NASA Announces $1 Million to Students for Moon Base Challenge
— NASA has officially launched the Moon Base Student Challenge, asking students to help build humanity's future on the moon.
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- However, knowing that a fully-fledged moon base is still firmly in the future, they are banking on the ingenuity, creativity and passion of If you're a student or know a student interested in participating in this challenge, you can find more information on NASA's website here.
- Curiosity, creativity, and the willingness to tackle hard problems without obvious answers are exactly the qualities we need as we build what comes next.” NASA is building a Moon Base where astronauts will live, work, and explore at the lunar South Pole region.
- We need to move people and equipment around on the surface and support human life three days away from Earth," Isaacman said, illustrating just a few of the big issues that present with the concept of a moon base.
Credit: NASA On Sunday, NASA announced the opening of its $1 million Moon Base Student Challenge during a MAX POWER event at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
"The prize money is great for sure, but the the real opportunity is to work on problems NASA is actively trying to solve right now, so students don't need to wait to graduation to contribute to that effort," Isaacman added.
Additional details
- Ultimately, Moon Base is for them, people who will experience a world where humans are on the Moon to stay.” The multiphase challenge supports NASA’s commitment to cultivating the technical skills of tomorrow’s aerospace workforce.
- For this challenge, student teams will design innovative solutions for Moon Base across six categories: power generation and storage, construction, life-support systems, surface mobility, communications networks, and astronaut safety.
- The Moon Base Student Challenge addresses authentic environmental and mission design parameters for life and operations on the lunar surface.
- NASA Adminisrator Jared Isaacman invites students to help NASA build a moon base at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center.
- "We are inviting students from across the country to help solve some of the problems that stand between humanity and a permanent presence on another world," Isaacman said.
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