Notices. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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BILLING CODE P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [16-071] Notice of Centennial Challenges 3D-Printed Habitat Structural Member Challenge AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 51 U.S.C. 20144(c). The 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge (3DP), Structural Member Competition is open and teams that wish to compete may now register. Centennial Challenges is a program of prize competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies of interest and value to NASA and the nation.
The 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge Phase 2 Structural Member is a prize competition with a $1,100,000 total prize purse to develop the fundamental technologies necessary to manufacture an off-world habitat using mission recycled materials and/or local indigenous materials. DATES: Challenge registration opens October 7, 2016, and will remain open until January 31, 2017. Other important dates: March 31, 2017— *Level 1:* Truncated Cone Slump Test and Cylinder ASTM C39 Compression Results due to Judges May 31, 2017— *Level 2:* Beam Member ASTM C78 Flexure Test Results due to Judges August 24-27, 2017— *Level 3:* Structural Member Competition ADDRESSES:
The challenge competition will take place at: Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center, 5801 N. Smith Road, Edwards, IL 61528. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for or get additional information regarding the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, please visit: *http://bradley.edu/challenge.* For general information on the NASA Centennial Challenges Program please visit: *http://www.nasa.gov/challenges.* General questions and comments regarding the program should be addressed to Monsi Roman, Centennial Challenges Program, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL 35812.
Email address: *hq-stmd-centennialchallenges@mail.nasa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary The goal of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is to foster the development of new technologies necessary to additively manufacture a habitat using local indigenous materials with, or without, recyclable materials. The Challenge is broken into three parts as described below. • *Design Competition* —focused on developing innovative habitat architectural concepts that take advantage of the unique capabilities that 3D-Printing offers (completed in 2015). • *Structural Member Competition (Phase 2)* —will focus on the core 3D-Printing fabrication technologies and materials properties needed to manufacture structural components from indigenous materials combined with recyclables, or indigenous materials alone; serves as a qualifier for participation in Phase 3. • *On-Site Habitat Competition (Phase 3)* —(to be announced at a later date) will focus on the 3D-Printing fabrication of a scaled habitat design, using indigenous materials combined with recyclables, or indigenous materials alone, and will have a prize purse of $1.4 million.
I. Prize Amounts The 3D Printed Habitat Structural Member Competition purse is $1,100,000 (one million one hundred thousand dollars) to be disbursed as follows: Level 1 Prize $100,000 total prize money to be awarded to top 10 qualifiers based on scores. Level 2 Prize $500,000 total prize money to be awarded to top 10 qualifiers based on scores. Level 3 Prize $250,000 to first place $150,000 to second place $100,000 to third place II. Eligibility To be eligible to win a prize, competitors must:
(1)Register and comply with all requirements in the rules and Team Agreement;
(2)In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and
(3)Not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within the scope of their employment. III. Rules The complete rules for the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge can be found at: *http://bradley.edu/challenge.* Cheryl Parker, NASA Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-24299 Filed 10-6-16; 8:45 am]
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