Moon Express launches Moon is ME global design competition

Posted by Courtney E. Howard

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., 9 Dec. 2011. Moon Express officials in Mountain View, Calif., have launched "The Moon is ME," a Lunar Mining Design Competition. The company has issued a global challenge to design lunar mining tools that the Moon Express Robotics Lab for Innovation (MERLIN) rovers can use to acquire and transport lunar samples containing valuable metals and minerals. The global competition is open to student and professional designers using Autodesk software.

The top designs will be prototyped and demonstrated in a field test competition at Moon Express facilities at the NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley. The winning prize design will be funded by the company for potential test and demonstration on the Moon.