Five teams of high school student engineers have made it to the final round in a competition to build and test designs for radiation shields for NASA's new Orion spacecraft. The competition is part of the Exploration Design Challenge (EDC), developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin, with support from the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). Forty-six teams submitted engineering notebooks with proposed radiation shield designs. After review by Orion engineers, as well as NASA and NIA educators, determined the final five teams.
Orion, the Multi Purpose Crew vehicle is to be a beyond low-Earth Orbit spacecraft, making frequent trips to the moon, astroids, and in the future, possibly mars. Each spacecraft is going to carry a crew of 2–6 astronauts. It is also planned to be used as a backup for ISS cargo and crew delivery.
Authors: Mark Garcia, Brian Dunbar
Date: March 26th 2014
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