NASA Challenges Students to Imagine Supersonic Airliner
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Beth Dickey
Headquarters, Washington
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Kathy Barnstorff
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
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RELEASE: 08-219
NASA CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO IMAGINE SUPERSONIC AIRLINER
WASHINGTON -- A new NASA competition is challenging students in high
school and college to research and describe a small, supersonic
airliner that could enter commercial service in the next decade.
During the upcoming academic year, individuals and teams of high
school students will prepare well-documented short papers describing
what needs to be accomplished to make supersonic flight available to
commercial passengers by 2020. Advanced curriculum high school
students and college participants will prepare longer papers that
depict a highly efficient, environmentally friendly commercial
aircraft that would emit only low sonic booms and be ready for
initial overland service in 2020.
The competition is intended to encourage students to develop science
and engineering skills and choose careers in aeronautics research and
development.
The Fundamental Aeronautics Program of NASA's Aeronautics Research
Mission Directorate in Washington is sponsoring the competition and
will review and score the entries. Submissions will be judged on
informed content, imagination, innovation, creativity, relevancy,
organization and writing.
High school winners may be eligible for individual cash awards of up
to $1,000 and team awards of up to $1,500. University-level winners
may be eligible for paid student internship offers and cash awards of
up to $5,000. Cash awards and paid internships are subject to the
availability of funds, and only U.S. citizens are eligible to receive
them.
For more contest information and submission guidelines, visit:
http://aero.larc.nasa.gov/competitions.htm
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