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NASA Planning Six More Centennial Challenges

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-centennial-challenge-is-only-a-theory dept.

FleaPlus writes "NASA has announced plans for six more Centennial Challenges for space-related technological achievements. The X Prize-inspired competitions will have cash prizes of up to $5 million. The challenges are for an orbital fuel depot, a lunar-capable all-terrain vehicle, a pressure suit, a long-term rechargeable power system, a micro reentry vehicle, and a maneuverable solar sail. NASA is currently requesting feedback comments on its current draft of the contest rules."

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  1. Wish List by quokkapox · · Score: 4, Funny

    I long for a method of joining objects using fabric hook-and-loop fasteners. I'd even settle for some delicious nutrient-rich orange drink. Where are our priorities?

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  2. The 7th challenge by jurt1235 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Keeping the site from being /.ed?

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  3. Brilliant Idea by Gogogoch · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think a hovercraft would be the best design for the all terrain vehicle competition. The moon is very bumpy, you know, and a hovercraft could, like, hover of it all. And if you made the hover very, very, big you might be able to hover right back into moon orbit - the gravitation pull of the moon being so much less than that on Earth.

    Nasa must be very stupid not to have thought of this concept before - duh.

    - My hovercraft is full of eals.