THREAD: Congratulations to the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez which won NASA’s RASC-AL competition. Finalists presented their space mission designs to NASA leaders & industry judges. UPRM beat out MIT, & Virgina Tech among others.
@seds_uprm @NIARASCAL
.@amxvie told me about the project:
“NASA Rasc-al 2021 competition is a competition that is made for undergraduate & graduate students around the world to create innovative missions by themes & requirements they give us…”
“…Our Mission, DECIPHER, was developed by 39 undergraduate students of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. Our mission is crewed 5 year duration mission to the dwarf planet Ceres. This mission is to be developed for the 2040’s…”
“…We have won 1st place on Theme and 1st place Overall for the competition!”
Today, NASA has an article on its website recognizing the win: “Taking home top prize, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez presented their concept for Discovery and Endeavour – Ceres Interplanetary Pathway for Human Exploration and Research (DECIPHER)”nasa.gov/feature/langle…
This was their final presentation
A couple more pictures of the winners! WEPA!!!!
Hearing them is better than just seeing them. Watch!
One more angle of the announcement. Pure Joy!
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