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 ...
Send Ferguson police to Mars?
I have a feeling, a trip to Mars will be a one way suicide mission. I just don't think they will be coming back.
That proves it: there are no more real engineers at NASA.
Bring chicken pox to kill off the native Martians.
Warning labels.
Make Mars a gun free zone now.
Make sure AIMEE has a cut off switch.
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