(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) MORE STORIES Future astronauts may someday explore Mars using winning concepts from NASA's 2015 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. Sixteen teams competed in the contest sponsored by NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), which challenges graduate and undergraduate students to solve real-life space exploration challenges. This year, the competition asked teams to develop a mission with innovative approaches and new technologies allowing astronauts to be less dependent on resources transported from Earth. The teams presented their research and designs for full-scale...
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