SPACE ACADEMY — COMPLETE PATH

Space Academy: Learn the Science and Systems of Mars

16 bilingual modules, from first principles to mission operations, with technical diagrams, calculations and links into the Mars Bible.

Starting from zero: numbers, units, and orders of magnitude

A no-prerequisite course on numbers, units, scientific notation, percentages, and checking Mars calculations.

Useful mathematics: from proportions to derivatives

Algebra, geometry, trigonometry, vectors, derivatives, integrals, uncertainty, and trade studies for Mars reasoning.

Fundamental physics: motion, energy, pressure, and heat

Kinematics, forces, energy, power, fluids, gases, thermal behavior, rotation, and electricity for Mars systems.

Useful chemistry: from the mole to H₂/O₂/CO₂ loops

Atoms, moles, reactions, gases, electrolysis, Sabatier chemistry, corrosion, and Mars ISRU without turning an equation into a factory.

Rockets and engines: from Newton to the rocket equation

Progressive course on thrust, mass flow, nozzles, specific impulse and the Tsiolkovsky equation.

Orbits: understanding free fall, energy and manoeuvres

Progressive course on orbital speed, period, vis-viva, Hohmann transfer and rendezvous.

Earth to Moon: energy, windows and rendezvous

Progressive course on Earth–Moon transfer, delta-v, flight time, lunar orbit insertion, rendezvous and navigation margins.

Earth → Mars: windows, transfer, corrections and arrival

Progressive course on the geometry and core calculations of Earth-to-Mars transfer.

Guidance, navigation and control: know, decide, act

Progressive course on GNC, inertial and stellar sensing, state estimation, attitude control, observability, redundancy and degraded modes.

Spacecraft: learning to think in systems

Progressive course on architecture, mass and power budgets, thermal, avionics, FDIR and verification.

Space communications: from photons to a Mars network

Progressive course on link budgets, antenna gain, data rate, latency, RF and optical links, DTN, relays and network priority.

Entry, descent and landing: remove energy without losing the vehicle

Progressive course on Mars EDL, kinetic energy, dynamic pressure, heating, parachutes, retropropulsion, TRN, plumes and margins.

Survival & ECLSS: close loops without hiding failures

Air, water, oxygen, CO₂, fire, depressurization, dust, medicine, and degraded modes for Mars survival.

Living and working elsewhere: from landing site to society

Site selection, energy, water, habitat, mobility, ISRU, industry, logistics, maintenance, and settlement scaling.

Reliability and resilience: expect failure and organise recovery

Progressive course on reliability, availability, FMEA/FMECA, fault trees, common cause, redundancy, maintainability, FDIR and resilience.

Mission team and operations: decide far from Earth

Progressive course on Mars operations, roles, procedures, delayed communications, handovers, workload, autonomy, anomaly management and lessons learned.