Keith’s note: The 2021 NASA Space Apps Challenge winners were announced today. I have posted an annotated list below. This is one of the finest worldwide outreach efforts that NASA has ever done over the half century of its existence. It is a superb example of the use of NASA’s global branding in a synergistic, soft power fashion. Alas, while Thomas Zurbuchen at SMD has openly embraced this effort, over […]

This slide has a summary of @NASA International Space Apps Challenge @SpaceApps Yet despite repeated requests over the years to #NASA PAO & SMD for a report on this amazing activity no one has ever provided that info. NASA hides its good news @Dr_ThomasZ @KarenStG @pinballme pic.twitter.com/Vo0f5x1GUv — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 18, 2021

Hey @JimBridenstine Look at all of the #SpaceApps #hackathon locations around our planet. But why isn't there one in orbit? People have been living there for 20 years – longer than most #NASASpaceApps participants have been alive. @NASA needs to work on that. Just sayin' 1/2 pic.twitter.com/EuwjBNPus8 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 8, 2020 Hey @JimBridenstine Look at all of the #SpaceApps #hackathon locations around our planet. But why isn't […]

NASA Announces Global Best in Class Winners for the International Space Apps Challenge “A panel of international judges from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and other partner organizations has selected five “best in class” solutions as winners of the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge. The challenge, in which participants developed software, hardware, data visualization, and mobile or Web applications that contribute to space exploration missions and help improve life […]

International Space Apps Challenge, NASA “The International Space Apps Challenge is an international mass collaboration focused on space exploration that takes place over 48-hours in 80 cities around the world (in 42 countries) on the weekend of April 20-21, 2013. The event embraces collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing relevant open-source solutions to address global needs applicable to both life on Earth and life in space. NASA is […]

Keith’s note: At the NASA Advisory Council Committee on Education and Public Outreach meeting on 5 March 2103 Leland Melvin, the AA for Education at NASA, correctly lamented that people at NASA were not promoting the International Space Apps Challenge (20-21 April 2013) and urged committee members to spread the word. Well … have a look at the NASA Education website. Two weeks later and there is still no mention […]