Posted on 05/10/2015 6:37:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The "Journey to Mars Challenge" will give a $5,000 award to each of the three winning participants who describe an original idea that could assist the human exploration of Mars. The proposal must be "technically achievable, economically sustainable, and minimize reliance on support from Earth," NASA wrote in a statement about the challenge.
"This could include shelter, food, water, breathable air, communication, exercise, social interactions and medicine, but participants are encouraged to consider innovative and creative elements beyond these examples," NASA added.Because launch costs are considered one of the key barriers to space exploration generally — and Mars exploration, especially — NASA says it could use some ideas on what to bring on these missions and how often to resupply them.
The resupply aspect is especially important to the space agency because resupply opportunities to Mars would happen only every 500 days; the respective orbits between Earth and Mars make it more difficult to send spacecraft at other times. By contrast, the International Space Station has resupplies every few weeks or months.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.space.com ...
Make them face away from Uranus.
No Muslims?
Issue them 1911 .45 ACPs and not those wimpy 9mms.
Use virtual reality.
How about “Build a moon base first.”
Sweet tea instead of Tang
Shoot the whole thing in the Utah desert.
When my Dad ran space programs at GE, he and his colleagues laughed uproariously when they received a letter from a woman proposing a “Human Turd Battery.” Seems the woman had somehow touched her tongue to her infant’s excrement and gotten a tingle which prompted her to write. Maybe I should try to dig up and dust off the letter — I could the extra money.
Yes, it’s a true story. I remember it like it happened yesterday even though it’s been about 45 years now.
Activate the turbinium reactor ASAP.
Bring lots of industrial sized rolls of tinfoil.
I guess if I asked about your tagline I’d immediately disqualify myself from every being able to get it, right?
Make sure their Interrossiter is in good working order.
Yeah that would be the way I would go.
The moon is a far tougher environment but its much closer.
Send kudzu cuttings
Heavy duty sunscreen.
Send them up with the food Moochie serves to school kids.
A project that will cost, what, hundreds of billions (if not almost a trillion) and they’re dangling a prize of $5,000 to pitch ideas ? Whut ?
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