This is a great opportunity for school students to compete internationally.
Students in NE between the age group of 14 to 18 are encouraged to participate
in the following program.
Closing date is Dec 7, 2011. There will be two winners each from Asia, Europe
and America.
All information are in the NASA website noted below.
If any student need any guidance, please ask.
Best Wishes.
Rajen Barua
FASS International
Houston
[email protected]
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/YouTube.html
Student Scientists to Submit Space Station Experiments
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum encouraged students to participate in the
YouTube Space Lab contest via a broadcast from aboard the International Space
Station. (NASA)
View large image "Your experiment, 250 miles above Earth, for the whole world
to see." That is the promise made at the end of the video on the official
YouTube Space Lab contest Website. NASA has partnered with Space Adventures to
support this competition. Space Adventures is collaborating with YouTube and
Lenovo. Armed with initiative and imagination, students have the chance to
envision and design their own experiment with the ultimate prize -- flying it
on the International Space Station.
The contest opened on Oct. 11, 2011, and will continue to accept submissions in
the form of a two-minute duration video through Dec. 7. Students age 14 to 18
can become researchers in their own right by proposing up to three separate
original entries on the official YouTube Space Lab contest Website.
Participants can enter as either individuals or in teams of up to three people.
Entries must include an experiment question, hypothesis, method and expected
results.
Part of the appeal of the contest is the prestigious panel of judges that are
lined up to select the finalists, including professor Stephen Hawking, NASA's
Leland Melvin, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, JAXA astronaut Koichi
Wakata and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, among others. The final
selection includes a public vote which will begin via YouTube on Jan. 3, 2012.
"The space station really is the greatest science classroom we have," said
Leland Melvin, associate administrator for education at NASA Headquarters in
Washington and YouTube Space Lab judge. "This contest will capitalize on
students' excitement for space exploration while engaging them in real-life
scientific research and experimentation."
As an award, six regional finalists will get to travel to Washington, D.C., to
participate in a zero-g flight. On March 13, two global winners will be
announced. The global finalists will get to travel to either Russia, where they
can engage in an authentic astronaut training experience, or Japan to watch
their experiment blast off into space. They also receive the grand prize of
having their experiments performed on the space station and live streamed for
the public via YouTube.
This competition aims to inspire students to look beyond their daily studies
and ask their own questions of the universe around them. Proposed experiments
will focus on either life sciences or physics with the hope that the entrants
will take their experiences with them as they continue in their education,
perhaps towards careers in math and science. NASA astronaut Mike Fossum
encouraged students to participate from aboard the space station via his own
YouTube video.
"YouTube Space Lab is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you to have your
experiment performed by astronauts like me in the space station," said Fossum.
"Imagine, you become the scientist! Your experiment is performed in space and
streamed back to Earth. The world watches as your scientific investigation
unfolds. What will you do from onboard the International Space Station?"
The official YouTube Space Lab Website asks some initial prompting questions,
such as can plants survive beyond the Earth and whether or not proteins grown
in space could reveal the mysteries of life. The real thrill, however, is the
unlimited potential opened up in the minds of students as they begin to ask
their own questions and seek real answers. With previous student experiments in
space having already led to new knowledge, there is no boundary to what
exciting possibilities this latest opportunity to probe young minds may create.
by Jessica Nimon
International Space Station Program Science Office
NASA's Johnson Space Center
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