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But present-day sensor instruments are not up to scratch for what NASA wants, so the agency has joined forces with philanthropic health organisation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to launch the Earth and Space Air Prize.
“Current aerosol instrument technology is too large. It doesn’t offer the necessary level of sensitivity or longevity, along with the ability to operate in reduced-gravity. Using this collaboration with RWJF, we have an incredible opportunity to close this gap [in the roadmap],” said Paul Mudgett of NASA’s Biomedical Research and Environment Sciences Division.
When travelling in space, astronauts will need to be able to monitor the air quality inside the spacecraft and alert engineers to any problems. NASA hopes that prize entrants will provide aerosol sensors that are lightweight, easy-to-use and inexpensive to make. The instruments will also need to be robust and durable to stand the test of a long space voyage.
Both teams and individuals can enter the competition to design and develop the sensor technology, which should be able to operate in space as well as anywhere on Earth. In the first phase, entrants will need to sign up by December 13 and submit their design by January 31, 2018.
">NASA has launched a $100,000 competition to design a small aerosol-detecting technology that can work in space.
The space agency says that particulate monitoring is a “gap in its technology roadmap to enable future long-term missions” and is turning to its open program of innovation to find an answer.
Aerosols are tiny airborne particles that here on Earth contribute to a wide variety of health problems, including respiratory diseases such as asthma. Aerosol sensors are used to monitor air quality and determine whether air is safely breathable or not.
A spaceship over Earth [Elements provided by NASA] (Credit: Shutterstock)
But present-day sensor instruments are not up to scratch for what NASA wants, so the agency has joined forces with philanthropic health organisation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to launch the Earth and Space Air Prize.
“Current aerosol instrument technology is too large. It doesn’t offer the necessary level of sensitivity or longevity, along with the ability to operate in reduced-gravity. Using this collaboration with RWJF, we have an incredible opportunity to close this gap [in the roadmap],” said Paul Mudgett of NASA’s Biomedical Research and Environment Sciences Division.
When travelling in space, astronauts will need to be able to monitor the air quality inside the spacecraft and alert engineers to any problems. NASA hopes that prize entrants will provide aerosol sensors that are lightweight, easy-to-use and inexpensive to make. The instruments will also need to be robust and durable to stand the test of a long space voyage.
Both teams and individuals can enter the competition to design and develop the sensor technology, which should be able to operate in space as well as anywhere on Earth. In the first phase, entrants will need to sign up by December 13 and submit their design by January 31, 2018.
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