NASA Reveals Challenges In Detecting Moon Crater

Moon surface portrait (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA NASA revealed one of its biggest challenges in exploring space exploration. The US space agency admits it is difficult to accurately detect the edges of the Moon crater.

In fact, the discovery of crater edges on the Moon is quite crucial part of scientists. This discovery can encourage the development of planetary science and the spacecraft navigation system in the future.

There are many things behind difficulties in detecting craters. Some of the factors include shadows, light shifts, and damaged crater edge conditions that obscure the original shape.

To overcome these obstacles, NASA will create a global competition where its participants will have to develop innovative projects. This competition will invite experts and developers to create a method that can match ellipticals with crater edges more reliably.

NASA is offering a total prize of $55,000 for scientists with the best solution. The competition officially opened on November 25 and will close on January 19.

The main focus of this competent project is developing a field-based optical navigation system. NASA is also developing a system that utilizes light cameras to capture and process lunar field orbital images.

The system is expected to detect crater edges on images, identify craters from existing catalogs, and estimate the position of the camera or vehicle based on the identified crater.

NASA recognizes that variations of lighting on the image of nature are a problem that needs to be solved. What's more, the image of the Moon's surface varies widely and this will determine how complete the crater's edge can be detected in the image.