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

On 9/23/2024 09:39:42, ABLE1 wrote:
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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!!
                    or
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

It's an interesting problem. Could you just use a camera, and photograph some different
peaks at one location and then walk a little way and photograph those same peaks and
use some software to know how far you moved? You're in a crater so the crater rim should
be visible from most locations. I'm sure they want to photograph everything anyway. So
they just need software. No bread crumbs or thread to carry.