The Cal Poly team, all mechanical engineering seniors from California, for the second straight year has advanced to the semifinals of a NASA challenge to develop a device to harvest water from ice on the moon and Mars that could pave the way for extended manned space missions. Top row, from left: Jacob Everest-Winkler of Santa Rosa; Rebecca Rodriguez of Buellton; project manager Michelle Leclere of Roseville; middle row: Bradley Behrens of Nipomo; Alex Martinez of Rocklin; and Tyler Guffey (in helmet) of San Bernardino; and bottom row: Dominic Duran of Woodbridge; and Schuyler Ryan of Redding.
–For the second straight year, a team of Cal Poly mechanical engineering seniors has advanced to the semifinals of a NASA challenge to develop a device to harvest water from ice on the moon and Mars that could pave the way for extended manned space missions.