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|  | | | Marsbound - Rocket Mission
11/16/2007 10:41 AM | | Completed rocket |
Each team has to build a rocket to bring their robot to Mars. They have to build the rocket with a budget of 2 million dollars.
First each team needed choose what there science goals on their mission were going to be. After choosing you science goals you needed to start designing your rocket.
The first thing you need  | | Rocket booster and rover |
to buy when designing a rocket is rocket boosters. A good rocket booster costs between 75 million and 120 million. Then you need to choose a solar panel. A good solar panel costs between 15 and 75 million dollars. With the solar panel you need to purchase a battery to store the energy. A battery costs about 5 million dollars. Then  | | letter to goverment asking for more money |
you need to buy the power that goes in the main bus, which you have to buy because it controls the energy to all the instruments. You also need to by a memory card and landing system for you rover.
If you run out of money you have to write a letter to the explaining why you need more money and why your mission in important.
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