Objective

Surface assets on the lunar and Martian surface will involve multiple assets which must share or transfer fluids such as water, waste, fuel, and oxygen. Future mission success requires efficient and reliable fluid transfer between these systems despite extreme environmental conditions (reduced gravity, dust, temperature fluctuations, etc.). Teams should propose solutions for safe, reliable, and efficient fluid transfer between surface assets on the Moon and/or Mars, addressing compatibility between assets, leak mitigation, ease of use by astronauts and/or robotic systems, and other unique challenges posed by the environment.