On The Moon

The Design Process

The Design Process

By the year 2020 NASA plans to guild a lunar outpost capable of housing teams of astronauts for six months or more. But there is a lot to learn before that can happen! Between now and then, NASA will prepare by sending several robotic missions to:• Identify good landing sites• Measure temperature, light, dust and radiation levels• Look for useful resources, such as minerals and ice. Shipping

from Earth is over $25,000/ pound

Going to the moon with NASA

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite has a specific mission:

Looking for ICEWhy ICE?

By testing the theory that ancient ice exists in the permanently shadowed craters near the moon’s poles. Since no sunlight reaches the

bottom of these deep craters, the dark, frigid conditions are perfect for preserving possible

ancient ice deposits.

LCROSS Mission

https://archive.org/details/NASA-LCROSS-Overview

Challenge- modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble onto a target

Brainstorm and Design Build Test Evaluate And Redesign

NASA Design Challenge ON TARGET