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Space Programs Partner To Encourage Summer Learning
The partnership takes the American Rocketry Challenge online for more than 5,000 middle and high school students from across the country.
Press release from the Aerospace Industries Association:
July 7, 2020
To provide a meaningful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experience to students throughout the summer months, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) announced a new partnership between the American Rocketry Challenge and Private Division, publishers of the hit astrophysics and aerospace simulation game, Kerbal Space Program.
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This new partnership takes the American Rocketry Challenge online for the more than 5,000 middle and high school students from across the country who were registered to compete in this year’s competition. Interested students will receive free copies of the Kerbal Space Program game to compete in a new virtual contest, which challenges students to recreate one of our world’s crowning achievements: a crewed lunar landing and return.
In late July, teams will receive precise rules, which will require them to take on the role of an aerospace firm that has just been awarded a fixed-price contract to design, test, and fly their mission to the Moon. Teams will be judged based on their overall budget and efficiency, with $6,000 in cash prizes for the top three teams. After the competition, all students will be able to keep their copies of the game and keep exploring their passion for aerospace virtually.
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“In a year full of the unexpected, our rocketeers have proven that they are up to any challenge. The American Rocketry Challenge may have been postponed this year, but that does not mean that learning, creativity, or fun should stop. This exciting new partnership will help students embrace the new reality of our virtual environment, keep their STEM skills sharp, and explore aerospace and physics from the safety of their homes this summer,” said AIA President and CEO Eric Fanning.
For more information on the new partnership, read the American Rocketry Challenge’s latest blog post.
This press release was produced by the Aerospace Industries Association. The views expressed here are the author's own.
