{"id":8684,"date":"2023-03-21T02:30:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T09:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=8684"},"modified":"2023-03-22T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:32:34","slug":"nasa-human-lander-challenge-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=8684","title":{"rendered":"NASA Human Lander Challenge 2024"},"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\">Announcing NASA&#8217;s Human Lander Challenge (HuLC)<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Awards include $7,000 team stipends &amp; $18,000 in prizes!<\/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=\"center\">The 2024 HuLC competition seeks near-term, innovative solutions for Human Landing System (HLS) challenge areas&#8230;specifically addressing the mitigation of lunar Plume-Surface Interaction (PSI).<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Interested teams have a full year to prepare and submit proposals by the deadline of March 4, 2024. HuLC solicits proposals for\u00a0innovative, systems-level solutions that can help NASA understand, mitigate, and manage the impacts of lunar PSI &#8211; with the ability to be implemented within 3-5 years. The potential solutions teams can propose to could include, but are not limited to, the following categories:<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Trade Studies on Landing Trajectories that Minimize PSI<\/li>\n<li>Reduction \/ Mitigation of Erosion (Cratering) and Ejecta during Descent, Landing, and Ascent<\/li>\n<li>Development of PSI Flight Instrumentation \/ Measurement Methods and Concepts<\/li>\n<li>Tracking Dust During Descent, Landing, and Ascent<\/li>\n<li>Instrumentation Performance Through the Dust Cloud During Landing<\/li>\n<li>HLS Asset Safety (ejecta damage, excessive lander heating, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>PSI Modeling and Validation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\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\">HuLC is open to teams of undergraduate and graduate students at accredited colleges and universities in the United States.\u00a0Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) are encouraged to apply.\u00a0Based on a review of initial proposals received by March 2024, up to 12 teams will be selected to continue developing their proposed concepts. Each finalist team will receive a $7,000 stipend to facilitate full participation in a competitive design review at a Forum in Huntsville, Alabama in June 2024.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/kjgQb-IAb7DO59EgrIjC-ewhvGs-0rxpSoUQtsFdiTju13Wr_MSmlOj6-8t4335oVmnkKtFyrjZtOc-7RfxTeeC6LvjW-AaNbHdmAXIhlgdR8kfdac_0Fe2J7e39pGj-4F6a7043D7M8=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/c27aa6fb001\/cf02c9fd-8228-45d7-9419-cd616ece5caa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/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=\"\" 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=\"center\">This is only a brief excerpt of the 2024 HuLC competition.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Please read the full, printable 2024 Challenge Guidelines by clicking the button below.<\/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=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"008AB7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001bdLUeSe81s9V-wB_66AMm00W3w2RtoDTd04kIg_fyOFjek1WXmC_aF4uTujhpr3TpI4gu1fuX7nsvBDq0soo2hThdNe3_PDrguCt5Keksjdyf2tz4Wxymg4J8rTiXU2HUbIDKfsn2q9ReA0_7PUdcDE3XvlqfzFmH2mUy1ps6BAitBGVeIRjbKOQQ0RbctRGWl0iPbDowqN9zKVOGGzNk0d8-T-N-yoo1dfGRHXv5SXjKeo6csoIwQ==&amp;c=jbNafkx6g2xKtaeaeczPt83jN4aLZ_K8waMMwAH0YQ7SwL_jJGaN-A==&amp;ch=0HCOmsvkvVEPf7x-Qd7UQ8FAzLL_CO9mllFczvVsdr2yrz5kegqPRw==__;!!Mih3wA!C5c5bIC9WzJlcHxGe-qAN7kjXffjFpJ1-pLDWRe-bGSAEQMFUwgWq-bGw_9LV2uPeKUvrv_0ZkJ6-Jw$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001bdLUeSe81s9V-wB_66AMm00W3w2RtoDTd04kIg_fyOFjek1WXmC_aF4uTujhpr3TpI4gu1fuX7nsvBDq0soo2hThdNe3_PDrguCt5Keksjdyf2tz4Wxymg4J8rTiXU2HUbIDKfsn2q9ReA0_7PUdcDE3XvlqfzFmH2mUy1ps6BAitBGVeIRjbKOQQ0RbctRGWl0iPbDowqN9zKVOGGzNk0d8-T-N-yoo1dfGRHXv5SXjKeo6csoIwQ%3D%3D%26c%3DjbNafkx6g2xKtaeaeczPt83jN4aLZ_K8waMMwAH0YQ7SwL_jJGaN-A%3D%3D%26ch%3D0HCOmsvkvVEPf7x-Qd7UQ8FAzLL_CO9mllFczvVsdr2yrz5kegqPRw%3D%3D__;!!Mih3wA!C5c5bIC9WzJlcHxGe-qAN7kjXffjFpJ1-pLDWRe-bGSAEQMFUwgWq-bGw_9LV2uPeKUvrv_0ZkJ6-Jw$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679592392285000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2jSGdNCYQIYWeWnQa6kHHE\">View Full HuLC Challenge Guidelines<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcing NASA&#8217;s Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Awards include $7,000 team stipends &amp; $18,000 in prizes! The 2024 HuLC competition seeks near-term, innovative solutions for Human Landing System (HLS) challenge areas&#8230;specifically addressing the mitigation of lunar Plume-Surface Interaction (PSI). Interested teams have a full year to prepare and submit proposals by the deadline of March 4, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8684","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8685,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8684\/revisions\/8685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}