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From: john larkin <jl@650pot.com>
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Subject: Re: Join the NASA design challenge: win 15,000 dollars
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:25:07 -0700
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:18:11 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:

>Find Me on the Moon: NASA Lunar Navigation Challenge:
> https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci/find-me-on-the-moon-nasa-lunar-navigation-challenge/
>
>For Challenge 1, NASA is seeking an orienteering aid that will help the astronauts navigate on traverses away from the lunar lander and return back.
>While there were similar devices available to the Apollo astronauts, NASA is looking for new and unique solutions.
>If your solution is one of the best, you could be eligible for a share of the $15,000 prize purse. 
>
>For Challenge 2, NASA is looking for assistance in getting to and mapping the bottom of Shackleton Crater.
>The design must work in the extreme conditions of the lunar south pole and Shackleton Crater, map the crater,
>characterize and quantify what is in the crater, and send the data back to be used for future missions.
>If you can solve this challenge by describing your design concept in detail, you could be eligible for a share of the $30,000 prize purse.
>
>....
>seems to be a good chance to get your product named in the media John L?
>anybody else?
>
>
>You got to November 25 2024


"could be eligible for a share of the $15,000 prize purse"  is really
tacky. NASA is really in the entertainment business, at great expense
in dollars and lives.