# Space-Bound Citizens The NASA Space Apps Challenge is Inspiring and To-The-Point By Omar Yusuf | Published 2011-09-23 | Marketing Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nasa-space-apps-challenge References: [io9](http://io9.com/5842747/build-an-app-for-nasa) & [open.nasa.gov](http://open.nasa.gov/appschallenge/) You may never be an astronaut and you may never travel through space, but now you can contribute to man's unending journey thanks to the [NASA](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ar-nasa-app) Space Apps Challenge. Calling on the talents and resources of space enthusiasts, America's world-famous aeronautics department is hoping that the solutions to humanity's pressing problems are within reach. Pick a global issue, any: deforestation, climate change, crumbling world finance, starvation or kleptocratic governments. The NASA Space Apps Challenge is casting their crowd-sourced net across the seven continents and hoping you have the key to any of these worldwide dilemmas. So whether you want to co-ordinate protests, [improve government transparency](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clean-something-for-nothing) or simply connect affluent Westerners with impoverished communities, feel free to enter the competition and do your part for humankind. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.8/10 - Popularity: 6% | Activity: 9% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Marketing](https://www.trendhunter.com/marketing) > [Interactive](https://www.trendhunter.com/interactive) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Crowd-sourcing Solutions:** The NASA Space Apps Challenge is leveraging the power of crowd-sourcing to find innovative solutions to global issues. - **Technology for Social Impact:** The challenge encourages the use of technology to address worldwide dilemmas such as deforestation, climate change, and poverty. - **Collaborative Problem-solving:** Through the challenge, space enthusiasts are collaborating across continents to tackle pressing problems and create positive change. ### Where This Applies - **Information Technology:** The IT industry can benefit from the potential disruptive innovation opportunities that arise from the collaboration of space enthusiasts to find tech-based solutions to global issues. - **Environmental Conservation:** The environmental conservation industry has a chance to explore disruptive innovations in areas like deforestation and climate change through the solutions generated by the NASA Space Apps Challenge. - **Social Enterprise:** The social enterprise sector can tap into the collaboration and innovation of the challenge to address challenges related to poverty and government transparency. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [AR Space Agency Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ar-nasa-app.md) - [STEM-Focused Writing Contests](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/power-to-explore.md) - [Youth-Focused Technology Programing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nasa-space-apps-challenge1.md) - [Space-Traveling Poetic Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/message-in-a-bottle-1.md) - [Space Exploration Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rocket-launch.md) - [Immersive Space Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beyond-the-light.md) - [Space Exploration Hotel Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/uplift-aerospace.md) - [Space Exploration Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/space-center-houston.md) - [Community Challenge Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/community-challenge.md)