From: Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com
NASA has opened up registration for the 20th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race, kick-starting the contest for high school, college and university students from around the world.
The two-decade old competition will take place on April 26 – 27 next year at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
NASA originally created the event to help with classroom learning, provide young thinkers and builders with real-world engineering experience, and inspire them to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
“It’s our goal to keep the wheels turning,” Tammy Rowan, manager of the Academic Affairs Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, said in a statement. “The ingenuity and enthusiasm we see among racers begins in the classroom. That first spark of interest — whether it’s in basic chemistry or astronomy or the history of spaceflight — starts the wheels turning.”
Rowan said the Great Moonbuggy Race helps to…
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