SPACE SETTLEMENT DESIGN COMPETITION

To help students accomplish this challenging task, each Company is provided with managers from industry to serve as Company CEO, then participants receive technical and management training to prepare them for the Competition. A Customer organization defines requirements for developing a design for a specific scenario for each event. The Program Book describes "existing" space infrastructure. They must define an overall structure, define construction methods, determine quantities of electrical power and water, design computer and robotics systems, specify allocation of interior space, show examples of pleasant community design, and provide estimated costs and schedules for completion of the project. The Competition concludes with the Companies' presentations of briefings describing their designs to a panel of judges.

Also known as: Space

Primary location: Houston United States