NASA opens $1 million student contest for lunar base designs
NASA has launched a $1 million Moon Base Student Challenge, announced on Sunday at a MAX POWER event at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. U.S. high school and post-secondary student teams may submit designs for the planned Moon Base, which is meant to support astronauts living, working and exploring near the lunar South Pole. The challenge spans six categories: power generation and storage, construction, life-support systems, surface mobility, communications networks and astronaut safety. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Moon Base Program manager Carlos García-Galán commented on the effort.
Key facts
- The challenge is open to student teams from U.S. high schools and post-secondary schools.
- Prize funding for the challenge totals $1 million, as stated by NASA.
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Why it matters
The contest invites students to help shape technologies for future crewed lunar operations.
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First published from NASA