Six students from Grade 8 of DPS STS School Dhaka who created ‘Project Clementia’ to participate in the ‘NASA Space Settlement Contest 2023’ has acquired the first prize in the competition.
NASA Space Settlement Contest has been being held annually since 1994 and follows Professor O’Neill’s original thought experiment. No fixed requirements are given to students other than the project must focus on a free space settlement concept.
26,725 students from 19 countries attended the 2023 contest. The NASA Ames Research Center and the National Space Society sponsors the competition, said a press release.
Two groups of students participated in the contest – seven from Grade 7 (Project Elysium) and six from Grade 8 (Project Clementia). The students submitted their projects online on the AwardForce Platform of NSS.
Project Clementia members were Mohammad Mohaimin Uddin Naib, Md Farzan Ali, Aayaat Gulfaam Mahmud, KA Adiyan Sadeque, Parikshit Singh, and Abrar Ehsan.
On this occasion, Shivananda CS, principal, DPS STS Dhaka School, commented, ‘All the participating students demonstrated outstanding teamwork and dedication while working.’ Furthermore, the in-charge teachers worked alongside the student teams and performed brilliantly throughout the project preparation.’
The programme coordinator for the project submission was Ranjith S, Shahed Bulbul Papon, Amena Dewan, Bishwanath Bhattacharya, Hans Ankur Byapari, and Ashish Chatterjee.
