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Companies Partner to Develop Lunar ‘Science-to-Construction’ Pipeline open.substack.com/pub/thejournal…

Applications for STEM Mentors are now open! Apply by March 17th at the QR code below. Be a part of a NASA program and making student change!

While attending the NASA PI Meeting for our TEAM-II Full Award, our program managers explored the beautiful Griffin Museum of Science and Industry as part of the ASTC Conference tour. #NASAPIMeet #ASTC #ASTC2024 #NASA #GRIFFINMSI #CHICAGO2024 @griffinmuseum @NASAKennedy @NASA

Our New Worlds Await You Leaders (Pre-Service Teachers) had a special opportunity last month to meet inspiring Astronaut Jose Hernandez (@Astro_Jose)! What an amazing opportunity for our Space-STEM Educators to hear from industry professionals. Thank you to @utpb for hosting!

3..2..1...Liftoff! LCATS students will spend this year designing/developing solutions for lunar robotics, lunar site preparation, lunar lava tube exploration and mapping, and beneficial sensors for keeping humans alive in the harsh lunar environment @NASA @elonmusk #SPACESTEM

Apply now to be a MENTOR for the 2024 NWAY program! Information below. #NASA #mentorshipprogram #OpenCalls #STEM #spaceexploration #spacestem #stemeducation #mentorship #STEMmentorship @NASA @elonmusk

The new LCATS Year 1 Cohort is now accepting applications! LCATS engages motivated middle/high school students who assist aerospace professionals in solving real-world space exploration challenges through mission operations, technology development, and habitability. Apply now

During the BigGive, all donations to keep our tuition-free Space-STEM programs are matched! It ends today at 6pm. Donate here: thebiggivesa.org/organizations/…

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 NWAY Leaders for completing the New Worlds Await You - New Generation Curriculum training days. Thank you to the leaders at @UTSA , @utpb , and @enmu for supporting these students as they train the next generation of space explorers. #NASA #STEM

The 8 finalists of the New Worlds Await You Lunar Habitat Design Competition presented their final products to their judges, listened to our guest speaker Ginger Barnes, and won awards! Congratulations to the winning schools: @RhemaEnCara @BAM_MS_Official @astranovaschool #STEM

New Worlds Await You is proud to announce the 8 teams who have advanced to the Final Round of Competition. These creative middle school students and their teachers will compete on May 14th. @RhemaEnCara @EdgewoodJr/SrHighSchool @BAM_MS_Official @astranovaschool @StormGroveFever

WE NEED YOU! STEM Professionals, NWAY has extended the registration deadline for our Lunar Competition to Friday, April 22nd. Apply now! Apply Here: surveymonkey.com/r/HYKDRLS More Information Here: wexfoundation.org/nway/design-co… Mentors/Judges Page: wexfoundation.org/.../des.../for… #STEM #SPACE

Calling all STEM Professionals! The New Worlds Await you program needs YOU to work with middle school students who have been working hard on a Lunar habitat design project. Please register as a competition Judge. Details at: wexfoundation.org/nway/design-co… #wexfoundation #Stem

Let's win 100K from Ancira! Nominate WEX Foundation in the "Small" Category anciragivesback.com Please feel free to share this link with all of your friends and family March 27 – April 24 : Nominations May 1 – May 31 : Voting! #nonprofit #WEXFoudation #anciragiveback

Join us this Saturday, April 2nd at 10AM for the #FiestaDeLosNinos event, in person! This event is hosted by @TechPortSanAntonio in collaboration with the @SAMSAT to bring an awesome array of STEM activities for anyone to come and enjoy! See you there! #STEM #fiesta #SanAntonio

#NASA #lunarmission #WEXFoundation #WEX #spaceexploration #NWAYcompetition

Hey earthlings! The competition has started. We are honoring a request to extend registration until 2/19. You can still join the fun!

Teams of middle school students (grades 6-8) are invited to compete in our Lunar Habitat Design Competition. The New Worlds Await You (NWAY) program wants you to design a habitat in a lunar lava tube! Register by Feb 14, 2022. youtu.be/uMdfv55d-fw wexfoundation.org/nway/

@BotExistencial @tobbelobb Any patent granted by the USPTO can be challenged starting 9 months after its grant date. Post grant review process begins with a 3rd party filing a petition on or prior to the date that is 9 months after the grant of the patent. uspto.gov/patents/ptab/t…

@tobbelobb the patent was actually granted already so it can't be contested anymore. Prior art should've been considered but it wasn't. Not an outlier in the patent system unfortunately and not much can be done to be honest.

If someone other than me is interested in working on invalidating patents related to Hangprinter style robots, I will donate consulting hours until you win. I could also maybe help you fund your legal efforts. I will not initiate a legal fight myself, because it's boring.