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National Aeronautics Space Administration Held International Space Settlement Design Competition

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A seven-member panel of National Aeronautics Space Administration {NASA) scientists declared the team comprising 13 students and two teacher advisors from Apeejay School, Jalandhar as winners of the international Space Settlement Design competition held at NASA, Houston, Texas. The eight teams including three Indian, were given 42 hours to propose the design, development and operations planning of the first settlement on the surface of planet Mars. Their project titled ‘Argonom Space Settlement Contract’ predicts a settlement on Mars by July 15,2056.

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