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Media Advisory: 00-304
NASA Marshall Center’s eighth annual Great Moonbuggy Race set April 6-7, 2001
What: April 6-7, 2001, are the dates for the hottest space-related race to be found on Earth: the Great Moonbuggy Race. The race will be held within view of visitors at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, one of Alabama’s largest tourist attractions.
The eighth annual competition requires students to design a vehicle and in the process, confront real-world engineering problems. The challenges introduce them to those faced by the NASA team that designed the Lunar Rover Vehicle for Apollo astronauts to travel on the Moon. The challenge continues when students race their vehicles over a half-mile simulated lunar terrain, to encounter man-made craters, rocks, ridges and soft soil.
High school students race Friday, April 6, and college students race Saturday, April 7. Teams from 17 states and Puerto Rico competed in 2000. Prizes are awarded not only for the fastest vehicles, but also to the team whose design represents the best technical approach toward solving the engineering problem of navigating the simulated lunar surface.
More information about the competition is available on the Marshall Center’s Great Moonbuggy Race Web site at:
When: Friday and Saturday, April 6 -7, 2001 Where: U.S. Space & Rocket Center, One Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Ala. To attend: News media planning to cover the event should contact Judy Pettus at (256) 544-0034
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