Project Scenario:
Your Mars rover is starting to run low on energy, but thankfully, the engineers at NASA have devised a plan to drop a spare solar panel from a satellite orbiting above Mars. The solar panel will be dropped from the satellite and will begin the reentry process into Mars’ atmosphere. Once it begins the reentry process, the solar panel will begin a trajectory towards the area in which your rover is currently sitting. Unfortunately you won’t be able to gather any data on the solar panel until it is directly overhead. Your task is to approximate the trajectory/landing spot of the solar panel once the data is received. After doing so, your rover is expected to be programmed so that it is able to drive to that landing spot and catch the solar panel to be used for the energy source on your rover.
13-STEM Integration
Project Scenario:
Your Mars rover is starting to run low on energy, but thankfully, the engineers at NASA have devised a plan to drop a spare solar panel from a satellite orbiting above Mars. The solar panel will be dropped from the satellite and will begin the reentry process into Mars’ atmosphere. Once it begins the reentry process, the solar panel will begin a trajectory towards the area in which your rover is currently sitting. Unfortunately you won’t be able to gather any data on the solar panel until it is directly overhead. Your task is to approximate the trajectory/landing spot of the solar panel once the data is received. After doing so, your rover is expected to be programmed so that it is able to drive to that landing spot and catch the solar panel to be used for the energy source on your rover.
