Aiden’s trip to MarsBy Aiden V.C. 5/6FM

and family

Narrative

• It was a Sunday morning, and I was completely bored.

• But then I suddenly remembered! ‘’ O.M.G.! ‘’ [Whatever that means] ‘’ What can I do for my maths project?! ‘’ I would have bumbled along like this until the time when Star Wars was possible, [completely failing the project in the process] but for when a great idea came to my mind! ‘’ I shall go t…. ‘’ Oh no! No! No! No! No! No! YES! ‘’ I shall go to Mars! Wait! How do I get there again? ‘’

• WARNING!• THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL CONTAIN A HECK

OF A LOT OF MATHS!• THANKS TO MY DAD!• OH YES! AND ME!

Getting ThereWhen Mars and Earth are at their closest distance of : 54,500,000 KM, the journey will take 214 days. So my average speed will be:

Speed= distance /time.Speed= 54,500,000 KM / 214 Days

Speed= 54,500,000 KM / [214 X 24] HoursSpeed= 54,500,000 KM / 5136 Hours

Speed= 10,611.3 KMPHVERY ZIPPY!

Olympus Mons

• ‘’ I have just landed and I… HOLY CANOLI! ‘’ [And I wish I had one now!] ‘’ There is Olympus Mons! This is the tallest mountain on Mars!

• How high is it you ask?Height of Olympus Mons/Height of Mount Everest

= 27 KM/8.3KM=3.068

• THAT’S OVER THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF MT EVEREST!

Aiden’s Field Trip• ‘’ Okay I’ve landed on Olympus Mons, and I feel like

going for a good ol’fashioned stroll around Mars! ‘’• ‘’ WAIT! ‘’• ‘’ Can I actually go outside without dying a horrible

death by suffocation, or by Martians? ‘’• ‘’ I shall have to consult with my Sm-aRt Computer

Travis! ‘’• ‘’ And here is what he came up with! ‘’

Gas Comparison

Mars

Carbon Dioxide

Nitrogen

Argon

Oxygen

Carbon Monoxide

Earth

Carbon Diox-ideNitrogenArgonOxygen

In conclusion, I think I will need my spacesuit!

Aiden’s Field Trip [Continued]While on my stroll around Mars [Wearing my spacesuit of course] I bumped into the Mars rover Pathfinder.

So I did what any other sensible person would do! Give it some cheese, a good scratch behind the ear, and hopped on for a trip around Mars!

How long did it take me?

The Trip

Speed of Pathfinder = 1 CM Per second = 0.00001 KM/0.00027 Hours = 0.0370 KM per hour

So to travel around Mars it would take:Time = Distance/Speed = 21.344 KM/0.0370 KMPH = 576.864.8649 Hours! = 576.864.8649/24 Hours = 24.036 Days = 24.036/365 = 65.8 Years!

Conversations• ‘’ Smartly I hopped off Pathfinder after I had only gone a couple of

centimetres over 4 hours. ‘’• ‘’ So then I quickly trundled back to my tiny base to call my parents on

my: Super hydromatic space zippy caller fountainised communicater turbo charg…. Okay! Fine! My mobile phone! ‘’

• But my phone conversation had actually lasted over 45 minutes!• Why is this you ask? And NO, I don’t do long phone conversation’s!• Radio waves travel at the speed of light which is 300.000 KM Per

second.• So the time for my voice to reach Earth from Mars is:• Time = 54,500,000 KM/300.000 KM Per second• = 180 seconds• 180/60 Minutes• = 3 Minutes! That is a long wait for a person to hear you from Mars!

Pictures

Mars Facts

• 1. Distance between Earth and Mars:• Shortest: 54,500,000 KM [34,000,000 Miles]• Farthest: 76,000,000 Miles • = 76,000,000 times 1.6 KM= 121,600,000KM• 2. Temperature:• Lowest:-123 Degrees Celsius/90 Degrees Fahrenheit• The temperature range is equal to highest-lowest.• 32 Degrees Celcius to -123 Degrees Celcius• =155 Degrees Celcius.

• It took Mars’s rover Curiosity approximately 8 months to get to Mars.• Mars day: 24 hours 39 minutes and 35 seconds!• A Mars year is almost 2 whole Earth years! • Distance around Mars: 21, 344 KM

• Thankyou for watching!