Tue, Dec 08, 2009
Initial Deadline For Submissions Is December 15th
Talented engineering students who have ideas on how future
explorers might live on the moon could find themselves working at
NASA as paid interns.
The 2010 NASA Moon Work engineering design challenge seeks to
motivate college students by giving them first-hand experience with
the process of developing new technologies. To participate in the
contest, students will submit their original design for tools or
instruments that can help astronauts live and work on the moon.
Top-ranked students will be offered a chance to intern with a team
from NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program.
The Exploration Technology Development Program develops new
technologies that will enable NASA to conduct future human
exploration missions while reducing mission risk and cost. The
program is maturing near-term technologies to help enable the first
flight of the Orion crew exploration vehicle and developing
long-lead technologies needed for possible lunar exploration
missions.
Winning Moon Work contestants also will have a chance to attend
field tests conducted by the Desert Research and Technology Studies
Program, managed by NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The
program conducts annual tests of new technologies in landscapes
that are close analogs of the moon and other harsh space
environments.
Students should submit a notice of intent to enter the contest
by Dec. 15. Final entries for the Moon Work challenge are due May
15, 2010. All entries must be from students at U.S. colleges or
universities. Although non-citizens may be part of a team, only
U.S. citizens may win NASA internships or travel awards.
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