Space Settlement Contest 1998 Results

Statistics

There were 147 entries by 678 students; 23 teachers and 18 schools participated. Entries came from Austria, Canada, Finland, Holland, Israel, Pakistan and the U.S. The magazine Final Frontier co-sponsored the 1998 contest and will provide a one year subscription to the grand prize winner(s) along with $500 worth of space merchandise from their catalog.

Winners

Grand Prize

The grand prize went to Thomas Beatty and David Peters for The Babylon Project. Both are 9th grade students of Victor Mazmanian and attend Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team (consisting of 2-5 students) and classroom project (from 20-35 students) awards for two groups: 6-9th grade and 10-12th grade. Team members are listed in alphabetical order. There were a number of ties.

First Prizes

Orion Five, Marie Shayne Arcilla, Vienna, Austria 6-9 (individual)
Akashdweep, Mierk Schwabe, Arlington, Virginia 10-12 (individual)
Space Colony Torussphere, Thomas Herczeg, Jeremy Schwartzbord, Danny Simental and Matt Roseman, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 (team)
Cosmograd, Jeremy Burman, James Crawford, Justine Dembo, Margarita Marinova and Rachel Nordstrom, Northern Secondary School, Ontario, Canada 10-12 (team)
Eagle Space Colony, Room Four, Linda Holm and Vickie Wonacott's class, Hooker Oak Elementary School, Chico, California 6-9 (classroom)

Second Prizes

Comet, Bonnie Egan, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio 6-9 (indiviual) tie
Heaven, Caitlin Pietras, Ontario Canada 6-9 (individual) tie
New Athens, Josh Looks, Jerusalem, Israel 10-12 (individual)
Space Settlement Project, Amanda Jekel, Andrew Krautheim, Bruce Lam, Krystn Powers and Sara Solomon, Broadmoor Elementary School, Colorado Springs, Colorado 6-9 (team)
Orbit, Tiffany Chen, Serena Kuo, Marni Landes, Alice Lin and Mary Zarkhina, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California 10-12 (team)
Orbiting Space Colony, Doug Dodd's Young Astronaunts Class, Greenville Middle school, Greenville, Michigan 6-9 (classroom)

Third Prizes

Space Colonization Exploration Program, Arnaub Chatterjee, Minnetonka, Minnesota 6-9 (individual) tie
Grant Co. Mars Mining Station, Grant Holburn, Akimel Middle School, Phoenix, Arizona 6-9 (individual) tie
Space Decision, Tala McDonough, Torrington High School, Torrington Connecticut 10-12 (individual) tie
Sagan Station, John Rose, Monroe City, Indiana 10-12 (individual) tie
Pegasus Colony, Greg Molumby, Ian Reiss and Diego Soto, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 (team) tie
SS 2000, Marvin Chee and Robert Reiber, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 (team) tie
M.O.S.S., Molly Burgess, Seth Doolittle, Cheri Grilli, Amber Kavanagh, Vicente Medina and Rebekah Rose, Freedom High School, Oakley, California 10-12 (team) tie
PEACE, Ashley Edwards and Verronica Munoz, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12 (team) tie
Space Colonies, A Design Study, Jennifer Bell, Jennifer Horvath, Lindsay King, Marianne Marcantonio and Danielle Santucci, Valley High School, New Kensington, Pennsylvania 10-12 (team) tie
Cougarsphere, Mrs.McGill, Mrs. Nixon and Ms.Turetsky, Cartwright Elementary School, Phoenix, Arizona 6-9 (classroom). This work was supported by a grant from Teacher Venture Arizona.

Honorable Mention:

Torus, Vassil Iliev, Los Angeles, California 6-9 (individaul)
Melts, Latisha Briggs, Ellie Darabi, Mary Meyman and Sara Robison, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 (team)
Memory Kits, Javiar Domingues, Deb Robbins, Gwen Sellers, Lindsey Travers and Megan Zieglar, Broadmoor Elementary School, Colorado Springs, Colorado 6-9 (team)
Vulcan, Khurram Ali Mirza, La Hore, Pakistan 10-12 (individual)
Station Winkey, V-Khye Gideon Fan, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12 (individual)
How We Built The First SpaceSettlement, Alexander Rostovtsev, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12 (individual)
Sarajevo II, Vedran Lekic, Glen Cove, New York 10-12 (individual)
DOLOS, Theodore Striegnitz, Lakewood, Colorado 10-12 (individual)
Imagination, Tamera Brook, Angela Collins, Annie Robinson and Brook Russo, Freedom High School, Oakley, California 10-12 (team)
Project Access Space, Ted Lin, Michael Lew, Kevin Yung and Dave Wu, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California 10-12 (team)
Deanna Reiter's Science 7 Class, Antelope Valley Christian School, Lancaster, California 6-9 (classroom)
Barbara Fisher's 6th Period Physical Science Class, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, Florida 6-9 (classroom)
Barbara Fisher's 1st Period I.P.S. Class, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, Florida 6-9 (classroom)
Barbara Fisher's 3rd Period I.P.S. Class, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, Florida 6-9 (classroom)

Teachers

Several educators deserve special mention for their involvement:

Lane Adams, Broadmoor Elementary School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Shari Buckner, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
Walter Comstock, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Melissa Conrad, Torrington High School, Torrington, Connecticut.
Doug Dodd, Greenville Middle School, Greenville, Michigan
Barbara Fisher and Joshua Schoefer, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, Florida
Linda Holm and Vicki Wonacott, Hooker Oak Elementary School, Chico, California
Paul Kroeger, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
Victor Mazmanian, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut
Mrs. McGill, Ms. Turetsky and Mrs. Nixon, Cartwright Elementary School, Phoenix, Arizona
Jim Musolino, Valley High School, New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
Hoang Nguyen, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California
Deanna Reiter, Antelope Valley Christian School, Lancaster, California
Tug Sezen, Freedom High School, Oakley, California
Beverly Stross, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
Kathy Trent, Somerset Area Jr. High School, Somerset, Pennsylvania
T. Wells, Northern Secondary School, Ontario, Canada
Paul Wilcox, Akimel Middle School, Phoenix, Arizona
Bryan Yager, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California

Judges

Al Globus, MRJ Technology Solutions Inc., at NASA Ames Research Center
Sandy Johan, NASA Ames Research Center
Dan Machak, NASA Ames Research Center
Wenonah Vercoutere, University of California at Santa Cruz
Val Watson, NASA Ames Research Center

Special thanks to Gail Felchle and Bryan Yager for the design and production of the certificates and the hats. Thanks to Ruth Globus for logo design.

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