{"id":8613,"date":"2022-07-29T10:43:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T17:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=8613"},"modified":"2022-07-29T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T17:44:08","slug":"rasc-al-competition-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=8613","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s RASC-AL Competition 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001B6HIknm383uKba0Q0C5nSSzKlnKA56QfBJTSrjEC0LKlcZNM9HeDG_8083tv8nSaP4HFKVITqmrEXWLUF5rtxoWoMa0LWecrrfFfD3LkLh5OximrJXuAWdd66X2Gfcu1MDhKJ-_LgcKJAOYEg_Rf2Q==&amp;c=BtQAU-3FCqAqYzZEv-1iM78Bg_3dvGGvF4_z0mYCO2Awiy_L6fyKZQ==&amp;ch=xatE70OEgsV01xcTixxJNR1Gvm_d8uD0sPKA-aCofWycYM8Rt8VgEw==__;!!Mih3wA!G8XCLRYBoJp_zNjT6E24MTosucZSEPA5IJ3gN9LxtrSnjJASmqws0PUZC31mXkKnhUuIv06x98uXvkGLWw$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001B6HIknm383uKba0Q0C5nSSzKlnKA56QfBJTSrjEC0LKlcZNM9HeDG_8083tv8nSaP4HFKVITqmrEXWLUF5rtxoWoMa0LWecrrfFfD3LkLh5OximrJXuAWdd66X2Gfcu1MDhKJ-_LgcKJAOYEg_Rf2Q%3D%3D%26c%3DBtQAU-3FCqAqYzZEv-1iM78Bg_3dvGGvF4_z0mYCO2Awiy_L6fyKZQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DxatE70OEgsV01xcTixxJNR1Gvm_d8uD0sPKA-aCofWycYM8Rt8VgEw%3D%3D__;!!Mih3wA!G8XCLRYBoJp_zNjT6E24MTosucZSEPA5IJ3gN9LxtrSnjJASmqws0PUZC31mXkKnhUuIv06x98uXvkGLWw$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659128604168000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2c38s9DtM7MVpP19CcwMu6\">The 2023 RASC-AL Competition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Open to teams of undergraduate and\/or graduate students studying fields with applications to human space exploration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001B6HIknm383uKba0Q0C5nSSzKlnKA56QfBJTSrjEC0LKlcZNM9HeDG08Dd4sSv9I4ztB54H2rKHwW5Y0Uj4irsEFLOQuqfjfbnQiMI9LRRsbU_jRmhL4p5BNFOvI5gC-DuViAvVBgF77Y8DDWXeGphg==&amp;c=BtQAU-3FCqAqYzZEv-1iM78Bg_3dvGGvF4_z0mYCO2Awiy_L6fyKZQ==&amp;ch=xatE70OEgsV01xcTixxJNR1Gvm_d8uD0sPKA-aCofWycYM8Rt8VgEw==__;!!Mih3wA!G8XCLRYBoJp_zNjT6E24MTosucZSEPA5IJ3gN9LxtrSnjJASmqws0PUZC31mXkKnhUuIv06x98uGcFAjsQ$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001B6HIknm383uKba0Q0C5nSSzKlnKA56QfBJTSrjEC0LKlcZNM9HeDG08Dd4sSv9I4ztB54H2rKHwW5Y0Uj4irsEFLOQuqfjfbnQiMI9LRRsbU_jRmhL4p5BNFOvI5gC-DuViAvVBgF77Y8DDWXeGphg%3D%3D%26c%3DBtQAU-3FCqAqYzZEv-1iM78Bg_3dvGGvF4_z0mYCO2Awiy_L6fyKZQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DxatE70OEgsV01xcTixxJNR1Gvm_d8uD0sPKA-aCofWycYM8Rt8VgEw%3D%3D__;!!Mih3wA!G8XCLRYBoJp_zNjT6E24MTosucZSEPA5IJ3gN9LxtrSnjJASmqws0PUZC31mXkKnhUuIv06x98uGcFAjsQ$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659128604168000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Jx3FXUFt7QkNeUzZQ90kG\">NASA\u2019s RASC-AL Competition<\/a>\u00a0is an engineering design challenge that allows students to\u00a0incorporate their coursework into real aerospace design concepts\u00a0and\u00a0work together in a team environment.\u00a0This year&#8217;s competition is also seeking space-minded business, management, and space policy students to form multidisciplinary teams alongside traditional engineering majors.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The 2023 RASC-AL themes range from supporting lunar operations and tourism at the south and north poles, to enabling long-term survival on the surface of Mars. Each team\u2019s proposal should include novel and robust technologies, capabilities, and operational models to support expanding humanity\u2019s ability to thrive beyond Earth in response to one of four\u00a0themes:<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Homesteading Mars:\u00a0Develop a crewed human exploration architecture of Mars that can enable astronauts to survive on the surface of Mars for at least 7 years with minimal support from Earth.<\/li>\n<li>Lunar North Pole Tourism:\u00a0Develop a profitable business case and associated architecture for bringing tourists to the lunar north pole, using a mix of NASA-derived and in-development commercial systems.<\/li>\n<li>Lunar Surface Transporter Vehicle:\u00a0Develop a vehicle concept for offloading, moving, deploying, and supporting payloads on the lunar surface, up to the scale of habitats.<\/li>\n<li>Multi-use Platform at L1:\u00a0Develop an architecture and system concept for a platform that provides spacecraft services and logistics, as well as space observations and communications, deployed to and operated from the Earth-Moon First LaGrange Point (L1) in cislunar space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Teams who submit an NOI by the deadline will be invited to attend an interactive Q&amp;A Session with the NASA Sponsors on October 27, 2022. 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