Article Title

Space Solar Power Aids Space Settlement

Authors

Gaurav KumarFollow
Deepak TalwarFollow
HarmanJot Singh WaliaFollow
Mahiyal B. SinghFollow
Kaenat SethFollow
Ishaan MehtaFollow
Navdeep Singh MakkarFollow

Abstract

The Grand Prize for the 2011 NASA Ames Space Settlement Contest went to a team of 7 students (11-12 grades) from Punjab, India for creating the Hyperion Space Settlement. This year the contest received 355 submissions from 1078 students sponsored by 114 teachers. Entries came from 14 countries: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, India, Ireland, Japan, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and the United States. The prize was conferred on the students during the International Space Development Conference 2011 (ISDC 2011) held in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.

Advisors: The teachers of Spring Dale Senior School in Amritsar, India. Stephen Buchanan of Ohio University served as a Space Journal Liaison

Recommended Citation

Kumar, Gaurav; Talwar, Deepak; Singh Walia, HarmanJot; Singh, Mahiyal B.; Seth, Kaenat; Mehta, Ishaan; and Singh Makkar, Navdeep (2021) "Space Solar Power Aids Space Settlement," Online Journal of Space Communication: Vol. 10: Iss. 17, Article 13.
Available at: https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/spacejournal/vol10/iss17/13