Centennial Challenges

The Centennial Challenges are NASA space competition prize contests for non-government-funded technological achievements by American teams. As of April 2007, seven Challenges have been announced: the Tether Challenge, the Beam Power challenge, the Moon Regolith Oxygen (MoonROx) Challenge, the Regolith Excavation Challenge, the Personal Air Vehicle Challenge, the Lunar Lander Challenge and the Astronaut Glove Challenge. Each of these challenges ar... more

The Centennial Challenges are NASA space competition prize contests for non-government-funded technological achievements by American teams. As of April 2007, seven Challenges have been announced: the Tether Challenge, the Beam Power challenge, the Moon Regolith Oxygen (MoonROx) Challenge, the Regolith Excavation Challenge, the Personal Air Vehicle Challenge, the Lunar Lander Challenge and the Astronaut Glove Challenge. Each of these challenges are being done in collaboration with an outside organization. Further challenges are still being planned. Both the Tether and Beam Power Challenges are a part of the Elevator:2010 competition to further space elevator and space elevator related technologies. The Elevator:2010 competition is operated by a partnership between Spaceward Foundation and the NASA Centennial Challenges, and were the first two challenges announced on March 23, 2005. This competition presents the challenge of constructing super-strong tethers, a crucial component of a... less