[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69871-69872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24299]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

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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

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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: [email protected].

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.
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