASA
Preparing for Mars – using the ISS
Image: NASA
Preparing for Mars – using the ISS
Image: NASA
Getting to Mars – SLS & Orion
Image: NASA
Back at home…
Thank you! (Credits courtesy of Chris Hadfield, ISS Astronaut)