The Nasa launched the “Big Idea” contest to solve a problem of yesteryear: moon dust.
The US aerospace agency will award up to $ 180,000 to university students who develop ideas or products to deal with this harmful substance for vehicles and spacesuits.
For many years, engineers at the Nasa they searched unsuccessfully for a solution to work with moon dust.
Particularly abrasive, this substance corrodes the materials it comes into contact with and could even be fatal if inhaled by astronauts.
About the call
The 2021 edition seeks that students present innovative proposals to lessen their impact on the upcoming lunar missions.
The projects are expected to include ideas and devices to mitigate or reduce moon dust and avoid contact during the moon landing of the Artemis program, which will bring the first woman and another man to the surface of the Earth satellite by 2024.
Teams of between 5 and 25 students from United States universities affiliated with the Nasa.
The call is open until September 25 and the teams that are selected will receive a budget between $ 50,000 and $ 180,000 to make their projects come true.
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