Name of the Organisation : NASA Space Settlement
Type of Announcement : NASA Space Settlement Contest 2013
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NASA Space Settlement Contest 2013
This annual contest, co-sponsored by NASA Ames and the National Space Society (NSS) is for all students up to 12th grade (18 years old) from anywhere in the world. Individuals, small teams of two to six, and large teams of seven or more are judged separately. Entries are also grouped by age/grade of the oldest contestant for judging. The age groups are 7th and under, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. The grand prize is awarded to the best entry regarless of contestant age. Students develop space settlement designs and related materials. These are sent to NASA Ames for judgement

Contest prizes and certificates:
** All participants will receive a certificate. All submissions must be received by March 15, 2013.
** The best submission, regardless of category, wins the grand prize, consisting of the space colony submission being placed on the NASA Ames World Wide Web site.
** All 2013 contest participants are invited to attend the NSS 32nd annual International Space Development Conference in San Diego, CA May 23-27, 2013. Every year, hundreds of contestants attend, along with their parents, teachers, siblings and friends. Special activities for contestants are planned, including:
** The single highest scoring team or individual attending will receive the NSS Bruce M. Clark, Jr. Memorial Space Settlement Award for $5,000. If a team wins, the sum will be evenly divided amongst them.
** The highest ranking winners attending will be invited to give oral presentations as time is available.
** To the extent space is available, all contestants who attend will be invited to display a poster of their work.
** Special sessions are arranged for contestants, teachers, parents, etc.

Rules :
** Submissions must relate to orbital settlements. Settlements may not be on a planet or moon. Settlements must be permanent, relatively self-sufficient homes, not temporary work camps.
** Designs, original research, essays, stories, models, artwork or any other orbital space settlement related materials may be submitted.
** Submissions must be made in hard copy. No electronic submissions are accepted under any circumstances. This includes Power Point presentations, discs, CD's, DVD, videos or anything but paper. NASA does not return contestant submissions. However, you may create an electronic project, such as a video or web site, and send us a hard copy description of the project. The description should include images and text to describe the project in sufficient detail for judgement. If your electronic project is web accessible, you may include the URL. It will not be used for judging, but NASA may, at its discretion, link to your project from the contest results page.
** Two copies of the entry form with the appropriate information must be included with the submission; one attached to the submission and one loose. If possible, three-hole punch the loose one. Be sure to fill out all fields. Please type if at all possible. Use a separate sheet if necessary.

Send a hard copy of your entry and two hard copies of a filled out entry form (one attached to your entry and the other separate) to:
NASA Ames Research Center
Al Globus/Mail Stop 262-4
Bldg. 262, Rm. 277
P.O. Box 1
Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001