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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Join the NASA design challenge: win 15,000 dollars
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:46:46 GMT
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On a sunny day (Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:39:42 -0400) it happened ABLE1
<somebody@nowhere.com> wrote in <yceIO.154400$1m96.134150@fx15.iad>:

>On 9/23/2024 9:18 AM, Jan Panteltje 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
>> 
>
>
>For Challenge 1:
>A simple drop of Bread Crumbs should work quite easily!!

I like that one, why did I not think of it!

                     or
>A spool of thread with one end tied to the lander!!
>
>As for Challenge 2:  I will leave that for another to work on.
>
>I will take the $15,000 in a Travelers Checks!!  :-)
>
>Les

I find it a bit silly they say 'no electronics'
Normally you would use 2 receivers with stearable antenna to do a 
cross bearing to the moonwalker's radio positions.
And then could do the processing in some computer in the lander 
and display all positions on a build into the helmets display.
Have all technicians left NASA?
It is ham radio stuff, fox hunt stuff.