Colorado School of Mines, Lunar Outpost reach Level 2 of NASA’s Break the Ice Challenge

Payne Institute Faculty Fellow George Sowers is the team leader and professor for the Mines Team Ice Diggers.  The team will now build a prototype of their lunar excavation, the Outpost Digger System (ODS), for a 15-day durability demonstration test slated for September 2023.  Today NASA announced that Mines and Lunar Outpost have won an equal share of a $500,000 prize purse for their design as part of their submission to the NASA Break the Ice Challenge.  December 14, 2022.