Please Help! I don't know what to say.

Question

 Identify any challenging conditions that you may encounter on your mission; this may include near vacuum conditions, extreme temperatures, and microgravity. Explain how you will overcome these challenges with the design of your spacecraft.

 

 

What would say? I am in the 6th grade. I don't know that much about what I would need if I were to plan a mission to Mercury. Or what to do if problems occurred. Could someone give me some suggestions or examples. And to where I can understand. And I am a girl. And thank you. This needs to be answered by 7:30. The latest is 7:45. Please help!

Answer 1

Mercury is very different than Earth.  I think Mercury is a very hot planet, and because of the gravity and other conditions - look these up online - Humans and other life on Earth cannot live on Mercury, much less visit without being fully protected.  Temperature on Mercury 426 degrees Celsius, about 800 degrees fahrenheit - very hot.  You would want your space craft to completely protected from these temperatures, think of some materials you could use, and how thick you would need them?  What material protects from heat?  

 

As far as vacuum conditions, and gravity, you will need to have that included as well.  

 

Maybe you would just wear a type of clothing to protect against bumping around in your space craft since you will not have gravity, you will also want to think about food!