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2nd Space Solar Power International Student and Young Professional Design Competition
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Competitions and challenges have proven to improve and stimulate the development of technologies in many different area. This particular competition will challenge students and young professionals worldwide to come up with new, original Solar Power Satellites (SPS) designs and ideas. Following the success of the first edition of the competetion in 2012, the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) together with the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Space Power Committee, including IAF Space Education and Outreach Committee and IAF Workforce Development/Young Professional Programme Committee, are organising the second Space Solar Power International Student and Young Professional Design Competition The competition aims to challenge entrants (individuals and small teams (1-3 people) between the ages of 18-35) to submit a technical paper (10 pages max) for a new and innovative technical concept for Space Solar Power (SSP). The winning entrant will be given up to $2000 USD to cover travel costs to to Beijing, China to present their paper at the 2013 Space Generation Congress (SGC) as well as at Space Power Symposium of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC). The paper submission deadline is 1st July 2013 (23:59 UTC). More information about the competition is available on the SGAC SSP competition website here along with the competition rules. |
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Winner 2012 The first international SPS paper competition was won by a Japanese team with the paper entitled: "Active Typhoon Control with Space Solar Power Technology", authored by R. Nakamura, Y. Arikawa and T. Itahashi, all from JAXA. (download) The video of the winning team has been published by the SGAC: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UF8Cp4GrxoY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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