Sourcehttp://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/rover
It’s not surprising news that humans have always tried to model their inventions to animals: A plane to a bird, a submarine to a big fish, etc. These are all creatures and technology that reside on earth, but what about human made things outside our home planet?
The engineers of the Curiosity Mars Rover from NASA were inspired by living things on Earth to construct the Curiosity rover. The reason why this has been done is simple, but essential for the survival of our rover in the wild Red Planet.
*Body: every animal has bones and skin to protect its vital organs. Likewise, the curiosity’s body keeps it safe from danger to its core components, which keep it alive.
*Brain(s): The Curiosity Rover is alive due to the computers that let it process, receive and send information, move, see, follow instructions and more. It’s just like a trained can!
*Temperature Controls: Just like humans and animals, the Curiosity Rover can regulate its internal temperature with internal heaters and a layer of isolation.
*Neck, Head, Eyes: the mast of the rover, besides giving it personality, it gives us a human-scale view of its surrounding.
*Other Senses: Instruments such as the REMS permit the Curiosity to have information about its environment.
*Arm and “Hands”: If the rover sees something it likes, it’ll just grab it. This way, it can collect rocks to experiment and find its components.
*Communicate: The antennas built in the Curiosity Rover let it speak and listen with humans, so it can be instructed on what to do and when.
*Heart: Without a pumping energy source, nothing would exist. The radioisotope power system generates energy produced by the heat of plutonium's radioactive decay.
All of these components let the rover move, see, explore and learn to open the doors to humans into a bright and maybe red future in outer space.
Authors: William Valverde, Isabel Vargas, Albert Zapata
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