Re: Join the NASA design challenge: win 15,000 dollars

On a sunny day (Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:39:42 -0400) it happened ABLE1
<somebody@nowhere.com> wrote in <yceIO.154400$1m96.134150@fx15.iad>:

On 9/23/2024 9:18 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote:

Find Me on the Moon: NASA Lunar Navigation Challenge:
 
  https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci/find-me-on-the-moon-nasa-lunar-navigation-challenge/
 
For Challenge 1, NASA is seeking an orienteering aid that will help the astronauts navigate on traverses away from the lunar
lander and return back.
While there were similar devices available to the Apollo astronauts, NASA is looking for new and unique solutions.
If your solution is one of the best, you could be eligible for a share of the $15,000 prize purse.
 
For Challenge 2, NASA is looking for assistance in getting to and mapping the bottom of Shackleton Crater.
The design must work in the extreme conditions of the lunar south pole and Shackleton Crater, map the crater,
characterize and quantify what is in the crater, and send the data back to be used for future missions.
If you can solve this challenge by describing your design concept in detail, you could be eligible for a share of the $30,000
prize purse.
 
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seems to be a good chance to get your product named in the media John L?
anybody else?
 
 
You got to November 25 2024
 

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For Challenge 1:
A simple drop of Bread Crumbs should work quite easily!!

I like that one, why did I not think of it!

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A spool of thread with one end tied to the lander!!
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As for Challenge 2:  I will leave that for another to work on.
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I will take the $15,000 in a Travelers Checks!!  :-)
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Les

I find it a bit silly they say 'no electronics'
Normally you would use 2 receivers with stearable antenna to do a
cross bearing to the moonwalker's radio positions.
And then could do the processing in some computer in the lander
and display all positions on a build into the helmets display.
Have all technicians left NASA?
It is ham radio stuff, fox hunt stuff.