Join NASA’s mission to bring us to the Moon, Mars and beyond by submitting a research paper on one of the four ESMD topics listed below. Your research may be used as the solution to current NASA challenges. Open to students who are United States citizens in an undergraduate or graduate studies program.
1. Spacecraft Landing and Recovery Architecture: Historical Approaches and Ideas for the Future
2. Synergistic degradation effects of materials exposed to radiation, micrometeors, thermal sinks and lunar dust
3. Loading of Cryogenic Propellant in Space Launch Vehicle
4. Determination of the Optimum Internal Cockpit Layout
Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) was developed by NASA specifically to create a constellation of new capabilities, supporting technologies and foundational research that enables sustained and affordable human and robotic exploration.
Project owners + coordinators:
Diane Ingraham
Gloria Murphy
posted on Nov 19, 2009:
pls nasa coordinators clear me why international student are not allowed for so many projects if we r willing for many projects then why we r not allowed
posted on Dec 06, 2009:
@prachi – I contacted the project coordinator about your question and her response was “International students are not allowed to participate because the scholarship that is awarded for the competition is funded by the U.S. Federal Government.”