EUSDC 2022 & ISSDC Qualifiers

Congratulations and well done to all participants of the second continent-wide European Space Design Competition, EUSDC 2022!

57 dedicated participants, 7 European Nations, 6 competing companies, 7 invaluable volunteers.

The challenge presented to Kepler Automation (KA), Olympus Mons Trading Company (OMTC), and Earhart Advanced Industries (EAI) was to design Aesop, a highly modular and modifiable inhabitable hub to house humanity’s artefacts and works of art. It was to be constructed on Mars’ moon, Phobos. The purpose? To be the cultural hub of the solar system.

The incredible efforts put in by all across the three companies has made judging an exceptionally difficult task and the EUSDC team is immensely proud of the quality of work produced. Alas, one company must be selected as the champions of the competition. This year, the title of the EUSDC winning company is Earhart Advanced Industries. Well done to all 20 participants for convincing the judges with your winning design proposals!

Guillermo Baselga Gómez President	Luciano Francesco Galizia Structures
Rodrigo Caseiro Vice President — Engineering	Rawan Ehab Almafraji Structures
Sara Filipe Vice President — Marketing & Sales	Samuele Artico Structures
Pablo Asenjo Gonzalez  HoD Structures	Teresa Correia Structures
Joana da Conceição Ferreira Piçarra HoD Operations	Antonio Crisalli Operations
Carlos Atienza González HoD Human Factors	Emanuele Cravero Operations
Juan Barbas Anta HoD Automations	Mercedes Andrea Operations
Lucía Barbas Anta Human Factors	Tatiana Coreniuc Operations
Maria Leonor de Almeida Marinho Human Factors	Sergio Barbas Vázquez Automations
David Díaz Gutiérrez Structures	Gonzalo Burgos Automations

From all participants, only 12 entrants can qualify for the NASA World Finals this summer. From 29 July – 1 August 2022, qualifiers from around the world will gather in person at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to take part at the 2022 International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC). There will be no digital hosting element to this year’s ISSDC and therefore all qualifying participants must attend in person.

The following 2 individuals have already been selected as the Golden Ticket recipients at the Italy and Portugal Nationals:

Luigi Trucco ITSDC — KA — VPE

Bernardo Rodrigues PTSDC — KA — President

Through a rigorous selection process, the EUSDC is proud to congratulate the following 9 students who will be qualifying from the EUSDC and representing Europe at this year’s ISSDC! The 12th and final position is being reserved for a National competition scheduled for May.

Guillermo Baselga Gómez EAI — President	Joana da Conceição Ferreira Piçarra EAI — HoD Operations
Sara Filipe EAI — VP Marketing & Sales	Sergio Barbas Vázquez EAI — Automations
Pablo Asenjo Gonzalez EAI — HoD Structures

Traditionally, participants with the highest number of votes from the challenging companies join the representatives of the winning company. In recognition of their outstanding effort, the following students have been selected:

Ivan (Valerie) Kamberov KA — HoD Operations	Roberto Gurnari KA — Human Factors
Marta Vasconcelos OMTC — President	Pablo Gutiérrez Izquierdo OMTC — Structures

The following individuals have been selected as the ISSDC 2022 reserves in the stated order:

Marta Isola KA — Operations

João Lourenço KA —VP Enginering

Rodrigo Caseiro EAI — VP Enginering

Once again, congratulations! Not only to the ISSDC qualifiers, but to all taking part for making this year’s edition of the EUSDC a memorable and educationally valuable event. Special thanks to International Space University for your constant support in outreach and your enthusiasm for the competitions, and to all the volunteers across the entire EUSDC journey for supporting us.

If you have been inspired to join our journeys or our EUSDC family, do not hesitate to get in touch or register yourself as a volunteer. We’d love to have you on board.

Watch this space!

PTSDC 2022 Qualifiers to EUSDC & ISSDC

Congratulations and well done to all participants of the first National Space Design Competition in Portugal, PTSDC 2022!

37 dedicated participants across multiple regions of Portugal, 3 competing companies, 19 invaluable volunteers. 

The challenge presented to Kepler Automation, Olympus Mons Trading Company, and Earhart Advanced Industries was to design a habitat on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The purpose? A state-of-the-art science & medical research facility.

The incredible efforts put in by all across the three companies has made judging a difficult task. Alas, one company must be selected as the champions of the competition to progress onwards to the EUSDC. This year, the title of the PTSDC winning company is Kepler Automation. 

The EUSDC is proud to congratulate the following 14 students who will be representing Portugal at this year’s European Final:

Alexandre Plotean	João Lourenço
Bernardo Rodrigues	Mafalda Sampaio Blanco Gaspar
Bernardo Nunes	Marta Vasconcelos
Duarte Marques	Rafael Pereira
Joana Monteiro	Sara Filipe
Joana da Conceição Ferreira Piçarra	Tatiana Coreniuc
João Neto	Teresa Correia

As is EUSDC tradition, participants with the highest number of votes from the challenging companies join the representatives of the winning company at the European Final. In recognition of their outstanding effort, the following 4 participants have been selected:

Maria Leonor de Almeida Marinho

Rodrigo Caseiro

João Theriaga Gonçalves

Maria João Lopes

Available to the PTSDC competition was a Golden Ticket opportunity of progressing directly to the World Finals, NASA’s ISSDC held in Florida USA. Having to prove their exemplary efforts during the competition, the organising committee has decided that the recipient of this prestigious award for the PTSDC 2022 goes to:

Bernardo Rodrigues President — Kepler Automation

Congratulations! Not only to the EUSDC qualifiers and Golden Ticket recipient, but to all taking part for making this year’s edition of the PTSDC other-worldly. Special thanks to Ciencia Viva & Portugal Space Agency for your collaboration, Pedro Coimbra & Marta Goncalves for your outstanding efforts as PTSDC Lead Organisers, and to all the volunteers from across Europe for supporting us.

Plenty more SDCs in the pipeline.

Watch this space!

ITSDC 2021 Qualifiers to EUSDC & ISSDC

Congratulations and well done to all participants of the first National Space Design Competition in Europe, Italian SDC 2021!

62 dedicated participants across multiple regions of Italy, 3 competing companies, 9 invaluable volunteers. 

The challenge presented to Kepler Automation, Olympus Mons Trading Company, and Earhart Advanced Industries was to design an Aldrin Cycler between Earth and Mars. The purpose? To transport high-end business personnel between the two planets.

The incredible efforts put in by all across the three companies has made judging a difficult task. Alas, one company must be selected as the champions of the competition to progress onwards to the EUSDC. This year, the title of the ITSDC winning company is Kepler Automation. 

The EUSDC is proud to congratulate the following 21 students who will be representing Italy at this year’s European Final:

Andrea Gatto	Emanuele Cravero
Antonio Crisalli	Francesca Leonetti
Carlo Garbarino	Luciano Francesco Galizia
Chiara Pasini	Luigi Trucco
Chiara Fabbri	Marta Isola
Christian Nappi	Matteo Lombardo
Danilo Morabito	Roberto Gurnari
Diego Lopez	Samuele Cuzzocrea
Eleonora Poggi	Tiziano Pasini
Elisa Ferrari	Riccardo Maccarrone
Elisa Marino

As is EUSDC tradition, participants with the highest number of votes from the challenging companies join the representatives of the winning company at the European Final. In recognition of their outstanding effort, the following 4 participants have been selected:

Elisa Nardin

Samuele Artico

Pietro Gambini

Zakaria Ouhlichou

Available to the ITSDC competition was a Golden Ticket opportunity of progressing directly to the World Finals, NASA’s ISSDC held in Florida USA. Having to prove their exemplary efforts during the competition, the organising committee has decided that the recipient of this prestigious award for the ITSDC 2021 goes to:

Luigi Trucco Vice President of Engineering — Kepler Automation

Congratulations! Not only to the EUSDC qualifiers and Golden Ticket recipient, but to all taking part for making this year’s edition of the ITSDC other-worldly. Special thanks to Politecnico Di Milano (POLIMI) for your collaboration, Tommaso Tonina for your outstanding efforts as ITSDC Lead Organiser, and to all the volunteers from across Europe for supporting us.

Watch this space! Plenty more SDCs in the pipeline.