NASA wants to pay you $30,000 to design tiny payloads for the Moon

• NASA needs new designs for pint-sized rover payloads that it can send to the Moon.
• The space agency wants miniaturized hardware capable of scouring the lunar surface for resources including water, iron, and methane.
• The deadline to submit your concept is June 8th.
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NASA is headed back to the Moon and it’s doing so sooner rather than later. The Artemis missions will eventually see astronauts return to the lunar surface — whether that will happen by 2024, as planned, is anybody’s guess — but tiny, high-tech machines will also be a big part of the agency’s push to explore Earth’s friendly neighbor.

Now, as NASA gears up and prepares for the missions that will support human exploration and discovery on the Moon, it’s asking for your help to design pint-sized science payloads that will make these new adventures a success.

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