What a mission-specific team actually needs

Inventors, researchers, operators, university labs, and engineering collaborators are the bench a campaign draws on.

A standing core cannot contain every discipline. When a target is selected, the campaign needs people who already know the measurement, the instrument, or the build. The fit is the prize, not a general call for talent.

The bench changes with the prize. A robotics trial and a computational benchmark do not call for the same people, the same bench, or the same instruments.

A selected campaign may need

  • 01

    A technical captain who will own scope and the submission.

  • 02

    Specialists in the domain the prize actually tests.

  • 03

    A place to prototype: a bench, a shop, a compute environment, or a field site.

  • 04

    A way to run the prize’s own validation and write it down.

  • 05

    Someone to handle rules, logistics, and reporting so the technical work stays on the technical work.

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Inventors and researchers

A campaign calls for people who already know the measurement, the instrument, or the build.

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Collaborators and labs

Facilities, instruments, and joint prototyping for the campaign in front of the team.

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