Ten days left for a chance to win a million bucks from DARPA and its LunA-10 project – proposals to build out lunar economy invited by September 6th
From here:
A Framework for Optimized, Integrated Lunar Infrastructure (darpa.mil)
“The 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study aims to rapidly develop foundational technology concepts that move away from individual scientific efforts within isolated, self-sufficient systems, toward a series of shareable, scalable systems that interoperate.
Anticipating a burgeoning cislunar and lunar economy of scientific research and commercial development in the coming decade, DARPA is soliciting innovative and revolutionary technical approaches to chart a vision and path toward an optimized and integrated lunar infrastructure for peaceful U.S. and international use.”
It just might be that DARPA hasn’t already earmarked the awards to its buddies and wants to make new friends!
It’s not about getting there, it’s about being there!
“It will seek to establish an analytical framework that defines new opportunities for rapid scientific and commercial activity on and around the Moon through collective infrastructure investments, and also identifies related technical challenges.
DARPA anticipates making final analytical frameworks for lunar infrastructure available to the public.”
“Three-page abstracts in response to the LunA-10 solicitation are due by Sept. 6, 2023. Respondents whose abstracts are selected will be invited to submit a 10-page white paper and technical presentation by Sept. 25, 2023.
Selected white papers will receive an Other Transaction award not to exceed $1,000,000. Selected performers will not be expected to share their intellectual property, but DARPA is seeking those that are willing to collaborate engineering efforts toward models of clustered lunar activity versus individual, commercial ventures. “
Quite a long splash site – touchdown page. It has this embedded link:
Original Published Date: Aug 15, 2023 11:21 am EDT
Original Response Date: Sep 25, 2023 04:00 pm EDT
Which as an update!!! Here SAM.gov
Which has this::
Updated Published Date: Aug 26, 2023 09:21 am EDT
Original Published Date: Aug 15, 2023 11:21 am EDT
Updated Response Date: Sep 25, 2023 04:00 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Sep 25, 2023 04:00 pm EDT
Good luck to all who know how to build out economic and communications infrastructure in lunar conditions that can hook up with others!
I am guess that Russia experts need not apply, or Chinese, given the ban on US technology exports. Perhaps India or Europe residents qualify?
Onwards!
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