NASA Announces the Winners of its Second Payload Challenge!
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Unfortunately, we still need to learn a lot more before we can conduct regular, long-duration missions to the Moon
In September 2020, HeroX introduced the "Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload, the Sequel" Challenge to assist fill in the gaps in our knowledge
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This competition sought unique small payload designs that might collect information about the lunar environment and its potential resources, with rewards of up to $800,000
1st Place: Sun Slicer Spectrometer
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Phillip Jobson, a HeroX veteran who has competed in the original Payload Challenge and the Spaceport America Cup 2021 Challenge
leads Team Sun Slicer, a group of space science and space science enthusiasts. Garrett Jernigan, John Doty, and Brian Silverman
2nd Place: Puli Lunar Water Snooper
Puli Space Technologies, a space technology business situated in Budapest, Hungary, submitted this winning entry.
The Puli Lunar Water Snooper concept is a simple, low-cost neutron spectrometer that identifies hydrogen atoms in lunar regolith
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3rd place - µRAD, A Micro-Scale Lunar Radiation Detector
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µRAD is proposed by a two-person team composed of Christian Haughwout and Thomas (Joey) Murphy, MIT students pursuing PhDs in space systems engineering
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