NASA Will Award You $5,000 For Your Finest Mars City Idea

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 6, 2015 @05:55AM from the go-to-mars dept.

coondoggie writes with this snippet from Network World: NASA this week said it would look to the public for cool ideas on how to build a sustainable environment on Mars with the best plan earning as much as $5,000. With the Journey to Mars Challenge, NASA wants applicants to describe one or more Mars surface systems or capabilities and operations that are needed to set up and establish a technically achievable, economically sustainable human living space on the red planet. Think air, water, food, communications systems and the like.

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Re:Oh, I got this! by ArcadeMan · 2015-05-06 06:17 · Score: 4, Funny

No, first you have to get your ass to Mars.

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Easy ... by gstoddart · 2015-05-06 06:45 · Score: 3, Funny

So, you put 10,000 lawyers and politicians into a hermetically sealed bag ... you launch that bag into space.
Once you've done that, get back to me and I'll tell you the rest.

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Watchmen by magarity · 2015-05-06 08:35 · Score: 3, Funny

My favorite structure on Mars is the giant clockwork thing in Watchmen. But I guess that doesn't quite meet the breathable air requirement.