August 2, 2008
Some Pictures from Saturday Afternoon
NASA Lunar Regolith Excavation Challenge at Cal Poly SLO
Brian McGowan from the State of California's Business, Transportation and Housing Agency addressed the spectators.
Playing with physics.
Andy Petro is the Centennial Challenges Program Manager for NASA.
Astronaut Jim Newman is now with the Naval Postgraduate School.
The masks are to filter out the very small regolith particles that behave much like smoke when agitated.
David Livingston interviews Andrea Seastrand (CSA) and Janice Dunn (CSA) for his Space Show.
After the official competitors all had their runs (there was no winner), they and other teams got a chance to "play in the sand box". Dirt actually got moved!