Kerbal Space Program and The American Rocketry Challenge announce contest

Congratulations! We’ve been so impressed with your rocketry skills that we’re promoting you and your TARC 2020 team to lead a new aerospace company. Well, not an actual company, but one in a video game. Since the 2020 American Rocketry Challenge was postponed, we’re partnering with Private Division, publishers of the hit astrophysics and aerospace video game, Kerbal Space Program (KSP), to bring you a new kind of rocket contest with more cash prizes! The Kerbal Rocketry Challenge puts you in the shoes of Kerbals, a race of humanoid green aliens destined for the stars. Using the game’s realistic orbital physics engine, you’ll be tasked to recreate one of our world’s crowning achievements: a crewed lunar landing. But there’s a catch – you and your team will act as your own aerospace firm who received a fixed-price contract to make it to the ‘mun’ and back. Outside of the budget restrictions, you’re free to design and run your program as they see fit. You’ll receive a free copy of Kerbal Space Program to compete against teams across the country for $6,000 in prizes. And the best part? The game is yours to keep when the competition ends! All team members will receive a free copy of KSP, but you can only submit one design and one flight.

Registration for the Kerbal Rocketry Challenge opens July 13 and closes on July 19. To prevent teams from getting a head start, entrants will receive the official rules in late July and are officially go for launch.