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NASA ASKS STUDENTS TO HELP DESIGN ORBITAL SPACE COLONY
Septemper
4 , 2003
Victoria
Steiner
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-0176 or 604-9000
E-mail: Victoria.L.Steiner@nasa.gov
Release: 03-68AR
As children around the world begin the new school year, NASA
scientists are seeking their help in designing an orbital space
colony.
NASA Ames Research Center, located in California's Silicon Valley,
is holding its annual Space Settlement Contest and inviting students
from around the world to develop and submit their designs for
permanent space communities.
"The
annual Space Settlement Contest inspires our next generation of explorers
to use the science, technology and mathematical skills acquired through
formal learning to become engaged in shaping and sharing the experience
of exploration and discovery," said contest organizer Barbara Navarro
of NASA Ames.
Sponsored by the NASA Office of Biological and Physical Research
through the NASA Ames Life Sciences Division, the contest is open to
students in grades 6 through 12. Contestants are invited to submit
their models, artwork and stories by mail to Bryan Yager at Mail
Stop 236-7, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035.
Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2004.
"What's
unique about this contest is that it is not only for science-oriented
students, but also for writers, young artists and social commentators,"
said Navarro. "In this contest, we are trying to tap the creative
minds of our youth."
All 2004 Space Settlement Contest participants will receive a
certificate of recognition. The grand prize, and first, second and
third-place award winners, will be invited to visit NASA Ames in
June 2004, to tour its cutting-edge research facilities and meet
with NASA scientists.
Get
more information about NASA
Ames' annual Space Settlement Contest.
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