NASA Contest Wants Your Ideas to Keep Astronauts Safe on Mars
by Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor   |   May 07, 2015 

To prepare for future colonies on Mars, NASA is asking the public for ideas on how to keep Red Planet astronauts safe that require minimal resupplies from Earth.
The "Journey to Mars Challenge" will give a $5,000 award to each of the three winning participants who describe an original idea that could assist the human exploration of Mars.