NASA's Moon Shot
Tiny Rovers, Tiny Payloads, Tiny Instruments Source: NASA Big Science: NASA Wants Your Ideas NASA has plans to send tiny robotic rovers to the Moon. In order to do this, NASA needs to develop miniature scientific payloads for the tiny rovers. NASA is formally asking the public for their ideas. Game Changing Science This is not fun and games. NASA expects the winning ideas that come through this public process will be game changing They believe the smaller payloads will result in a series of miniaturized instruments and sensors that can quickly be used for lunar exploration and for harvesting the resources found there. Crowdsourcing NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab has launched a crowdsourcing project on HeroX. It's called "Honey, I shrunk the NASA payload". Specifically, NASA is looking for small instrument design concepts to sustain human life on the Moon and also to use the resources found there. Prize Money The ins