Page Range | 69871-69872 | |
FR Document | 2016-24299 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 69871-69872] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-24299] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [16-071] Notice of Centennial Challenges 3D-Printed Habitat Structural Member Challenge AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 51 U.S.C. 20144(c). The 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge (3DP), Structural Member Competition is open and teams that wish to compete may now register. Centennial Challenges is a program of prize competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies of interest and value to NASA and the nation. The 3D- Printed Habitat Challenge Phase 2 Structural Member is a prize competition with a $1,100,000 total prize purse to develop the fundamental technologies necessary to manufacture an off-world habitat using [[Page 69872]] mission recycled materials and/or local indigenous materials. DATES: Challenge registration opens October 7, 2016, and will remain open until January 31, 2017. Other important dates: March 31, 2017--Level 1: Truncated Cone Slump Test and Cylinder ASTM C39 Compression Results due to Judges May 31, 2017--Level 2: Beam Member ASTM C78 Flexure Test Results due to Judges August 24-27, 2017--Level 3: Structural Member Competition ADDRESSES: The challenge competition will take place at: Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center, 5801 N. Smith Road, Edwards, IL 61528. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for or get additional information regarding the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, please visit: http://bradley.edu/challenge. For general information on the NASA Centennial Challenges Program please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/challenges. General questions and comments regarding the program should be addressed to Monsi Roman, Centennial Challenges Program, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL 35812. Email address: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary The goal of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is to foster the development of new technologies necessary to additively manufacture a habitat using local indigenous materials with, or without, recyclable materials. The Challenge is broken into three parts as described below.Design Competition--focused on developing innovative habitat architectural concepts that take advantage of the unique capabilities that 3D-Printing offers (completed in 2015). Structural Member Competition (Phase 2)--will focus on the core 3D-Printing fabrication technologies and materials properties needed to manufacture structural components from indigenous materials combined with recyclables, or indigenous materials alone; serves as a qualifier for participation in Phase 3. On-Site Habitat Competition (Phase 3)--(to be announced at a later date) will focus on the 3D-Printing fabrication of a scaled habitat design, using indigenous materials combined with recyclables, or indigenous materials alone, and will have a prize purse of $1.4 million. I. Prize Amounts The 3D Printed Habitat Structural Member Competition purse is $1,100,000 (one million one hundred thousand dollars) to be disbursed as follows: Level 1 Prize $100,000 total prize money to be awarded to top 10 qualifiers based on scores. Level 2 Prize $500,000 total prize money to be awarded to top 10 qualifiers based on scores. Level 3 Prize $250,000 to first place $150,000 to second place $100,000 to third place II. Eligibility To be eligible to win a prize, competitors must: (1) Register and comply with all requirements in the rules and Team Agreement; (2) In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and (3) Not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within the scope of their employment. III. Rules The complete rules for the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge can be found at: http://bradley.edu/challenge. Cheryl Parker, NASA Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-24299 Filed 10-6-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510-13-P
Category | Regulatory Information | |
Collection | Federal Register | |
sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
Section | Notices | |
Dates | Challenge registration opens October 7, 2016, and will remain open until January 31, 2017. | |
Contact | To register for or get additional information regarding the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, please visit: http://bradley.edu/challenge. | |
FR Citation | 81 FR 69871 |