The School Space Race gathers pace as three more sponsors come on board, Research Council UK, Institute of Physics and Genatec. Five schools from Norfolk and two from South Africa will compete in this years’ competition although the race is still open to applications (click to apply). The programme also includes technical training from Raspberry Pi’s Sky Academy.
“There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.” Carl Sagan 1990.
School students from across the planet compete to launch their un-manned spacecraft as high as possible into space on a budget. Students will need to use maths, physics and geography to design, build, launch and retrieve their un-manned spacecraft. The competition will be run over 12 months and students will have to hit a number of milestones along the way. As part of the competition students will keep a video diary and will be asked to post their progress on social media. Students will also use the programme as a platform to communicate with their partner school, share information and as a window into each other’s lives.
