Description
Students will consider the enormous challenge of planning a permanent, sustainable colony on Mars. To do so, students will explore gravity and orbital mechanics, the environmental conditions on Mars, and spaceflight hardware currently in development. They will also participate in citizen science projects, analyzing actual imagery from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and other platforms to apply engineering design principles to propose their own spaceflight hardware, and apply project management techniques to develop their own mission architecture.
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Publication Date
9-14-2026
Recommended Citation
Illinois Math and Science Academy, "Mars: Manifest Destiny" (2026). IMSA Fusion Curricula. 10.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/fusion_curricula/10