LunCo: complex systems design
Open-source engineering software inspired by lunar exploration, LunCo enables accessible, integrated design of complex systems, fostering a global engineering community and AI development.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 06:02 PM
Projects should directly support the mission of DeSci to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner.
LunCo supports the DeSci mission by providing open-source engineering software designed to democratize access to complex systems design, particularly in the context of Lunar Exploration, which aligns with the mission to make scientific research more open and accessible.
DeSci projects most commonly support this mission by building and testing necessary technological infrastructure, but projects may also be eligible if they are deploying existing DeSci infrastructure in a scientific research context or if they are educating and recruiting members of the scientific community to contribute to the mission.
LunCo is building technological infrastructure that caters to space systems design, and it integrates with Web3 for data sharing, which is a novel deployment of DeSci infrastructure in a scientific and engineering context.
Concrete examples of issues covered by the DeSci mission include: the data reproducibility crisis and archaic data sharing practices; misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review; financial, linguistic, and academic barriers to globally inclusive research; intellectual property, patents, and financial incentives to trade progress for profits; academic disconnect and poor science/health literacy and trust in the lay public and government representatives.
The project addresses several DeSci issues such as improving data sharing through Web3, making scientific research more inclusive and globally accessible, and by its nature may contribute to addressing the data reproducibility crisis.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
Without explicit information about the project's adherence to the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy, it is not possible to determine with certainty whether LunCo satisfies all the necessary general conditions.