NASA is inviting the public to help solve a big challenge: rescuing astronauts who might get stranded on the Moon.
The space agency is offering up to $20,000 for the best ideas as part of their South Pole Safety Challenge.
This is all in preparation for the 2026 Artemis mission, which will send astronauts to explore the Moon’s South Pole. Scientists believe this region might hold water or ice, but it’s also extremely dangerous. With freezing temperatures of minus 203 degrees Celsius and deep, shadowy craters, astronauts could face injuries or accidents in the rocky terrain.
NASA needs designs for a Lunar Rescue System that one astronaut can use to safely carry an injured partner, even in low gravity. The system must be lightweight, easy to set up, and able to transport someone in a bulky 343-kg spacesuit back to safety.
If successful, these ideas could help make future missions to the Moon and even Mars safer. NASA hopes this challenge will inspire creative thinkers to take part in shaping the next steps in space exploration.
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).