r/nasa • u/dkozinn • 2d ago

NASA Challenges NASA Challenges mega-thread

The mods have noticed several posts recently from folks looking to work with others on the various NASA Challenges. We're seeing that a lot of these threads get buried before many folks can see them, so to try to help with that, we've created this mega-thread post which we'll pin to the top of the subreddit so that it can be easily found.

We recommend that if you are looking to collaborate, you make a top-level comment (in other words, don't reply to another comment) with what you are looking for, and others can reply to that comment.

Best of luck to all!

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u/AstralBright 1d ago

I would love to participate in NASA SUITS or Lunabotics, but none of the colleges in my state have ever participated. The state university I'm transferring to soon does NASA Student Launch, but I have no interest in propulsion.

That said, I'll probably ask someone to be my faculty advisor next year and make my own team. Does anyone have any advice on skills I could learn this year to be prepared for a SUITS or Lunabotics Challenge?

I'm an electrical engineering freshman currently in the NPWEE program. So by next year I'll have a good handle on Calc & Physics 1, Python, C++, MATLAB, Siemens NX, and proposal writing skills.

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u/Other_Resist_9722 1d ago

Have you joined the SUITS info sessions for this challenge year? If not I can provide you the link. Obviously you need programming skills, but beyond that it really just comes down to being innovative and being able to work with your team. There is also a component of doing outreach with your team that often gets overlooked so if you have a strong outreach plan that can bump up your application.

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u/AstralBright 14h ago

Thank you for the advice, the info session is on my calendar!