Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge

Deadline: 2018-10-12
Award: $10,000
Open to: University Students in USA*

Through the 2019 RASC-AL Special Edition: Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge, NASA will provide university-level engineering students with the opportunity to design and build prototype hardware that can extract water and assess subsurface density profiles from simulated Martian subsurface ice.

Based on initial proposals, up to 10 qualifying university teams will be selected to receive a $10,000 stipend to facilitate full participation in the competition, including expenses for hardware development, materials, testing equipment, hardware, software, and travel to Langley for the competition.

Top performing teams may be chosen to present their design at a NASA-chosen event. Subject to the availability of funds, such invitations may include an accompanying stipend to further advance development of team concepts and to offset the cost of traveling to the event.