{"id":7167,"date":"2016-08-03T11:32:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T19:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=7167"},"modified":"2016-08-03T11:32:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T19:32:57","slug":"nasa-2017-big-idea-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=7167","title":{"rendered":"NASA 2017 Big Idea Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA and NIA invite you and your students to participate in the 2017<strong>B<\/strong>reakthrough, <strong>I<\/strong>nnovative, and <strong>G<\/strong>ame-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge!\u00a0\u00a0 TheBIG Idea Challenge is a university-level design competition sponsored by the Game Changing Development Program (GCD) within NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate, and managed by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 2017 BIG Idea Challenge calls for teams of 3-5 students to submit robust proposals for <strong><em><u>in-space assembly of spacecraft \u2013 particularly tugs, propelled by solar electric propulsion (SEP), that transfer payloads from low earth orbit (LEO) to a lunar distant retrograde orbit (LDRO).<\/u><\/em><\/strong> The proposals should be 8-10 pages in length.<\/p>\n<p>The BIG Idea Challenge seeks new concepts for constructing 200kW class SEP tugs in space using robotic assembly of modules that make up the SEP tug. Proposals should design and analyze potential modular concepts and systems that provide the ability to construct large SE tugs in space. Concepts can employ new approaches for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>packaging modules in one or more launch vehicles that minimize launch loads,<\/li>\n<li>modular (distributed) solar arrays and ion engines, and<\/li>\n<li>robust robotic assembly (joining) of the modules that form the SEP tug.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For your convenience, we have developed <a href=\"http:\/\/bigidea.nianet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Big-IdeaChallenge-Final-for-Website-no-bleed.pdf\">a printable flyer for the 2017 BIGIdea Challenge<\/a> that contains full design guidelines and constraints, and is ideal for posting in classrooms and departmental bulletin boards. Interested teams are encouraged to review the flyer carefully.\u00a0 Full competition details, including design constraints and submission guidelines, can also be found on the BIG Idea Website (<a href=\"http:\/\/bigidea.nianet.org\/\">http:\/\/BIGIdea.nianet.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Based on a review of the proposals, four (4) teams will be selected to submit full technical papers and present their concepts to a panel of NASA judges at the 2017 BIG Idea Forum at the NASA Langley Research Center, February 15 and 16, 2017, in Hampton, VA.<\/p>\n<p>The final four qualifying teams will receive a <strong>$6,000 stipend<\/strong> to facilitate participation in the BIG Idea Forum.\u00a0 <strong>The winning team will receive offers to participate in paid internships<\/strong> with the GCD team at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, where they can work toward further developing their concept under the mentorship of NASA experts.<\/p>\n<p>It is my pleasure to invite your interested student teams and their faculty advisors to submit an <a href=\"http:\/\/bigidea.nianet.org\/requirements-forms\/\">online Notice of Intent<\/a> by <strong><span data-term=\"goog_792986750\">September 30, 2016<\/span> <\/strong>and<a href=\"http:\/\/bigidea.nianet.org\/requirements-forms\/\">submit proposals<\/a> by <strong><span data-term=\"goog_792986751\">November 30, 2016<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-term=\"goog_792986752\">September 30, 2016<\/span> \u2013 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Notice of Intent (NOI) deadline<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-term=\"goog_792986753\">November 30, 2016<\/span> \u2013 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Proposal deadline<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-term=\"goog_792986754\">December 15, 2016<\/span> \u2013 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Selection notifications will be made<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-term=\"goog_792986755\">February 7, 2017<\/span> \u2013 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Technical paper deadline for 4 qualifying teams<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-term=\"goog_792986756\">February 15-16, 2017<\/span> \u2013 <\/strong>2017 BIG Idea Forum at NASA Langley Research Center<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the BIG Ideateam at <a href=\"mailto:BigIdea@nianet.org\">BigIdea@nianet.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA and NIA invite you and your students to participate in the 2017Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge!\u00a0\u00a0 TheBIG Idea Challenge is a university-level design competition sponsored by the Game Changing Development Program (GCD) within NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate, and managed by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}