NASA Challenge: Software Applications using NASA's Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) Protocols
- Status: Closed
- Prize: $500
- Entries Received: 49
- Winner: betafind
Contest Brief
Background: The world’s leading space agencies have agreed that future spacecraft will communicate with Earth and among themselves using a new Solar System Internet (SSI) based on Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) technology. DTN is a protocol suite that extends the terrestrial Internet capabilities into highly stressed data communication environments where the conventional Internet does not work well. These environments are typically subject to frequent disruptions, unidirectional links, possibly long delays and high error rates. The DTN architecture is described in RFC 4838 (attached). The DTN protocol suite is mature, but the number of applications that have been developed to utilize the DTN protocol suite components has been limited. NASA has identified several applications that would be useful for various mission scenarios in delayed/disrupted environments, such as file transfer, text messaging and video messaging among others, however NASA is interested in other application ideas that take advantage of the DTN protocol suite.
Objective: To conceptualize applications that can take advantage of the DTN protocol suite and provide benefit space and/or terrestrial users.
- The submissions should include a description of what the application will do, how it makes use of the DTN protocol suite and the benefits for space and/or terrestrial users.
- Enhancements to existing applications that become delay/disruption tolerant by using the DTN protocol suite are also valid submissions.
- Submissions will be rewarded for creativity and potential value to space and/or terrestrial users.
Submissions: Submissions should include a description of the application concept including descriptions of what the application can do, how it would be used,how it uses DTN, and why it is useful. Submissions can include graphics or other media to help explain the concept via diagrams, user interface concepts, etc.
The winning submission will be selected based on the the following:
- functionality - does the proposed application do something useful?
- feasibility - can the proposed application and supporting architecture be reasonably built?
- usability - will the proposed application be something users (in the public) will want to use?
- creativity - is the proposed application concept original and unique?
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Employer Feedback
“Congratulations to betafind on great concept for an app that uses the Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN) protocol. This was the winning submission for a NASA ideation contest out of 64 entries.”
nasacoeci, United States.
Top entries from this contest
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betafind United States
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valhalanetworks United States
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InfoHunter2013 Australia
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InfoHunter2013 Australia
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ayeshapk Pakistan
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Cyberscript Russian Federation
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betafind United States
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betafind United States
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projekt1technik Germany
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JorgeFS Spain
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macrokernel Russian Federation
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marcoher Netherlands
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freelancercorpo Poland
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SeunKola United Arab Emirates
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InfoHunter2013 Australia
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TommyKen South Africa
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