NASA's Call for Innovation: Reinvent the Lunar Wheel!

Get ready, inventors! NASA is rolling out a thrilling competition, the Rock and Roll with NASA challenge, which offers up to a whopping $155,000 in prizes for groundbreaking lunar wheel designs. Why, you ask? Because in just two-and-a-half years, NASA is gearing up for its next heroic manned mission to the Moon, and it’s bringing along a cutting-edge lunar terrain vehicle (LTV)!

Flashback to the 1970s—those historic Apollo missions utilized tires that tripled the astronauts' exploration range. However, those rugged tires were only meant for a handful of slow, careful spins on the lunar landscape. Now, with the Artemis program underway, NASA demands something far more sophisticated!

A New Era of Moon Mobility