Nasa's Asteroid Data Hunter contest offers £20k reward for software to save planet

Nasa's Asteroid Data Hunter contest offers £20k reward for software to save planet | Mail Online: "The world's leading space agency is looking for asteroid hunters to help save the planet - and you could help.



Nasa is offering up to $35,000 (£21,000) over the next six months to anyone who is able develop computer code that can identify life-threatening asteroids.

By mining talent from the general public, the space agency hopes to spot dangerous space rocks such as the one that saw off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago."