Student team wins $50,000 grant for reusable lunar surface tower system

Award filed 28 October 2026 for infrastructure design intended to reduce lunar mission costs

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Oct. 28, 2026 - A student engineering team has been awarded a $50,000 grant for their proposed lunar construction technology project.^[1] The winning design is a reusable system for building infrastructure towers on the lunar surface. The project is intended to lower operating costs for future space missions.^[2] Space Nugget. Lunar surface towers lift communications equipment, solar arrays and science instruments above the fine abrasive surface dust that damages hardware.

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The winning student team was awarded a $50,000 grant for their PRICE lunar infrastructure tower technology project. · Metro Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
The team's winning PRINCE project is a reusable system for constructing infrastructure towers on the lunar surface, intended to reduce space mission costs. · NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -Puerto Rico

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