{"id":60661,"date":"2022-02-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-477485"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:18:50","slug":"nasa-opens-second-phase-of-5-million-lunar-power-prize-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/nasa-opens-second-phase-of-5-million-lunar-power-prize-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Opens Second Phase of $5 Million Lunar Power Prize Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"WATTS on the Moon Challenge icon\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png 2400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/watts_on_the_moon_thumbnail_0.png?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under Artemis, NASA plans to return to the Moon using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. This will require lunar surface systems that can deliver continuous, reliable power to support mining and construction, research activities, and human habitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newest phase of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/solve\/Watts_on_the_Moon_Challenge\/\">Watts on the Moon Challenge<\/a> offers up to $4.5 million in prizes to design, build, and demonstrate a prototype that addresses technology gaps in power transmission and energy storage. Maximizing system efficiency and minimizing system mass will be an important part of what the challenge participants address in their designs, given that transporting all the needed equipment to sustain human presence on the lunar surface will require multiple missions. This challenge seeks advanced technology that is well-positioned to progress toward flight readiness and future operation on the lunar surface after the challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>“Challenges like Watts on the Moon give us the chance to utilize the creativity of industry, academia, and the public to power our return to the Moon,\u201d said Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. \u201cI look forward to seeing how their solutions may also have important applications here on Earth and help advance similar technologies for terrestrial application and commercialization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phase 1 of Watts on the Moon opened in September 2020 and focused on the ideation of energy management, distribution, and storage solutions. In May 2021, seven winners were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/centennial_challenges\/500k-awarded-in-first-phase-of-5m-watts-on-the-moon-challenge.html\">awarded<\/a> a total of $500,000. To compete in Phase 1, teams had to submit ideas to support aspects of a hypothetical mission scenario \u2013 harvesting water and oxygen from a dark crater at the Moon’s South Pole with energy generated by a power plant located on the crater’s outer rim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA invites previous participants as well as new teams to compete in Phase 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>“We encourage the academic and private sectors to submit entries or even join forces to do so,\u201d said Dr. Marla P\u00e9rez-Davis, director for NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/glenn\">Glenn Research Center <\/a>in Cleveland. \u201cHere at NASA Glenn, we design, develop, and test innovative technologies to advance NASA\u2019s missions in aeronautics and space exploration. As we lead this challenge, we look forward to many innovations to power operations on the Moon and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams can register to compete on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nasa.gov\/wattson\" rel=\"noopener\">challenge site<\/a> by 4 p.m. CDT on June 15, 2022.  Phase 2 of the challenge will last approximately 30 months and will take place in three segments, called competition levels. In each competition level, eligible teams will submit the required materials and will be evaluated on their submission and scored by the judging panel. Up to seven winners from competition level one will advance to level two and will be awarded part of prize purse up to $1.4 million. Up to four winners from competition level two will advance to level three and will be awarded a part of a prize purse up to $1.6 million. Up to two teams will be recognized as winners in competition level three, where the first-place team will be awarded $1 million, and second place will be awarded $500,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Watts on the Moon Challenge is managed by <a href=\"http:\/\/nasa.gov\/winit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centennial Challenges<\/a>, based at the agency\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/nasa.gov\/marshall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marshall Space Flight Center<\/a> in Huntsville, Alabama. Centennial Challenges is a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/solve\/Watts_on_the_Moon_Challenge\/\">Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing<\/a> program within the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Technology Mission Directorate.<\/a> NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center is the lead center for the challenge and is responsible for defining the challenge goals, success criteria, technology, and infusion paths. Centennial Challenges has contracted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herox.com\/WattsOnTheMoon\" rel=\"noopener\">HeroX<\/a> to support the administration of this challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the challenge, go to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nasa.gov\/wattson\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nasa.gov\/wattson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under Artemis, NASA plans to return to the Moon using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. This will require lunar surface systems that can deliver continuous, reliable power to support mining and construction, research activities, and human habitation. 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