NASA Space Settlement Contest 2016

About

• NASA Space Settlement Contest 2016 is organized by NASA Ames in collaboration with National Space Society and seeks to give students an opportunity to design practical and applicable orbital space settlement model.

• NASA Space Settlement contest is organised since 1994 and school students up to class 12 can participate in the contest individually or in a team, accompanied by the respective  teacher.

• Participants have to develop space settlement models & related materials and these designs are sent to NASA Ames further for selection procedure.

• The contest comprises distinguished categories, and entries are placed under the specified categories, depending upon the eligibility criteria.

• The models presented must be intellectually independent and permanent.

• The Grand Prize winning entry will be placed NASA Ames World Wide Website and the single highest scoring team or individual will get cash prize worth $5,000.

Conducted by

NASA Ames in collaboration with the National Space Society

Eligibility Criteria

• Gender - Both

• Region - Global

• Class/ Age - Up to Class 12 (up to 18 years)

Details

Students up to class 12 can apply as individuals or a team accompanied and guided by the faculty member of the school.
NASA Space Settlement Contest comprises six categories that are mentioned below:

• 7th grade and under: individual, small group, large group,

• 8th grade: individual, small group, large group,

• 9th grade: individual, small group, large group,

• 10th grade: individual, small group, large group,

• 11th grade: individual, small group, large group,

• 12th grade: individual, small group, large group.

• Additional categories based on artistic and literary merit are also included in the contest.

Reward

• Grand Prize: The best entry will receive the grand prize regardless of category, consisting of the space colony submission being placed on the NASA Ames World Wide Website.

• Invitation for the Conference:  All the participants of the 2016 contest will get an invitation from The National Space Society (NSS) 2016 to attend the 35th NSS annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA on May 18-22, 2016. All the costs for attending have to be borne by the students.

• Every year, hundreds of contestants attend, along with their parents, teachers, siblings and friends. Special activities for contestants are planned, including:

• The single highest scoring team or individual attending will receive the NSS Bruce M. Clark, Jr. Memorial Space Settlement Award for $5,000. If a team wins, the sum will be equally divided amongst them.

• The highest ranking winners attending will be invited to give oral presentation as time is available.

• To the extent space is available; all contestants who attend will be invited to display a poster of their work.

• There will be a reception for contestants, teachers, parents, etc.

• All participants will receive a certificate.

Application Mode

Website :- http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Contest/

http://www.nss.org/settlement/nasa/Contest/FAQ.html

The students cannot submit their project online or through e-mail, only hard copy submission is allowed.

There is no registration required and no fees has to be paid, only the students have to send two filled up entry forms ( as hard copies) along with the one hard copy of the entry that they have prepared on the relevant topic  to the following address:

NASA Ames Research Center

Al Globus/Mail Stop 262-4

Bldg. 262, Rm. 277

Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001

USA

Download the entry forms for NASA Space Settlement Contest 2016:- http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Contest/entryForm.html

Submission guidelines for NASA Space Settlement Contest 2016

• To receive entries on time, NASA Ames recommends either the U.S Portal Service or a commercial service such as Fed EX, UPS or DHL to the applicants.
• Submissions won’t be returned. Students should keep a copy for themselves.1

Important guidelines for the NASA Space Settlement Contest 2016

• Designs, original research, essays, stories, models, artwork or any other orbital space related materials can be submitted for participation purpose.

• Designed models must be based on Orbital Settlements. Settlements must not be on a Planet or a Moon. It should be permanent and related to self-sufficient homes.

• There will be no Electronic submission such as Power Point presentations, discs, CD's, DVD, videos or website. The project should be on paper, student can however create electronic projects and send it to the NASA Ames.It’ll not be used for judging but NASA at its discretion can link to it further from the contest results page.

• Presentation of the project must be very clear so that it is easy to understand.

• Parents,mentors or Instructors can assist the students but the work presented itself must be entirely students driven.

• Students can take other people's idea but should be written in their own words.

• No Plagiarism: The submission must be the students’ original work. Plagiarism would be ignored in case of short passages but that must be quoted within the columns (“ ’’) with the relevant source mentioned. Long passages containing plagiarism would be disqualified.

• Image credit should be mentioned for the images used in the entry.

• A bibliography must be included.

Selection Process

• Individuals, small teams of two to five and large teams of six or more are judged separately. Entries are also grouped by age/grade of the oldest contestant for judging.

• Students develop space settlement designs and related materials. These are sent to NASA Ames for judgment.

• NASA Space Settlement Contest 2016 Result will be announced in March 2016 as it takes around 2-3 weeks for the judging after the contest closes.

Important Dates

Last date to apply :- March 1, 2016