NASA wants your help designing future toilets Moonand that is why he announced a competition with a prize of 35.000 dollars.
The Project Artemis NASA aims to have humans walk on the moon again by 2024 They won't just walk and then leave, but this time they'll stay for a long time space επάνω στην σελήνη. Το πλήρωμα θα περιλαμβάνει και άνδρες και γυναίκες. Είναι ένα φιλόδοξο πρόγραμμα που απαιτεί τεράστια προετοιμασία και θα πρέπει να λυθούν αρκετά problems of space travel and survival on the moon. Like the toilets.
Of course, there are already space toilets (for example, on the International Space Station), but NASA wants a new idea, so that the new toilet is smaller, more efficient and works on both microgravity and lunar gravity.
The existing DTS toilet is designed for microgravity (no weight) only. Lunar gravity is about one-sixth that of Earth, so bodily fluids and you know what else will "fall down", but more slowly, which brings its own small advantages.calls.
So you are invited to give your idea to NASA for an innovative toilet design and you can submit to the HeroX network, which manages the competition for account her. There's $35.000 in prize money, plus the endless personal glory of being able to say you helped design a lunar toilet.
The competition also gives the opportunity to compete in one second category persons under 18 years of age. According to the press release, "We know that students can think about this problem without the limitations of adults."
There is one enough extensive list of technical requirements for the sought after toilet and the creators will have to take into account a number of factors, including female needs and an ailment. For example, while the preferred method for vomiting is vomit bags, NASA says bonus points will be awarded to designs that can vomit without requiring crew members to put their heads in the toilet.
The submission deadline is August 17, with the adult winners announced on September 30 and the juvenile winners on October 20.
