{"id":11216,"date":"2024-06-13T18:08:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T22:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-rasc-al-competition-selects-2024-winners\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T18:08:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T22:08:43","slug":"nasas-rasc-al-competition-selects-2024-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-rasc-al-competition-selects-2024-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s RASC-AL Competition Selects 2024 Winners\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s RASC-AL Competition Selects 2024 Winners\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n

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The Virginia Tech team, winners of first place overall in the RASC-AL 2024 competition.<\/div>\n
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Out of 14 finalist teams that encompassed collegiate and university representation from across the globe, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University team with their concept, \u201cProject Draupnir,\u201d<\/em> in the AI-Powered Self-Replicating Probe theme, took home top prize in NASA\u2019s Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts \u2013 Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The University of Maryland took second place overall for their concept, \u201cSITIS: Subsurface Ice and Terrain In-situ Surveyor,\u201d while South Dakota State University took third place overall with \u201cPOSEID-N: Prospecting Observation System for Exploration, Investigation, Discovery, and Navigation,\u201d both in the Large-Scale Lunar Crater Prospector theme.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first and second place overall winning teams will receive a travel stipend to present their work at the 2024 AIAA Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery (ASCEND) Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The University of Maryland team, winners of second place overall in the RASC-AL 2024 competition.<\/div>\n
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In its 23rd<\/sup> year, RASC-AL is one of NASA\u2019s longest running higher education competitions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an engaging engineering design challenge that fosters collaboration, innovation, and hard work. Finalist teams also enjoy the comradery and networking opportunities at our annual forum in Cocoa Beach, Florida,\u201d said Pat Troutman, program assistant, technical for NASA\u2019s Strategy and Architecture Office. \u201cEach year, the competition grows as more and more students want to contribute to NASA\u2019s mission of improving humanity\u2019s ability to operate on the Moon, Mars and beyond.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The forum is attended by NASA and industry subject matter experts who judge the presentations and offer valuable feedback. New this year, RASC-AL teams based in the United States were encouraged to work with universities from countries that have signed The Artemis Accords<\/a> \u2013 a set of principles designed to guide civil space exploration and use in the 21st<\/sup> century.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finalist teams responded to one of four themes<\/a>, ranging from developing large-scale lunar surface architectures enabling long-term off-world habitation, to designing new systems that leverage in-situ resources for in-space travel and exploration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The South Dakota State team, winners of third place overall in the RASC-AL 2024 competition.<\/div>\n
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Additional 2024 Forum awards include:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best in Theme:\u00a0<\/p>\n