NASA Wants You to Build Miniature Payload Designs for Tiny Moon Rovers

Apr. 11, 2020

TheJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)of NASA in California is organising a public competition, the “Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload”, in which participants are expected to come up with the best miniature payload designs for future missions to capture the Moon.These miniature payloads will deliver tiny rovers to the Moon to collect key informationand help with NASA’s upcomingArtemis Project.

According to NASA, the payloads that exist are quite heavy and big. So, they require a lot of power. However,NASA is seeking a payload design that will be similar to the size of a bar of soap. The dimensions of the required payload should be maximum of 3.9″ x 3.9″x 1.9″ (100mm x 100mm x 50mm). It should also be lightweight for less power consumption and should not weigh more than 0.4KG (0.8 lbs).

So, do you think you have got the skill and talent to make a soap-sized payload? Then feel free to participate in this challenge and help NASA achieve their feat.

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