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NASA kids' compo: Name the inflatable moon habitat

Started by Rick, Oct 23, 2008, 13:12:53

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Rick

US space agency NASA has announced a competition for schoolchildren to name a prototype inflatable habitat module intended for use on the Moon. An early test model is currently being tried out for resistance to cold at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/23/inflatable_moon_habitat/

JohnP

Lot of use that is... American School Kids only.... :-(

Rick

Yeah, but then it is a US organisation. They did the same with the Mars rovers.