MIT design for Mars propellant production trucks wins NASA competition - MIT News

7/11/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Sara Cody | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

An MIT team received first place in NASA's annual RASC-AL competition for their in-situ resource utilization design that produces propellant on Mars from local resources instead of bringing it from Earth.

Using the latest technologies currently available, it takes over 25,000 tons of rocket hardware and propellant to land 50 tons of anything on the planet Mars. So, for NASAs first crewed mission to Ma… [+7589 chars]

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MIT design for Mars propellant production trucks wins NASA competition - MIT News

An MIT team received first place in NASA&#039;s annual RASC-AL competition for their in-situ resource utilization design that produces propellant on Mars from local resources instead of bringing it from Earth.

An MIT team received first place in NASA's annual RASC-AL competition for their in-situ resource utilization design that produces propellant on Mars from local resources instead of bringing it from Earth.