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Who Is Eligible To Compete?
Undergraduate and graduate student teams enrolled in a U.S. college or university are eligible to enter NASA's Robotic Mining Competition. Design teams must include: at least one faculty with a college or university and at least two undergraduate or graduate students. NASA has not set an upper limit on team members. A team should have a sufficient number of members to successfully operate their mining robot. Registration is limited to the first 50 approved teams. Registration is limited to one team per university campus. Registration is closed for the 2014 competition.
What Are The Requirements?
In accordance with the rules, teams will compete in up to five major competition categories including: on-site mining, systems engineering paper, outreach project, slide presentation (optional), and team spirit (optional). Additionally, teams can earn bonus points for mined and deposited BP-1 in the competition attempts.
What Can Teams Win?
The team with the most points from all categories will win the grand prize, the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence, and will receive the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence trophy, team certificates for each member and KSC launch invitations, and a $5,000 team scholarship. Awards for other categories include monetary team scholarships, a school trophy or plaque, and team certificates.
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