Nasa has just announced a new contest, total Prize purse of $3,000,000 dollars.

https://www.nasa.gov/prizes-challenges-and-crowdsourcing/centennial-challenges/lunarecycle/

“The LunaRecycle Challenge is a two-track public competition that seeks recycling solutions for the lunar surface that maximize the amount of waste that can be recycled from a list of waste categories and items that are relevant to a hypothetical 365-day lunar mission. NASA is seeking hardware designs (for the Prototype Build track) and digital twin designs (for the Digital Twin track) that minimize resource inputs; unusable outputs; and the mass and/or volume of hardware components and systems needed for recycling. For the Digital Twin track, NASA is also seeking highly innovative and imaginative solutions that harness the full potential of a digital twin.”

Basically, NASA wants a product to dispose of the astronaut’s garbage and waste, and convert it into a usable product. Here’s the hard part: needs to work on the moon.

Solution seems simple to me: just melt down the whole list of garbage and 3D print it into usable building bricks.

Submit an Idea to NASA!

Nasa Inovative Advanced Concepts Contest 

Amazing projects:  https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/NIAC_funded_studies.html

https://www.electronicwings.com/contest/2/ew-project-challenge-2021

The Rules

EW's Node MCU Tutorial: https://www.electronicwings.com/nodemcu/basics

Mousers recommended Sensors: https://www.electronicwings.com/sensors-modules/sensors-modules

Electromechanical Sustenance of Biological Systems:  IOT Aquarium (mine) (Jan update: 2nd place judges).

Judges 5th: Automelette - Automated Omelette Cooking Articulated Robot  

Honorable Mention by me: The Autofarmer Autonomius Farming System. 

Last year's winner. Made great use of gas sensors.