This spacecraft will land on Mars and
act as a station for the astronauts. The cockpit is made of two bowls,
one turned upside down on top of the other. There is a balloon on a
string about 6-8 inches long on top of the cockpit to act as a parachute
to slow down the speed of the drop-off carrier. There are three legs
made of straws with pipecleaners inside the straws. The legs come out
of the top of the cockpit and then bend and go down to the bottom of
the cockpit. Then, there is a fork attached to the bottom of each straw
with tape. The straws and tape act as shock absorbers to take the blow
of the landing. There are clips attached to the bottom of each fork
that will balance the spider and bring out air bags so it will bounce
around and take the impact.
The legs can walk to any destination. The bottom half of the cockpit can lower
to the surface so the astronauts can get out of the cockpit and walk around
and can also lower equipment for the astronauts to use.
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