The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced on Thursday the three final teams who will compete for the privilege of completing a project tasking them with building shelters that will make life habitable on Mars and the moon.
NASA, on Thursday, named the top three finalists in its 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, CNN reported Monday. Three teams were selected out of the remaining 11 that had been tasked with creating designs for structures that would allow humans to feasibility live for some time period on Mars, the moon and elsewhere, according to Fox News.
The three teams — SEArch+/Apis Cor, Zoperhous and Mars Incubator — split a $100,000 prize, Fox reported.
The challenge began in 2015, Fox reported.
The teams will compete in a final round in May and will be tasked with 3D-printing their models. The winner will receive $800,000.
The final competitions come after President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1 in 2017. The directive promised to “refocus America’s space program on human exploration and discovery.” Trump also authorized NASA to “lead an innovative space exploration program to send American astronauts back to the moon, and eventually Mars.”
NASA came under fire after it canceled what was supposed to be the first ever all-female space walk on March 29 due to a shortage of spacesuits sized for women.
Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org
The Pentagon fired three key figures at a prominent military news outlet following a dispute…
An incident where a would-be victim using pepper spray and a knife thwarted a carjacker…
The last-minute collapse of a trade deal between the United States and Canada threatens key…
Medicare’s drug price controls could restrict Americans’ ability to access care and potentially drive up…
Not too long ago we feared the classic “Big Scary Big Brother”—overt state coercion, secondary…
World History is full of Communists who denied being Communists, at least in the beginning.…