India, Pak students jointly design Earth-Mars crew ship

[ironman]

India, Pak students jointly design Earth-Mars crew ship ​

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the chill in Indo-Pak ties, students from both the countries have come together in designing an innovative crew ship to travel from Earth to Mars and jointly compete with students from other countries at NASA.

Under the Sixteenth Annual International Space Settlement Design Competition, sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Boeing, school students from Lahore and Delhi have prepared a novel project on the future of human civilis ation in Mars.

The project on crew ship to travel from Earth to Mars reflects an innovative idea of people of the Earth going to Mars by this spacecraft.

“You can go from Earth to Mars by a spacecraft. You can leave the spacecraft in the orbit between Earth and Mars and it will cross the orbit of Mars from where people can safely go to Mars,” said Sanaa Nusreid, a student from Lahore Grammar School.

As per the project, 8,800 people, including 2,300 crew members and 6,500 travellers, can go to Mars in the spacecraft. Fifteen students from Lahore and 12 students from Amity International School here have designed this project.

These students met the US Ambassador, Mr Timothy J. Roemer, here on Tuesday.

“This group of Indian and Pakistani students are together designing the future of our civilisation — one with few limitations of geographical boundaries. I congratulate them on their joint achievement, wish them well in their travel to NASA, and look for ward to hearing about their experiences in the United States,” said Mr Roemer. — PTI

The Hindu Business Line : India, Pak students jointly design Earth-Mars crew ship

 

[jagjitnatt]

Great news. Thats the way our new generation should be headed. Hand in hand we can achieve a lot. I hope they succeed.
Cheers