Challenge Overview
NASAs Planetary Science has over recorded over 100 terabytes of images, telemetry, models and just about everything one can imagine from all the planetary missions from the past 30 years. The data stored is within NASA's planetary data system (PDS). And it is all available free at http://pds.nasa.gov
But, while rich in depth and breath, the PDS databases have developed in a disparate fashion over the years with different architectures and formats; thereby making acquisition of data problematic!
Working with TopCoder, PDS reorganized data in a manner that allows user-friendly access to this incredible resource. Roughly one year ago, a contest like this one suggested an ability to view white spots or weak areas of coverage, relative to similar bodies. The goal was to assist scientists in planning new missions to collect missing data. The data and service infrastructure to support it has been built and deployed!
In this contest, we ask you to develop a mobile application that is a joy to use that also leverages this new data source - and any other resource you'd like to include. We're looking for really clever, fun, easy to use apps. To help you brainstorm, we provide several ideas the stakeholder team already likes. You can implement an entirely new idea, or use or embellish one of the provided ideas.
The general theme of this contest is an application that leverages the system's new ability to compare and contrast the data collected on comets, asteroids, spaceships, and missions. Good luck!!
One last note - this contest is one of a series. Learn more about them at the NASA-PDS Challenge home page.
Final Submission Guidelines
For your submission to be eligible for review and prize, it must contain the following:
- App that is fully implemented, a joy to use, and that accesses the PDS database
- A Deployment Document containing the following:
- A brief description of how your submission interfaces with PDS databases
- A description of the following:
- Your Developer Environment
- Your Tools
- ETC