Nasa sets challenges for citizen scientists

This BBC article I'm linking to is a about very interesting idea from NASA covered by the BBC article.

Nasa sets challenges for citizen scientists - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17791091 - 21 April 2012 -

'US space agency Nasa has launched a competition to find "space apps" to aid space exploration and education.

The two-day event will bring programmers together on seven continents to see how creative they can be with Nasa's store of space data.
Problems Nasa wants solved include improving data sharing after disasters and spotting good lunar landing sites.
Coders on the International Space Station and at McMurdo base in Antarctica will join in.
The event runs from 21-22 April at more than 25 venues around the world. Hundreds of people have registered to go along and take part in the various challenges.'

I include other useful links here about this - 

NASA International Space Apps Challenge
12 March 2012 - On 21 and 22 April, NASA, along with the Met Office is convening an International Space Apps Challenge in Exeter. - 
www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2012/space-apps

International Space Apps Challenge
21-22 April 2012 -
http://spaceappschallenge.org/ - This has a world map with clickable links to locations of events.

International Space Apps Challenge
21-22 April 2012 - Oxford, United Kingdom
International Space Innovtion Centre - http://spaceappschallenge.org/location/isic