STARSTAR PROJECTPROJECT

EXPEDITION to MARS

by Taiwan National Taichung First Senior High School class 224

A STRANGE SIGNALA STRANGE SIGNAL

One day, there is a NASA

special program about the research of mars on TV.

Cool! Looks great!

Later on we will show you the newest captured pictures of mars from our advanced

camera in satellites!

Oops! There are some disturbance signals.

What’s wrong!~~~ Hmm… maybe this is a signal through the camera

from……MARSMAN!

DECODINGDECODING

Everyone watching the tv cannot understand what the signal means.

What a strange thing it is.Got it!

Because of the relative speed between the emitter and the acceptor of the electromegnetic wave, the frequency must have changed.~~ This is called the Doppler

Effect!

So all I have to do is calculate the correct frequency and then I can

realize what it means.

Wow! It indicates that Marsmen need some Earthmen to go to Mars. I shall telephone NASA as so

on as possible!

What! An 8-year-old girl decoded the secret signal last night. It’s

unbelievable.

We should take action quickly.

INTERNATIONNAL UNIVERSE CONFERENCE

NASA

Hi!Everyone!According to the event that someone

decoded the strange signal form Mars, NASA has a

plan to explore Mars.

NASA HOSTER

RUSSIA USA

TAIWANCHINAFRANCE

UK

Gee! It seems boring to me! We want to sent four

people to Mars. But it will take ten years to build the

craft! So we intend to choose four elite youths

from the earth.

Oh!What kind of costly plan are you

going to do?

Wow!It must be a meaningful project.

Um~We have China Aerospace,so we will

DIY.

I think the Mars project is humans’ first step to colonize

Mars.I hope it won’t be canceled by NASA in the halfway.

Yeah!

MARS PROJECTMARS PROJECT

We are needing experts to Going to mars

You have to participate in the

training camp first

And then win over other participators

We will choose the best four astronauts to

land on mars and finish the mission

MISSION EXPLAININGMISSION EXPLAININGAfter getting the qualification for the project , you’ll

receive 10 years’ training.

And then launch from our earth for mars, flying 7 months in outer space.

Land on the mars . If you find martians, you have to strengthen the relationship between the friends on the planet

and the humans on earth.

• After a tough competition, NASA single out a group of four people for the project.

Training campTraining camp1.Young 2.Healthy3.Intelligent 4........

You must be

WE ARE THE BEST!

RACHAEL HUANGRACHAEL HUANG• Age: 8• Nationality:

– ROC (Taiwan)• Specialty: decoding• Characteristic: shy &

lonesome

ARMSTRONG NANOARMSTRONG NANO• Age: 14• Nationality: USA• Specialty: martial arts• Experience:

west point military school & shao lin temple & navy seals

FEDERAL RODDICK FEDERAL RODDICK • Age: 18• Nationality: UK• Specialty: biology & ast

rogeology & computer science

• Characteristic: mild & wise

ELIANE TOYESELIANE TOYES• Age: 25• Nationality: France• Specialty: history &

archaeology• Characteristic:

sentimental

Land survival training Water survival training Water survival training FlyingSimulation of reduced-gravity Escape techniques

Today, you are going to know what spacecraft you

will take to go to mars!!

Wow ~ ~ how big!!!

It looks like star war’s air ship!!

Actually, we immitate the movie.

Like me~

Geee~~! We have a cool car~~!!

Hey guys!! I shall serve you during the

trip in mars!!

Woo~~ car can chat chat!!

No I can’t ! fool!!

CRAFTCRAFT

LET’S HEAD FOR MARS TOMORROW!

10987654321Launch

“Wow, we have just passed through the

atmosphere!” “According to scientists, a common rocket can jet out its

waste gas at a velocity of 2000 meters per second.

That’s a considerable speed.”

“It must be. Goodbye, Earth.”

It must be. Goodbye, Earth.”

I hope that it will be a wonderful trip.”

“It must be. Goodbye, Earth.”

“Yes. When the weight of the fuel is 1.72 times that of the rest, the final speed of the

rocket will be equal to that of the jetting waste gas.”

“It must be. Goodbye, Earth.”

“Why can a rocket fly so fast?” .

“Look! This is our beautiful planet. It is rich in active vitality and diversified envir

onments.”“As we know, the temperature on Earth ranges from -60 to 50 ℃ .”

“Well, our task is to explore the possibility of life on Mars, isn’t it? “

“Cool! After we know these information, we can make a contrast between Mars and Earth. I’m so excited to see Mars.”

“The Earth is unique, because 71 ％ of its surface is covered with ocean. The atmosphere consists of 78.08 ％ nitrogen, 20.95 ％ oxygen and 0.035 ％ carbon dioxide. That’s why we can live on the earth.”

“Not only these!”

“That's not enough, Federal, I read some information about it before. In addition to tails which consist of dust, comets also have ion tails. And this tail is pushed by solar wind.”

"Look at that!! What an amazing ‘long hair,’ shiny and beautiful! Is that the so called comet... or something?"

"You got it! As what you can see, the unique tail of this star is very extraordinary, and it is produced by the pressure of sunlight."

"Solar wind? I have never heard of it before. Can you introduce this ‘wind’ in detail?"

"Very very well! Come and appreciate this interstellar astonishment!"

"Solar wind is a stream of high-energy charged particles, such as protons and electrons, which are ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun. This flow from the sun has a mean speed of 400 km/s, and can reach 30 times the distance from sun to earth, or even more!"

Hey, you.We are approaching the

space station.

Oh~~~ greatThe gate is in our sight, but....

Where am I? Where are my teammates?

(Anxious)

Relax~~ Your teammates and your brother are all safe.

WHAT!?

Armstrong is your brother, isn't he?

My brother? You must be kidding. I am THE ONLY chi

ld in my family.

According to the blood test, Armstrong is your

brother.

It’s surprising, right? I can't believe it,

either.

...Federal is his brother? ...(talking to herself)

So...Can anyone explain the situation now?

We must have been delayed for days. Let's set off and complete our

mission.

GO !!!!

Because of system failure, our ship bumped into the gate of the station. We lost consciousness for

days.

After so many accidents, we finally arrive at Mars. Look at it, it is beautiful, isn’t it ?

Wait for a second!! We must wait for the computer analysis about the Martian atmosphere and geography.

Well, the temperature ranges from -17.2 to -107 Celsius degree. And 97% of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide.

(Excited) Maybe we can find some Martians on Mars, or find some great pyramids or some remains of its ancient civilization!

Oh…that’s extraordinary …the detector senses there might be flowing water down under the surface of the Mars. Since there is water, there might be lives. I am excited.

No, no, no….since there are Martians…they might think us invaders…they may capture us…or even aim a laser gun at us…

calm down…there’s no such thing…we have to wait until the right time for us to land.

(Pray)(Pray)Me, too.Me, too.

Isn’t there any safer Isn’t there any safer zone? We could find zone? We could find somewhere else for somewhere else for

landing.landing.Let us pray. Hope that God bless Let us pray. Hope that God bless us, so we could land safely.us, so we could land safely.

So sad! The only safe place is the So sad! The only safe place is the ice cap. Although you can land theice cap. Although you can land there, you will be frozen as a snowmare, you will be frozen as a snowman. Maybe I won’t see my family on n. Maybe I won’t see my family on earth again, but I achieve NASA’s earth again, but I achieve NASA’s goal. There will be no pity for me.goal. There will be no pity for me.

(Pray)(Pray)(Pray)(Pray)

In 10 minutes, we’ll land on Mars. In 10 minutes, we’ll land on Mars. To our misery, It seems awful. To our misery, It seems awful. There are one after one huge There are one after one huge hurricanes across the land. It hurricanes across the land. It makes us difficult to land safely.makes us difficult to land safely.

Nano, as your brother. I'll fNano, as your brother. I'll follow you forever.ollow you forever.

Me, too.Me, too.

See you.See you.

No, it’s so dangerous for us to takNo, it’s so dangerous for us to take the same skiff. If we both die, we the same skiff. If we both die, who can take care of our old motheho can take care of our old mother? We must be apart.r? We must be apart.

I will follow you, I will follow you, my dear brother.my dear brother.See you at See you at

Mars.Mars.See you.See you.

See you at MarSee you at Mars.s.

Okay, that’s it. Okay, that’s it. RachaRachaelel and I take skiff1. and I take skiff1. In order to lessen the risk, I tIn order to lessen the risk, I t

hink we should divide into 2 hink we should divide into 2 groups. There is more possigroups. There is more possibility for 2 groups land safely.bility for 2 groups land safely.

Take it easy! Everything will be all right. Remember to fasten your seatbelt tight. We will endure the FORCE which occurs

in the moment of landing.

We are about to land.

I ‘m so nervous!

Hey! We lost contact with the other group!It seems we have been landing safely.

How come? Let me see…Maybe some accidents happened to them!

We know nothing but that they got in trouble. We should rescue them as soon as possible

by driving this “Mars Car”

When they tried to land ,they met When they tried to land ,they met the devils of Mars. They were the devils of Mars. They were straying from destined place.straying from destined place.

Dust devils on Mars form the same way they do in deserts on Earth.

What causes the tornado on Mars?

Heated less-dense air close to the ground rises, punching through the layer of cooler denser air above; rising plumes of hot air and falling plumes of cool air begin circulating vertically in convection cells.

Now, if a horizontal gust of wind blows through, "it turns the convection cells on their sides, so they begin spinning horizontally, forming vertical columns--and starting a dust devil."

So what's going on?Because of the serious tornado, we are strayed.

At least we have to leave this district filled with these huge rocks.

It's too dangerous to stay here.

We have to find them as soon as possible.But we even don't know where we are!

How can we find them?

Several hours later…..

Wow, I really admire your perfect driving skill, how can you get out

of there easily with so many barriers?

It's a piece of cake.

On the other hand, we shall start looking for them.

Look! What's moving?

It seems like there Mars Car!

We also have been looking for you for several hours.

What a terrible tornado it is!

So, shall we just return our spaceship or keep searching for any possible inhabitants?

With enough fuel, let's keep searching inhabitants and collecting some stones here.

What? I didn't see anything.

Would that be a...Martian?

To make sure if it is a Martian, we had better to chase after it.

While they are searching……

Look! What's that?

The history of Mars makes me feel so excited.

Let me introduce our history to you.

I am just interested in your history of war.

Welcome to the catacomb.

I can see that you have unique preservative methods.

Why are there many flying objects? And other fighting weapons

too, what’s going on? Because we found a new natural

resource in a deserted place. one sheep,

two sheep……(fall asleep)

Here are the pyramid-mausoleums where great ancient kings and heroes lie. People show great respect and

worship them for a long time.

Don’t you think war demands more?

We do. Almost every youth are in on the war.

Can’t you stop it?

I have tried my best, but the King still believes the war hawks.

Could we have an interview with the King? We believe we can persuade

him.

Trick or treat.

Fine, I’ll bring you to the King, just as you wish.

Welcome, my friends from Earth, welcome!

How do you feel? Oh! What matter?

We have heard that Your Majesty is fighting a war.

You’re right. Actually, there must be some sacrifice for the new resource.

For us, peace is priceless. A war costs thousands and

thousands of lives. Although we are facing a tough question, couldn’t Lizard and

Gecko live in peace?

Well, the expense has exceeded what we have estimated. If Gecko cease

fire, we will do likewise.

We are willing to convince

them.

We are willing to convince

them.

If they agree, I will retreat, for sure.

We are glad to learn about all your cultures, my Majesty, except for one matter.

There are several battlefields on the road. There were wars a few days

ago. Tragedy. Why did so many people

die?

And there are only bodies now. Obviously someone had taken their weapons.

How miserable! I ought to let the king know this situation.

Hi .King We are humans from earth.King, we saw lots of dead bodies of the victims. They are innocent. Why do they

have to sacrifice themselves?

Only when we obtain this new resource can we maintain our power. Their sacrifice can ensure the life of my empire. I won’t compromise. Get out. I see that there is a big electric

magnet taking every weapon away.

magnet*100

Welcome, my friends from Earth.

Diplomat, could you please tell me the real cause of the war ?

The temperature of mars is much lower than that of the earth. Therefore, the resource demand is great. The development of

this new resources can solve this problem.If the resources can be divided equally, this incident can be ended,

right?

It is not so easy. Not long ago, we suffered the attack from Empire Deer Meat King Gechoat. To defend o

urselves, we fight against Empire deer meat. So the power consumed by the war is a little part of

whole power. The others are against the Fleet of Empire deer meat. Obtaining this resource can

reinforce the speed of construction with that we can fight against

That’s itIt can be easy.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed

I won’t agree the peace.

Oh Tell me .Cooperate with Empire Deer

Meat to develop new resources.

Does it make any difference?

No, we just want you to know the relationship between the two country relies on mutual trust. Now,

the effective way to develop new resources is to integrate the intelligence of the two countries.

I agree making peace.

We found out a way to fight against Empire Deer Meat.

One more requirement, you should fight against the Deer Meat with the G

echo.

It is time to say good bye. Thank you.Hope you can visit the earth

someday.

Good bye mars man Good bye mars man Good bye mars man Good bye, Mars Man.

Do not say that. But for you earth men, we could have paid more resources and money. We ‘ve got to go. Good bye e

arth men.

King, Gecho agree making peac

e

How, good!

What do you think if the earth should be the next target of Deer Meat? Maybe the situation here is the same as that of Gecho and Lizard. They fight for a certain resource.

Maybe, understanding each other is the first priority of peace.

If we are in the shoes of mars, what should we do when facing outer threat?Will we fight or simply compromise for temporary peace. Maybe, many people have already sacrificed themselves for peace.

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