ASTEROID

Our training product is the ASTEROID MINER, a Portable Offworld Training And enTertainment Object (POTATO) that requires the pilot-in-training to steer towards a specified heading, while having to adjust the dynamics of the heading control system. The pilot also has to activate the spacecraft's mining mechanism via a lever on the right side of the control panel, when prompted... When Elon Musk planned the 2034 mission to Mars, he had not thought of how to sustain life there. Of particular concern was how to provide electricity to the new Martian population. For this reason, a team of engineers was summoned to figure out how to power civilization in Mars, and they came up with a brilliant solution: use solar panels to charge batteries, such that any type of electricity demand can be met. However, batteries are heavy, so why bring them from Earth when you can mine the active material near Mars? It turns out Vanadium is a common material on asteroids around Mars, and is also a great..