Space Settlement Contest 1998 Results
Statistics
There were 147 entries by 678 students; 23 teachers and 18 schools
participated.
Entries came from Austria, Canada, Finland, Holland, Israel, Pakistan and the U.S.
The magazine Final
Frontier co-sponsored the 1998 contest and will provide a one
year subscription to the grand prize winner(s) along with $500 worth
of space merchandise from their catalog.
Winners
Grand Prize
The grand prize went to Thomas Beatty and David Peters for
The Babylon Project. Both are 9th grade students of Victor Mazmanian and attend Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team (consisting of 2-5 students) and classroom project (from 20-35 students)
awards for two groups: 6-9th grade and 10-12th grade. Team members
are listed in alphabetical order. There were a number of ties.
First Prizes
- Orion Five, Marie Shayne Arcilla, Vienna, Austria 6-9 (individual)
- Akashdweep, Mierk Schwabe, Arlington, Virginia 10-12 (individual)
- Space Colony Torussphere, Thomas Herczeg, Jeremy Schwartzbord, Danny Simental and Matt Roseman, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 (team)
- Cosmograd, Jeremy Burman, James Crawford, Justine Dembo, Margarita Marinova and Rachel Nordstrom, Northern Secondary School, Ontario, Canada 10-12 (team)
- Eagle Space Colony, Room Four, Linda Holm and Vickie Wonacott's class,
Hooker Oak Elementary School, Chico, California 6-9 (classroom)
Second Prizes
- Comet, Bonnie Egan, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio 6-9 (indiviual) tie
- Heaven, Caitlin Pietras, Ontario Canada 6-9 (individual) tie
- New Athens, Josh Looks, Jerusalem, Israel 10-12 (individual)
- Space Settlement Project, Amanda Jekel, Andrew Krautheim, Bruce Lam, Krystn Powers and Sara Solomon, Broadmoor Elementary School, Colorado Springs, Colorado 6-9 (team)
- Orbit, Tiffany Chen, Serena Kuo, Marni Landes, Alice Lin and Mary Zarkhina, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California 10-12 (team)
- Orbiting Space Colony, Doug Dodd's Young Astronaunts Class, Greenville Middle school, Greenville, Michigan 6-9 (classroom)
Third Prizes
- Space Colonization Exploration Program, Arnaub Chatterjee, Minnetonka, Minnesota 6-9 (individual) tie
- Grant Co. Mars Mining Station, Grant Holburn, Akimel Middle School, Phoenix,
Arizona 6-9 (individual) tie
- Space Decision, Tala McDonough, Torrington High School, Torrington Connecticut 10-12 (individual) tie
- Sagan Station, John Rose, Monroe City, Indiana 10-12 (individual) tie
- Pegasus Colony, Greg Molumby, Ian Reiss and Diego Soto, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 (team) tie
- SS 2000, Marvin Chee and Robert Reiber, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 (team) tie
- M.O.S.S., Molly Burgess, Seth Doolittle, Cheri Grilli, Amber Kavanagh, Vicente Medina and Rebekah Rose, Freedom High School, Oakley, California 10-12 (team) tie
- PEACE, Ashley Edwards and Verronica Munoz, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12 (team) tie
- Space Colonies, A Design Study, Jennifer Bell, Jennifer Horvath, Lindsay King,
Marianne Marcantonio and Danielle Santucci, Valley High School, New Kensington, Pennsylvania
10-12 (team) tie
- Cougarsphere, Mrs.McGill, Mrs. Nixon and Ms.Turetsky, Cartwright Elementary School, Phoenix, Arizona 6-9 (classroom).
This work was supported by a grant from Teacher Venture Arizona.
Honorable Mention:
- Torus, Vassil Iliev, Los Angeles, California 6-9 (individaul)
- Melts, Latisha Briggs, Ellie Darabi, Mary Meyman and Sara Robison, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 (team)
- Memory Kits, Javiar Domingues, Deb Robbins, Gwen Sellers, Lindsey Travers and Megan Zieglar, Broadmoor Elementary School, Colorado Springs, Colorado 6-9 (team)
- Vulcan, Khurram Ali Mirza, La Hore, Pakistan 10-12 (individual)
- Station Winkey, V-Khye Gideon Fan, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12 (individual)
- How We Built The First SpaceSettlement, Alexander Rostovtsev, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12 (individual)
- Sarajevo II, Vedran Lekic, Glen Cove, New York 10-12 (individual)
- DOLOS, Theodore Striegnitz, Lakewood, Colorado 10-12 (individual)
- Imagination, Tamera Brook, Angela Collins, Annie Robinson and Brook Russo, Freedom High School, Oakley, California 10-12 (team)
- Project Access Space, Ted Lin, Michael Lew, Kevin Yung and Dave Wu, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California 10-12 (team)
- Deanna Reiter's Science 7 Class, Antelope Valley Christian School, Lancaster, California 6-9 (classroom)
- Barbara Fisher's 6th Period Physical Science Class, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, Florida 6-9 (classroom)
- Barbara Fisher's 1st Period I.P.S. Class, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, Florida 6-9 (classroom)
- Barbara Fisher's 3rd Period I.P.S. Class, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, Florida 6-9 (classroom)
Teachers
Several educators deserve special mention for their involvement:
- Lane Adams, Broadmoor Elementary School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Shari Buckner, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
- Walter Comstock, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Melissa Conrad, Torrington High School, Torrington, Connecticut.
- Doug Dodd, Greenville Middle School, Greenville, Michigan
- Barbara Fisher and Joshua Schoefer, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, Florida
- Linda Holm and Vicki Wonacott, Hooker Oak Elementary School, Chico, California
- Paul Kroeger, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
- Victor Mazmanian, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut
- Mrs. McGill, Ms. Turetsky and Mrs. Nixon, Cartwright Elementary School, Phoenix, Arizona
- Jim Musolino, Valley High School, New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
- Hoang Nguyen, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California
- Deanna Reiter, Antelope Valley Christian School, Lancaster, California
- Tug Sezen,
Freedom High School, Oakley, California
- Beverly Stross, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
- Kathy Trent, Somerset Area Jr. High School, Somerset, Pennsylvania
- T. Wells, Northern Secondary School, Ontario, Canada
- Paul Wilcox, Akimel Middle School, Phoenix, Arizona
- Bryan Yager,
Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California
Judges
- Al Globus, MRJ Technology Solutions Inc., at NASA Ames Research Center
- Sandy Johan, NASA Ames Research Center
- Dan Machak, NASA Ames Research Center
- Wenonah Vercoutere, University of California at Santa Cruz
- Val Watson, NASA Ames Research Center
Special thanks to Gail Felchle and Bryan Yager for the design and production of the
certificates and the hats. Thanks to Ruth Globus for logo design.
Space settlement home page.
Contest home page.
Author: Al Globus
