2007_04_15_archive

ISS Node 2 Naming Contest

Space Pragmatism has an article about a contest that was held to name

the ISS Node 2. Depending on your views on the ISS you may or may not

enjoy the anonymous post that suggests a name. The challenge was for

K-12 students. There is more to the challenge than you might think at

first. NASA has more information about the name here. If you haven't

heard the winning name is Harmony, a name that 6 classes chose.

Posted by Ray at 11:51 AM

Labels: art, other space prizes, student prizes

ESA SUCCESS student contest

Spaceref has an article on The European Space Agency's SUCCESS (Space

station Utilization Contest Calls for European Students) student

content. The competition was to design an experiment to fly on the

ISS. The first prize winner got an internship at ESA. The winning

experiment investigates cosmic radiation and how it influences the

retina and/or the brain. During the internship, the winner will get

the experiment ready for the ISS.

Posted by Ray at 11:43 AM

Labels: space innovation prizes, student prizes

Heinlein Centennial Writing Contest

The Heinlein Centennial Conference will include a short fiction

writing contest. There are prizes in several categories, including

professional, amateur, and young writers. There are some guidelines on

what they are looking for, as well as hints on how to get disqualified

if that's your cup of tea. I also recommend reading some Heinlein

stories because you can bet that's the type of writing they like. The

space review has an article on Heinlein's writing, the conference, and

the movie Destination Moon. Since this is called "part 1" you can also

bet that at least one more such article will appear in the series.

Update: And here's part II!

Posted by Ray at 11:32 AM

Labels: art, events, Heinlein Centennial, other space prizes

NSS 2007 Space Budget Blitz

space.com has an article about the National Space Society's 2007 Space

Budget Blitz. On of the topics that the NSS space advocates discussed

with Congressional Representatives and staffers was finding ways to

"Protect and expand opportunities for private industry and

entrepreneurship by supporting programs like the Commercial Orbital

Transportation Service (COTS) and Centennial Challenges".

Posted by Ray at 11:27 AM

Labels: National Space Society, Politics, space interest societies

Moonbuggy race results

Spaceref has a post about the high school division results in the MSFC

Moonbuggy race. You can also see information about the college

division results here. Photos of the high school and college races are

also available.

Posted by Ray at 11:19 AM

Labels: events, space innovation prizes, student prizes

Diamandis interview on NPR on Automotive X PRIZE

NPR has a radio interview of Peter Diamandis on the Automotive X

PRIZE, which recently released its draft rules for comment. The

interview is only a couple minutes long, so go ahead and have a quick

listen. The interview also covers some space and space prize subjects.

Posted by Ray at 11:12 AM

Labels: Automotive X PRIZE, Energy and Environment prizes, non-space

innovation prizes, space innovation prizes, X PRIZE Foundation

a prize idea - prize for biospheres