NASA Space Apps Challenge 2022

Overview

The NASA Space Apps Challenge is a global hackathon to create solutions to challenges we face on Earth and in space. As part of the Curtin Institute for Computation, I competed in a team called the Flat Moon Society in Perth, Western Australia. We came first place in the local selection and received an honorable mention as global finalists.

Flat Moon Society: Nick Swainston, Calvin Pang, Paul Hancock, Theodora Papdimatos, Trish Radotic, Leigh Tyers

Moonquake Emergency Warning System

Our solution, MEWS was the Moonquake Emergency Warning System.

It consists of three main components:

1. A centralised and standardised database for the storage and dissemination of moonquake data;
2. A visualisation tool (see demo below) of the 3D moonquake map that we developed to demonstrate the utility of the data as it would be used in one of our apps; and
3. The Moonquake Emergency Warning System (MEWS), the application of our3D moonquake mapping solution in the form of a three-tiered product that provides targeted information to educators, analysts, and remote operators.