Winners of the 2021 RASC-AL Special Edition:
Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge

1st Place ($6,000 Prize), Most Water Collected (24,335 mL), Best Digital Poster

MIT 2021 MMIPMassachusetts 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 2021 MMIPNortheastern University
PARSEC: Percussive And Rotary Surveying & Extracting Carousel
Advisors: Taskin Padir & Mark Zolotas

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


2021 COMPETITION FEATURED ON NASA SCIENCE LIVE
2020 COMPETITION CANCELLED;
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2021 — THE SHOW MUST GO ON!