1st Place ($6,000 Prize), Most Water Collected (24,335 mL), Best Digital Poster
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: HYDRATION III: High Yield Dihydrogen-monoxide Retrieval And Terrain Identification On New worlds
Advisors: Jeffrey Hoffman, Olivier de Weck, Martin Culpepper, Herbert Einstein, Michael Hecht
2nd Place ($4,000 Prize),
Best Technical Paper
Northeastern University
PARSEC: Percussive And Rotary Surveying & Extracting Carousel
Advisor: Taskin Padir
Lightest System Mass & Most Innovative Concept
University of Pittsburgh, 40.75 kg
Vaporizer of Underground Liquid for Consumption by Astronaut coloNists (VULCAN)
Advisors: Matthew Barry (U Pitt), Ismael Mercier (Boeing)
Most Accurate Digital Core
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Sub-lunar Tap Yielding eXplorer & Surface Telemetry Operations and Next-generation Excavation System (STYX & STONES)
Advisor: Peter Schuster
Clearest Water
South Dakota State University
JAMMER: Jackrabbit Automated Moon to Mars Extractor and prospectoR
Advisor: Todd Letcher
RASC-AL program staff will respond to questions presented by eligible student and faculty from accredited colleges and universities in the United States (and international team participants formally affiliated with a US-based university team).
