NASA Exploration System Mission Directorate
Higher Education Project
in partnership with the
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
Lunar Regolith Competition -
Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence
The team with the most cumulative points will win the Joe Kosmo
Award for Excellence.
The winner will receive a school trophy and plaque, individual
certificates, KSC VIP launch tickets, and up to $1,500 travel
expenses for each team member and one faculty advisor to participate
with NASA Desert RATS.
What is
the NASA Desert RATS?
The
Desert RATS is a NASA-led team of research partners working together
to prepare for human-robotic exploration. This "working group," led
by NASA personnel, is comprised of both NASA and non-NASA Members.
The Desert RATS field test
activity is the culmination of the various individual science and
advanced engineering discipline areas year-long technology and
operations development efforts into a coordinated field test
demonstration under representative (analog) planetary surface
terrain conditions. The purpose of the RATS effort is to drive out
preliminary exploration operational concepts for EVA system
requirements by providing hands-on experience with simulated
planetary surface exploration extravehicular activity (EVA) hardware
and procedures.
The RATS activities also
are of significant importance in helping to develop the necessary
levels of technical skills and experience for the next generation of
engineers, scientists, technicians, and astronauts who will be
responsible for realizing the goals of the Constellation Program.
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Susan Sawyer
ReDe/Critique JV
KSC Education Office
ESMD Space Grant Project Specialist
Voice: (321) 867-5482
E-mail:
Susan.G.Sawyer@nasa.gov
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Mandi Falconer
ReDe/Critique JV
KSC Education Office
ESMD Space Grant Project Specialist
Voice: (321) 867-4439
E-mail: Mandi.C.Falconer@nasa.gov |
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