Robotic Mining Competition - Media Day
Lilliana Villareal, Spacecraft and Offline Operations manager in the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program, is interviewed on-camera by Al Feinberg, with the Communications and Public Engagement Directorate, during NASA's 8th Annual Robotic Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. More than 40 student teams from colleges and universities around the U.S. used their uniquely-designed mining robots to dig in a supersized sandbox filled with BP-1, or simulated Martian soil, and participated in other competition requirements, May 22-26. The Robotic Mining Competition is a NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate project designed to encourage students in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM fields. The project provides a competitive environment to foster innovative ideas and solutions that could be used on NASA's Journey to Mars.
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KSC-20170525-PH_SWW01_0151
Date Created
May 25, 2017
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KSC
Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/Bill White
Location
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Com
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