What does India look like in your eyes? Our country seems very poor and undeveloped, but we are actually very ahead in the space industry. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was formed in 1969. It is the first space program in Asia that succeeded in reaching the mars orbit and the first nation to reach it on their first attempt. Us humans strive for new technology, findings, and discoveries. I am the Head of the Lumos 724 - Gliese 832 c Mission, so I have a very important role to continue our successful space organization. But first of all, what is the Lumos 724 - Gliese 832 c mission? Where are we going? Why are we going? What are we sending to space? How might we overcome some challenges?

 

    Would there be life anywhere in this universe? Many scientists, astronauts, and even the people may have thought about this question at least once. So we are proud to present our new mission, the Lumos 724 - Gliese 832 c. The final destination of this mission is Gliese 832 c, a planet 16 light years away. It is about 5.2 times of the size of Earth, but has an ESI (Earth Similarity Index) of 0.81. It is one of the planets with the highest ESI that is closest to Earth. It orbits around a red dwarf star, which allows the planet to receive as much energy as Earth gets from the Sun. Our objective is to look for possible signs of life on Gliese 832 c with our rover, Lumos 724. As the Head of Mission, one thing to consider is the budget and the time. We need enough fuel to sustain the rocket for a very long time, due to the distance. 

 

    Firstly, our goal is to find life on a planet that mankind has never landed on. In order to reach this goal, we have to consider how we can actually get to a planet 16 light years away. Also, we have to work on the accuracy of the data the rover may send back. First of all, our launch date for our rover is October 10th 9PM, 2017, because the constellation that our planet is in, Grus, crosses the meridian at that time. This is important because this indicates the location of our planet, which will make it easier for us to spot. For our rover design, since our main objective is to find life on our planet, we definitely need a PIR sensor on the main part of the rover. Then, we also need a temperature and light sensor to observe how similar Gliese 832 c is to Earth.

 

    The challenges we might face is the time, budget, and technology concerned with our mission. Since our planet is far away, we have to consider the time as well. We also have to consider the budget. India is still a developing country, so finance may be a challenge. P0The New Horizons Mission, going to Pluto, costed about $650 million dollars and we need a faster and a rocket that will have enough fuel to sustain our rocket for 16.1 years. Further more, we have to go with the speed of light, which is not easy to achieve. To overcome these challenges, we have to shorten the budget as much as possible. In addition, we are planning to do a fund-raise for our mission. Furthermore, we have to plan our mission as specific and fast to be able to manage our time efficiently and be as accurate as possible. 

 

    Our main goal, is to find life on our planet, Gliese 832 c. This will help us discover another layer of our infinite universe. It may not be possible to uncover the entire universe, but we are always working and trying our best to reveal this mysterious world as much as possible. We may face some challenges however, we will try our best to send our newly constructed rover, Lumos 724, and bring the mysterious planet up to the surface.

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