Meet Monsi Roman

November 26, 2018 July 5, 2022

I invite the public to help NASA solve really hard challenges.

Meet Monsi Roman, Program Manager for NASA Centennial Challenges. She invites the public to help NASA solve some really hard technology challenges faced both in space and on Earth. For more information about NASA’s Centennial Challenge Program, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/centennial_challenges/index.html

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