NASA 2012 Lunabotics Competition Open For Registration

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Sept. 22, 2011

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
tracy.g.young@nasa.gov 

Ann Marie Trotta
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1601
ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov 

RELEASE: 11-320

NASA 2012 LUNABOTICS COMPETITION OPEN FOR REGISTRATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA is accepting applications from teams of U.S. and 
international undergraduate and graduate students for the third 
annual Lunabotics Mining Competition. The event will be at NASA's 
Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 21-26, 2012. 

Participants in the competition will design and build a remote 
controlled or autonomous robot, which could be used for future 
exploration on the moon. During the competition, the teams' designs, 
known as lunabots, will go head-to-head to determine which one can 
excavate and deposit the most simulated lunar dirt within 10 minutes. 


Students must submit applications, including a systems engineering 
paper and an educational outreach project, by Nov. 30. Registration 
is limited to one team for each university campus and 10 teams per 
country. 

The competition is designed to engage and retain students in the 
science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, disciplines 
critical to NASA's missions.

For information about the competition and to apply online, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/lunabotics

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education 

	
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