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Re:Write code, fix the space station, win $10,000 by rwitoff on Saturday January 19, 2013 @11:42PM (#5086028)
Since this is the first request for collaboration with NASA we've seen on HN, are there other obvious problems you'd like to independently analyze with us? ISS? Rovers? Navigation? Deep Space Networking? (etc)
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Re:Write code, fix the space station, win $10,000 by elcron on Sunday January 20, 2013 @09:07PM (#5089424)
NASA does have a number of contests. A number of the big ones are called the Centennial Challenges (http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/stp/centennial_challenges/in...) These currently include:

  - Sample Return Robot ($1.5 Million)
  - Night Rover ($1.5 Million)
  - UAS Airspace Operations Challenge (AOC) ($Half a Million)
They've also done other competitions, such as robo-ops for college students (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/releases/2011/11-08...) (https://www.wpi.edu/news/20112/rascalrob.html)
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