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EUSDC 2021 & ISSDC Qualifiers
Congratulations and well done to all participants of the first continent-wide European Space Design Competition, EUSDC 2021! 68 dedicated participants, 7 European Nations, 3 competing companies, 28 invaluable volunteers. The challenge presented to Kepler Automation, DaVinci Meccanica, and Earhart Advanced Industries was to design a preliminary research base to be constructed in Earth orbit before
EU students to the ISSDC
EU students to the ISSDC There will be four student spaces on the EU team that will be headed to the International SDC at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center the end of July. The team will be self funded. Announcements will be made later in the spring
EU team winners to NASA Kennedy Space Center
Winning members
How We Think and Learn
How We Think And Learn Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. ~John Dewey, The Quest for Certainty, 1929 Catherine Twomey Fosnot Most people assume that learning results from teachers transmitting knowledge: clearly explaining concepts, procedures to be practiced, and facts to be memorized; then testing to assess retention
Why does the space competition work?
Randall Perry March 30,2018 I am often asked why the Space Design Competition (SDC) format works. Whilst my quick fire response when in the throes of organising an event is often, “It’s all the students’ own work, not ours”; this does belie the research and development that underpins the setting up
The EU team and reserves
The following have been invited to join the EU team. This is not funded by the UKSDC, and individuals will be expected to find their own sources of funding. We will happily advise on potential sources of funding if requested. Dougeldyne (in alphabetical order) Georgia Aspinall – The Brooksbank School Corinne Barker – The Brooksbank
ISSDC 2017: The Party’s Over
Luke Tattersall, supervisor What a crazy 48 hours. The students from the UK and EU teams are now sleep-deprived, hungry and, let’s be honest, a little disappointed. After two days and the best part of a night preparing their presentations, it was judgement day. The teams lined up at the KSC and presented their versions
The students are working like it’s going out of style
Helen Oliver, co-ordinating supervisor The students are working like mad, for Venus is a cruel mistress. Please excuse our spacedust, your news service will resume as developments unfold.
ISSDC17: The UK and EU teams immerse themselves in the local culture
Brian Kong, leader of the EU team Shopping day! Time for Team EU to experience the “mall” culture of the US of A! We thought 6 hours of shopping would be far too long, meant for someone else but not for us. But then we saw the sales, and now we’re all believers! By the
ISSDC17: UK and EU teams have an amazing first day at Universal Studios!
Yes, here we are in Orlando for the International Final of 2017! The UKSDC has brought THREE teams of brilliant students this year – here was their first day out, in their own words: Brian Kong, leader of EU team Somebody once told me that Universal was one of the best theme parks you could