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>> [Background Music] Hi.

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I'm Andrew Trunek
and I'm a researcher.

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Here at the NASA Glenn Research
Center in Cleveland, Ohio,

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we have a long history

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of developing innovative
aeronautics

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and space technologies.

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NASA Glenn would like
students to join our efforts

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by participating in the Center's
University Student Design

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Space Challenge.

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The scenario, imagine that it's
2050, the Earth is in trouble,

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rising sea levels

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and increasingly
severe storms are posing

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insurmountable challenges.

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Governments are anxious

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to establish permanent
settlements elsewhere

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in the solar system.

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The future is bleak, but
human kind is resourceful

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and observant.

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Scientists have seen
how elegantly

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and efficiently the biological
world sustains life on Earth.

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Engineers and other
technologists begin mimicking

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nature as they design
systems of resource extraction

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and allocation to support
permanent independent

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settlements on interplanetary
bodies.

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They need your help.

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NASA's University Student Design
Space Challenge gives teams

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of full-time junior and senior
undergraduate students the

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opportunity to work
with top NASA experts

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in designing a bio-inspired
system to extract resources

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from extraterrestrial bodies.

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Your team will use environmental
conditions on Mars or the moon

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to determine what
resources could be contained

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in regolith or fluids.

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You will also need to specify
the power required to extract

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and process those resources.

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Your team should look
at natural models, bugs,

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plants and biomechanisms
for fluid transport

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such as tree roots then
translate those models

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into mechanical systems.

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Chemicals for example
could be moved

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through the mycelial networks
of fungi that also serve

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as building material,
food sources

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and radiation shielding
material.

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The Martian atmospheric
chemistry simulator,

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a small vacuum chamber that
approximates the temperature

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and atmospheric conditions
on Mars can be used

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to gather data on your system.

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We invite you to
broaden the scope

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of your resource extraction
system by integrating it

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into other systems required for
humans to live away from Earth.

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People on your team will come
from science, technology,

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engineering and mathematics
backgrounds,

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but incorporating majors
from economics, marketing,

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graphic arts and other areas
can strengthen your concepts

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and may result in a
better more creative design

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that benefits a sustainable
future America.

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Your team will compete
against other college teams

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under the supervision
of a college adviser.

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An expert from NASA Glenn
Research Center will mentor your

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team as it immerses itself
in NASA-related research

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from space scientists,
physicists, chemists,

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engineers and systems experts.

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For a complete list of
project requirements,

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be sure to attend the
mandatory virtual space project

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kickoff meetings.

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You can also visit
us on the web.

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I look forward to seeing your
team's bio-inspired resource

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extraction system.