Solving a NASA challenge? In two days? Competing with people from all over the world?
Welcome to the NASA Space Apps Challenge, a competition held annually in October that allows you to test your skills, and more importantly, your time management.
Every year, NASA organizes a global hackathon for anyone interested in solving their problems. The idea is to create a team of no more than six members and select one of these challenges that range from creating games to conducting research, all with an aerospace purpose. So far, it sounds simple, but here comes the adventure: it has to be done in a weekend!
Imagine working under pressure, with few hours of sleep, full of adrenaline and excitement, looking for the best alternatives to solve the problems, making presentations and videos for the judging panel, and translating everything into English to upload it to the Space Apps Challenge website. It sounds idyllic, doesn't it? Well, it was. In 2023, we participated with four teams and made a weekend an unforgettable experience.
The challenges each team faced were very diverse: connecting open-source creators with collaborators willing to help through a global and free website, creating an imaginary exoplanet that could harbor life, and generating an experience with seven mini-games and scenes to interest young people in space topics.
It was an incredible experience, full of adventure and excitement, that allows us to test our talents and develop new ones. Now I have a question for you: what are you waiting for to sign up?
To visit the website and sign up for the next edition