Space Habitat Challenge Senior, a competition for finding a new world where habitat is possible, for students from Kerala and Lakshadweep.
Sreedhu S S
VSSC | credits: ISRO
Find a new world, Build Infrastructure, Harness Energy and sustain life for the posterity.
This event is open to undergraduate students from Kerala and Lakshadweep. A team of 3 to 5 members (not essentially from the same college) can enter the challenge.
The event has two rounds
- Preliminary round:
- Submit a report detailing your design and ideas in not more than 30 pages.
- The report shall include a concise mission proposal as well as an elaborate technical assessment on any specific area of your choice in the proposed mission.
- More weightage shall be given to the area specific assessment.
- Originality in content will be appreciated and citations shall be provided wherever applicable.
- Final round:
- 5 teams selected from the preliminary round shall have the chance to present their design to us.
- Online presentation shall be limited to a maximum of 45 minutes each.
Rules
- Identify an extra-terrestrial body that can host human life for the years to come - planets, moons, exoplanets, asteroids….
- Duration of travel from earth
- Terrain
- Conditions to support human life
- Goldilocks zone
- Resource availability
Habitat Designing
- How communication can be done,
- Define the choice of systems for communication among co-inhabitants.
- Supporting life,
- How do you produce oxygen, control humidity, shield from extreme temperature.
- Shelter be like,
- Technologies needed to provide shelter from radiation, shield from micro-meteorite impact and weather elements
- Waste management should be,
- Recycle Liquid Waste, Disposal of CO2 and solid waste
- Travelling,
- Travelling to the planet
Energy Source
The competitors are not restricted to import essential materials from Earth through multiple space missions, considering sustained human habitat, in-situ generation of energy is essential. Hybrid schemes of energy generation depending upon the selection of host body may be planned.
Things to do
- Identify sustainable energy sources
- Propose a power generation scheme
- Device energy storage schemes
- Power management and Distribution.
Food
Generate food and drinking water for a sustained human habitation on an extra-terrestrial body. Limitations on types of food, essential diets to be followed and preserving food for the low-power conditions are to be considered. A closed ecological system to be envisaged through proper recycling.
Challenge
- Space farming as an extended version of ‘Veggie’
- Extracting water from host body
- Carrying packed food from Earth as buffer stock
- Synthetic food and feasibilities of cooking
The registration begins on 15 September 2021 and closes on 25 September 2021.
The orientation webinar is on 20 September 2021.
Preliminary report submission: October 2 2021
Preliminary report submission: 6 October 2021
Final presentation: 9 October 2021
Participants should:
- Identify a Suitable Name for your Team
- Registration shall be done using the Gmail ID of the team leader
- School ID or signed declaration from school shall be uploaded as part of registration
- Report shall be submitted in pdf format (file size < 30Mb)
- All communication/intimations will be through the registered Gmail ID, including confirmation of registration, link for orientation webinar and report submission
How to participate?
Register at website: https://wsweek.vssc.gov.in
Participants get confirmation of registration by mail.
For details contact
Technology Challenge Committee
World Space Week - 2021
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Thiruvananthapuram
Phone : 9895950853
Email : wswchallenge@vssc.gov.in
Website : https://wsweek.vssc.gov.in