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>> Designing, building

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and launching rockets

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is always an exciting journey.

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But perhaps a real benefit

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of rockets isn't what

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they do during launch,

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but what they carry

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as their scientific

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or engineering mission.

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Payloads can be anything

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from telescopes to satellites

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to scientific instruments.

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The payload component

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of this year's

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NASA Student Launch competition

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challenged teams

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to build a system that,

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following the landing

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of the rocket, would navigate

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to a designated site,

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retrieve at least

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ten milliliters

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of simulated lunar ice,

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and then navigate at least

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ten feet away from that site

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with their sample safely stored.

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The Payload Design Award

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is given to the team

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with the most creative

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and innovative approach

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to tackling this challenge

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while maximizing safety,

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and scientific

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and engineering value.

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In third place,

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Purdue University

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of West Lafayette, Indiana.

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Vanderbilt University

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of Nashville, Tennessee.

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In first place, University

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of North Carolina, Charlotte.

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UNCC approached

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this mission objective

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by designing a two-part system.

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The first part detected

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the sample retrieval location

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during the rockets descent,

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and saved that

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location information.

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Once the rocket had landed,

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that location information

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was relayed to an unmanned

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aerial vehicle,

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with integrated computer vision

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and obstacle avoidance.

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This allowed it to calculate

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a clean flight path

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to the sample

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retrieval location.

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Testing of this system

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showed that the design

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and construction were

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successful, congratulations.

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>> Hello, my name

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is Jorge Herenandez,

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I'm the CEO

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of Bastion Technologies

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and I'm honored

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to represent our company

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and NASA Student Launch

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for presentation

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of the Safety Award.

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Bastion Technologies

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is a proud sponsor of this event

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and shows its commitment

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to continued support

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by providing a $500 prize

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to the first place winner

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of this award

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in recognition of the fact

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that launching

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and even viewing a launch

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is inherently hazardous,

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you have been singled out

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for your efforts to maintain

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a safe environment

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during this event.

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As you know,

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NASA applies stringent

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range safety principles

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and techniques.

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You obviously took

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those cautions seriously,

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and did your best

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to incorporate appropriate

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safeguards into your projects.

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For that reason,

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I am proud to present you

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with the Safety Award.

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This award is given to the team

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that meets all safety

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expectations and has the highest

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quality documentation

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regarding safety.

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Here are the winners.

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Third place, the University

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of North Carolina, Charlotte.

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Second place,

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Vanderbilt University,

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Nashville, Tennessee.

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And first place goes to

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the University of Alabama

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in Huntsville.

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UAH created and continually

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updated safe--

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a safety manual

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that covered shop hazards,

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chemical material safety,

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construction hazards

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and a thorough investigation

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of all failure modes.

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Hazard worksheets are

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well organized in functional

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groups and operational phases.

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And match up with

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our launch procedures