Help NASA build the future lunar toilet, and win a huge amount of prize money! The future toilet is part of the space organization’s Artemis program to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024. The Artemis project aims to establish a presence that will enable eventual crewed journeys to mars. So where does the toilet contest come into place? NASA needs space toilets designed for lunar gravity, as Designboom details:
although space toilets already exist and are present at the international space station, they are designed for microgravity only, but NASA needs them for lunar gravity too. this is why NASA is calling on the global community to share their novel design concepts for compact toilets that can work in both microgravity and lunar gravity. they are looking for a next-generation device that is smaller and more efficient
the lunar toilet challenge is for both adults and children, and has a total prize purse of $35,000 that will be shared among the teams submitting the top three designs in the technical category. the top three participants in the junior category will each receive public recognition and an item of official NASA merchandise.
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