Student Competition on NEOs

[Alex Karl]

Dear all,
 
this is a reminder for the Planetary Defense Conference Student Competition. 
 
Its aim is to help promote academic work and informed political debate by enhancing research and general understanding essential for sound decision making on NEO impact threats in years to come.
 
The student competition has two major categories.
 

• MAKING THE WORLD AWARE: Participants are requested to develop and study creative ideas to help deepen the understanding of the public, decision makers and academia on the nature of threats posed by Near Earth Objects.

 

• FROM THREAT TO ACTION: Papers may also be submitted on any of the diverse areas covered by the conference, including celestial mechanics, space engineering, astrodynamics, political sciences, social sciences, etc., as they relate to planetary defense.

 
The best student paper in each category will be awarded a prize.
 
The deadline for submissions is January 14, 2011 and detailed info can be found on the conference website: http://www.pdc2011.org
 
More info on the SGAC NEO Working Group and how to get involved can be found here: http://www.spacegeneration.org/index.php/activities/current-projects/neo-working-group
 
Please distribute this message to anyone you think might be interested.
 
Cheers,
Alex