Glove designers walked away with a total of $400,000 in prize money at NASA's second Astronaut Glove Challenge yesterday. The U.S. space agency awarded the money because the private glove designs beat the in-house version, and NASA may incorporate the designs into the Constellation spacesuit intended for next-gen astronauts returning to the moon.
Peter Homer of Maine took the first place prize of $250,000, based on a souped-up version of his glove design that won the 2007 challenge. Ted Southern of New York City won the second place prize of $100,000.
The Astronaut Glove Challenge comes as part of NASA's Centennial Challenges, which include the space elevator games and a competition for lunar robot diggers.
[NASA]
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Why are we not using gloves that use robotics? like I move my finger sensors translate movement into commands and the robotic glove moves its finger? what would this mean? Smaller more precise hand/finger capability, possibility of satellite link from the ship or earth.
honestly you would think nasa would have better things to spend 400,000$ on.
400,000$ is nothing. It's like a penny.