NASA Sets Three New Technology Prizes

By Frank Morring, Jr.

Inventors with good ideas on low-cost satellites, electric power storage and autonomous navigation over rugged terrain will have a chance to win a total of $5 million in federal prize money designed to advance technology with applications in space exploration and other applications.

NASA’s Centennial Challenges program will offer the prizes as part of the U.S. space agency’s effort to ferret out new ...