You'll need to create the UI for a single app (as a JPEG or PNG) that covers all those functions, but not the apps themselves (NASA will presumably do that). Astronauts currently glean warnings and other info from laptops or iPads, so NASA is hoping that a smartwatch will give that info more quickly. It's thus asking designers to "direct attention to the appropriate information for a task, provide appropriate feedback for actions, and be legible on the smaller Samsung Gear screen." It added that "innovative representations (of) data displayed on a smartwatch is highly encouraged."

Oddly, the hardware reference is Samsung's Gear 2 smartwatch, rather than arguably superior models like the Sony Smartwatch 3 or Samsung's Gear Live (we assume NASA ruled out the Apple Watch). Style-wise, the slabby design is certainly a giant leap down from the Omega Speedmaster models of the early Apollo program. As mentioned, if NASA chooses your UI, you'll receive the princely sum of... $1,500? We knew that funding was getting tight, but that seems a bit chintzy for what sounds like a crucial app.