1 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:23,256 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:25,592 --> 00:00:26,960 >> HI, I'M MONICA GUZIK, 3 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:28,061 AND WELCOME TO THE NASA 4 00:00:28,061 --> 00:00:29,729 ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE, 5 00:00:29,729 --> 00:00:31,598 PACKING UP FOR THE MOON. 6 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:32,599 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT 7 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:33,400 WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:34,567 TO LIVE ON THE MOON 9 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:36,169 OR ANOTHER PLANET? 10 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:37,504 AS WE EXPLORE FARTHER OUT 11 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:39,072 INTO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, 12 00:00:39,072 --> 00:00:40,607 HUMANS WILL BE AWAY FROM EARTH 13 00:00:40,607 --> 00:00:42,575 FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. 14 00:00:42,575 --> 00:00:43,576 THAT MEANS CREWS WILL NEED 15 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:45,178 TO LEARN HOW TO GROW SAFE, 16 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:46,946 EDIBLE, AND NUTRITIOUS PLANTS 17 00:00:46,946 --> 00:00:48,214 WHILE LIVING AND WORKING 18 00:00:48,214 --> 00:00:49,582 IN SPACE. 19 00:00:49,582 --> 00:00:50,717 BUT TO DO THAT, WE MUST 20 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:52,252 UNDERSTAND WHAT PLANTS NEED 21 00:00:52,252 --> 00:00:53,620 IN ORDER TO GROW. 22 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:55,755 HERE ON EARTH, WE HAVE SUNLIGHT, 23 00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:58,625 OXYGEN, SOIL, AND WATER. 24 00:00:58,625 --> 00:00:59,759 HOWEVER, ON THE MOON 25 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:00,960 OR ANOTHER PLANET, 26 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,196 NONE OF THOSE MAY EXIST. 27 00:01:03,196 --> 00:01:04,297 SO HOW DO HUMANS LIVING 28 00:01:04,297 --> 00:01:05,632 ON THE MOON, SAY, 29 00:01:05,632 --> 00:01:07,667 FOR THREE MONTHS, GROW PLANTS 30 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:08,701 IF THERE'S NO SUNLIGHT, 31 00:01:08,701 --> 00:01:11,805 OXYGEN, SOIL, OR WATER? 32 00:01:11,805 --> 00:01:13,072 HERE'S NASA ENGINEER 33 00:01:13,072 --> 00:01:14,908 DR. QUYNHGIAO NGUYEN TO TELL US 34 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,142 MORE ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE 35 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:18,411 AND HOW YOU CAN HELP. 36 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:20,146 >> HI, I'M QUYNHGIAO NGUYEN, 37 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:21,714 AND I'M AN ENGINEER. 38 00:01:21,714 --> 00:01:23,283 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE AGREED 39 00:01:23,283 --> 00:01:25,318 TO JOIN NASA IN HELPING US SOLVE 40 00:01:25,318 --> 00:01:28,455 A VERY CHALLENGING PROBLEM. 41 00:01:28,455 --> 00:01:30,290 FOR HUMANS TO HAVE ENOUGH FOOD 42 00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:31,157 DURING LONG DISTANCE 43 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:32,659 SPACE MISSIONS, WE'LL NEED 44 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:34,260 TO GROW PLANTS WHILE LIVING 45 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:36,162 AND WORKING IN SPACE. 46 00:01:36,162 --> 00:01:37,797 HOWEVER, THIS ENVIRONMENT IS 47 00:01:37,797 --> 00:01:39,065 VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT 48 00:01:39,065 --> 00:01:41,100 WE'RE USED TO HERE ON EARTH. 49 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,836 THAT MEANS WE NEED TO HAVE 50 00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:44,704 A SYSTEM THAT WE CAN PACK UP 51 00:01:44,704 --> 00:01:46,306 AND TAKE TO THE MOON 52 00:01:46,306 --> 00:01:48,274 OR WHEREVER WE'RE TRAVELING TO 53 00:01:48,274 --> 00:01:50,276 AND GROW THE FOOD WE NEED. 54 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:51,377 NASA'S BEEN USING 55 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:53,480 ITS VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM, 56 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,748 KNOWN AS VEGGIE, TO STUDY 57 00:01:55,748 --> 00:01:57,650 HOW EDIBLE PLANTS SUCH AS 58 00:01:57,650 --> 00:01:59,819 LETTUCE, RADISHES, 59 00:01:59,819 --> 00:02:01,254 AND BASIL GROW IN 60 00:02:01,254 --> 00:02:03,356 A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT ON 61 00:02:03,356 --> 00:02:05,859 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 62 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,927 UNLIKE EARTH, THIS ENVIRONMENT 63 00:02:07,927 --> 00:02:09,796 HAS VERY LITTLE GRAVITY, 64 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:10,997 AND SCIENTISTS WANT TO 65 00:02:10,997 --> 00:02:12,198 UNDERSTAND HOW IT MIGHT 66 00:02:12,198 --> 00:02:14,467 AFFECT PLANT GROWTH. 67 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:15,969 SCIENTISTS THINK THIS SYSTEM 68 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:17,103 WILL EVENTUALLY HELP US 69 00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:19,472 GROW SAFE, FRESH PRODUCE 70 00:02:19,472 --> 00:02:20,807 THAT CAN BE USED AS 71 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:22,375 A FOOD SOURCE FOR CREWS 72 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:23,877 WHILE THEY EXPLORE BEYOND 73 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:25,945 LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 74 00:02:25,945 --> 00:02:27,180 BUT AS WE TRAVEL 75 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:28,314 TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS 76 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:29,782 IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, 77 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:30,950 WE MAY NEED DIFFERENT KINDS 78 00:02:30,950 --> 00:02:32,485 OF DESIGNS DEPENDING ON 79 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:34,387 THE ENVIRONMENT. 80 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:36,389 THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN. 81 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:37,757 YOUR TEAM'S CHALLENGE: 82 00:02:37,757 --> 00:02:39,225 DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR OWN 83 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:41,094 PLANT GROWTH SYSTEM. 84 00:02:41,094 --> 00:02:42,095 AS YOU WORK THROUGH 85 00:02:42,095 --> 00:02:43,897 THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS, 86 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:45,965 YOU WILL FACE OBSTACLES. 87 00:02:45,965 --> 00:02:47,300 YOUR DESIGN MAY NOT WORK 88 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:49,235 THE WAY YOU EXPECT, BUT 89 00:02:49,235 --> 00:02:50,637 DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. 90 00:02:50,637 --> 00:02:52,539 IT'S A PART OF THE PROCESS. 91 00:02:52,539 --> 00:02:53,840 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, 92 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,441 YOU'LL BE BUILDING THE SKILLS 93 00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:56,943 AND KNOWLEDGE TO HELP 94 00:02:56,943 --> 00:02:58,745 SOLVE CHALLENGING PROBLEMS 95 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:02,115 IN SPACE AND ON EARTH. 96 00:03:02,115 --> 00:03:03,917 >> THANK YOU, QUYNHGIAO. 97 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:05,385 NOW, HERE'S YOUR ASSIGNMENT. 98 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:07,020 NASA ENGINEERS HAVE DEVELOPED 99 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:09,222 A PLAN FOR A LUNAR OUTPOST. 100 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:10,557 THE STATION WILL BE LOCATED 101 00:03:10,557 --> 00:03:12,025 NEAR THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE 102 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:12,959 AND WILL BE OCCUPIED 103 00:03:12,959 --> 00:03:13,993 BY TWO ASTRONAUTS 104 00:03:13,993 --> 00:03:16,129 ON A THREE-MONTH MISSION. 105 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,130 ROOM ON THE LUNAR LANDER 106 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:18,731 WILL BE EXTREMELY LIMITED. 107 00:03:18,731 --> 00:03:20,633 THEREFORE, ALL ITEMS MUST BE 108 00:03:20,633 --> 00:03:21,834 DESIGNED TO TAKE UP 109 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:24,037 MINIMAL SPACE. 110 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:25,171 EACH OF YOUR TEAMS MUST 111 00:03:25,171 --> 00:03:26,639 DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR OWN 112 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,541 PLANT GROWTH CHAMBER. 113 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:30,610 YOUR MODEL MUST NOT EXCEED 114 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:32,312 A MASS OF 50 GRAMS, 115 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:33,446 AND A STOWED VOLUME OF 116 00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:35,381 1,000 CUBIC CENTIMETERS 117 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:37,116 WHEN ON THE ROCKET. 118 00:03:37,116 --> 00:03:39,452 CAN BE ANY SHAPE WHEN DEPLOYED, 119 00:03:39,452 --> 00:03:41,120 HOWEVER, THE VOLUME 120 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,655 OF THE DEPLOYED PLANT GROWTH 121 00:03:42,655 --> 00:03:44,424 CHAMBER CANNOT EXCEED 122 00:03:44,424 --> 00:03:47,427 1 MILLION CUBIC CENTIMETERS. 123 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:48,695 MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONNECTED 124 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:49,796 TO THE LUNAR HABITAT 125 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:51,731 WHEN DEPLOYED, HOWEVER, 126 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:52,899 IT MUST PROVIDE A WAY 127 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:54,601 FOR ASTRONAUTS TO HAVE ACCESS 128 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:56,636 TO THE CHAMBER. 129 00:03:56,636 --> 00:03:58,805 AND MUST USE A SYSTEM 130 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:00,673 OF EXPANSION FROM ITS STOWED 131 00:04:00,673 --> 00:04:02,508 SHIPMENT PACKAGE ON THE ROCKET 132 00:04:02,508 --> 00:04:04,277 TO ITS FINAL DEPLOYED STRUCTURE 133 00:04:04,277 --> 00:04:06,179 ON THE MOON. 134 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:07,413 NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. 135 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:08,648 BE CREATIVE. 136 00:04:08,648 --> 00:04:09,649 WHO KNOWS-- IT MAY BE 137 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:10,750 ONE OF YOUR DESIGNS THAT 138 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:12,285 GETS PACKED UP FOR THE MOON 139 00:04:12,285 --> 00:04:13,987 AND USED TO GROW FRESH PLANTS 140 00:04:13,987 --> 00:04:15,254 THAT FEED OUR ASTRONAUTS 141 00:04:15,254 --> 00:04:17,423 ON LONG DISTANCE SPACE MISSIONS. 142 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:18,391 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE 143 00:04:18,391 --> 00:04:20,159 THE DESIGNS YOUR TEAMS CREATE. 144 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:21,661 GOOD LUCK.