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NASA Centennial Challenges Program: Innovative Space Technology Solutions

NASA's Centennial Challenges Program offers cash prizes to US citizens for developing innovative solutions in space technology. Competitors retain Intellectual Property with minimal government oversight. Participate in challenges and win prizes!

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NASA Centennial Challenges Program: Innovative Space Technology Solutions

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  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Centennial Challenges Program Space Technology Mission Directorate www.nasa.gov/spacetech

  2. Centennial Challenges • Centennial Challenges Program is unique in Space Technology Program: • Offers cash prize competitions to stimulate development of innovative solutions for technical problems that are impeding growth in areas of interest to NASA. • Prize funds can only go to US citizens, permanent residents, or US entities. • Primarily TRL 4-6 • Competitors can retain the Intellectual Property • Minimal reporting and government oversight • Solutions to difficult problems often exist beyond the reach of typical government solicitations. We need your participation.

  3. Centennial Challenges Since 2005, 24 competitions held in 9 Challenges ~$6.0M in prizes awarded to 16 different teams Astronaut Glove – $550K Lunar Lander – $2M Regolith Excavation – $750K Green Flight – $1470K Personal Air Vehicle - $250K Power Beaming - $900K -------Three Challenges underway -------

  4. Current Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge June 11-13, 2014: Other challenges: Night Rover Challenge UAS Airspace Operations Challenge 6

  5. Sample Return Robot Challengemanaged by Worcester Polytechnic Institute To encourage innovations in robotic navigation and sample manipulation technologies -- demonstrate a robot that can locate and retrieve geologic samples from a wide and varied terrain without human control. Goal: Demonstrate a fully autonomous robot that can locate and retrieve several identified samples with no use of GPS or other terrestrial navigation aids. • PRIZE PURSE: $1.495 Million • Status • 10 teams competed June 5-6, 2013 in Worcester, MA. • Level I Winner – Team Survey • 2014 Challenge registration open. Competition June 11-13, 2014. http://wp.wpi.edu/challenge/

  6. Team Survey – 2013 Level I Winner

  7. Night Rover Challenge managed by CleanTechOpen hosted by NASA GRC Demonstrate a high energy density storage systems (>330w-hr/kg) that will enable a rover to operate throughout lunar darkness cycles. Goal: Stimulate innovations in energy storage technologies of value in extreme space environments and in renewable energy systems on Earth-- Phase I (approved) – Ambient condition test Purse: $1.5 M Phase II (planned) – Thermal vacuum test Purse: ~$1.5 M • Status • Rules were finalized and Challenge announced April 2. Registration is open till October 25. • Phase I competition Jan-Mar 2014. http://NightRover.org/

  8. UAS AOC Challengemanaged by NASA & DPI Demonstrate avionic capabilities for operation in the Next Generation (NextGen) Airspace concept. • Phase 1 Competition ($500K) - robotic aircraft that can: • Fly 4-Dimensional Trajectories (4DT) • Employ ADS-B IN • Maintain safe separation from cooperative air traffic • Operate safely in a number of contingency situations. • Phase 2 Competition ($1M) (Planned) - • Maintain safe separation from uncooperative air traffic • Employ ADS-B IN and OUT • Have onboard systems capable of communicating verbally with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system. • Status • Development Systems, Inc of Dayton Ohio selected as Allied Organization and Space Act executed on May 6. • Phase 1 Rules under development; Expect Registration to open in Summer 2013 • Phase 1 Competition Spring 2014. Phase 2 will be one year after Phase 1 success. Detect, Sense & Avoid for Separation Assurance http://go.usa.gov/YHmA

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