Framework recommended for NASA International Space Apps Challenge

Participants around the world, challenged to provide creative solutions, are recommended by the NASA International Space Apps Challenge’ organizing committee and the Tampere, Finland Spaceship Association event chapter to develop their mobile apps with Qt.

The NASA’s International Space Apps challenge is a crowdsourcing innovation program created to approach challenges with fresh eyes and new ideas. The event will be held on April 12th and 13th in nearly 100 locations around the world where participants will be able to choose from more than 40 challenges themed in five categories: Earth Watch, Human Space Flights, Robotics, Asteroids and Space Technology. NASA will provide relevant data and other resources to be used in creating solutions while participants will decide which challenge they want to work on, form teams and fully engage for two days. Virtual participants will also be able to join through an 'on boarding session' online where they will be able to find collaborators from local events or among other virtual participants. The best solutions will be selected for global awards and the winner will be given the opportunity to attend a NASA launch event.

Qt is a full framework, used by over 500,000 developers worldwide, that enables the development of powerful, interactive and platform-independent applications. ‘NASA International Space Apps Challenge’ participants will be able to familiarise themselves with Qt through a webinar that covers:

- What is Qt? Where can you use Qt?
- Downloading and installing Qt
- Setting up Qt for mobile development for Android and iOS
- Getting Started with Qt development, where to find resources for learning Qt
- Support resources for NASA International Space Apps Challenge participants
- Q&A

A recording of the webinar, installation instructions and “Get Started Programming with Qt” material will be available in the NASA International Space Apps Challenge “Hackpad” knowledgebase.