Just announced at MAX POWER: a $1 million Moon Base Student Challenge! go.nasa.gov/3UBpcCs The competition tasks U.S. high school and post-secondary student teams to develop solutions to real-world engineering constraints for establishing a long-term human presence on the Moon.
Artist’s concept depicting astronauts, habitats, rovers, power systems, and cargo operations supporting sustained human activities at the Moon Base near the lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA

ALT Artist’s concept depicting astronauts, habitats, rovers, power systems, and cargo operations supporting sustained human activities at the Moon Base near the lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA

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NASA, why not 3D-print a railroad around the Moon? One lap is about 6,783 miles. Picture taking a train from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the southern U.S., then coming back across the northern U.S. That’s the scale. I already made the mission patch. 🌕🚂
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Nov 8, 2026 · 5:06 PM UTC

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Because it would be interesting for about an hour or 2….and then 50 hours of the same thing.
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Yeah, but they could literally build a track around the whole moon. So they could eventually build moon cities.
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Love the creativity! 🌕🚂 A lunar rail line is far beyond today's tech, but big ideas like this are exactly what the student challenge is for.
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I want my million
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