Wednesday, October 01, 2008

NASA University Design Contest

NASA Challenges Students To Design Tools For Moon Rovers - SpaceRef - A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools or instrument packages that could be used on the next generation of human-driven moon rovers. Student will have the opportunity to engage in NASA's return to the moon by designing equipment that will help astronauts accomplish tasks on the lunar surface. ... NASA plans to invite contest winners to the next set of lunar technology mission tests planned for the summer or fall of 2009. Paid internships also are planned as student awards.

From the NASA site NASA University Design Contest in Exploration Systems: Prizes:We plan [to] provide travel stipends for winning teams to attend the next set of lunar technology mission tests in the summer or fall of 2009.

The site also has a suggested list of tools and instruments that the students might design here.