Space Colony
Contest 1996 Results
Statistics
There were a total of 42 submissions by 142 participants. There
were entries from Argentina, Canada and the U.S.
Winners
The efforts of all the participants were greatly appreciated,
and we hope they will submit new and improved space settlement
designs next year. Better yet, we hope they will be building real
space settlements a few decades hence. In any case, these were the
contestants judged to have the best entries:
The grand prize went to a team from St. Peter's School, Buenos
Ares, Argentina for a truly incredible piece of publication quality
work called "Tango III". Both the technical quality and the
presentation (in an inch thick document including pictures,
equations, text, etc.) were excellent. The entry also included a
computer program which appeared to be used to control a shuttle
simulator the same group built. The grand prize winners for 1996
are:
- Sandre Felstein
- Carlos Juda
- Charito Orduna
- Carolina Alejandra Podesta
- Carolina Subotovsky
- Carolina Zitzer
Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual and
team awards for two groups: 6-9th grade and 10-12th grade. Team
members are listed in alphabetical order.
First Prizes
- Space Station Liberty, Josh Looks, St. Louis, MO
6-9
- Zero-Gravity Sport Experience, Christy Baker, U.S.
10-12
- Space Colony: Celestia by Stellar Tech., Inc.,
Mohammad Najmi, Omar Najm, Brian Nakayama, Vinnie Suon and Ernest
Young, Crockett, CA 6-9
- Stancia Kosmicheskim Ostrov, NXS-3X0, Jeremy
Burman, Keith Kellogg, Margarita Marinova, Rachel Nordstrom and
Silas Wang, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 10-12
Second Prizes
- Spencer Cross, Santa Cruz, CA 6-9
- Daniel Ginat, New York, NY, 10-12
- R.C.T.M. Enterprises presents the White Star Space
Colony, Jonathan Caniezo, Shaun Mason, Al Robinson and Brian
Taniguchi, Crockett, CA 6-9
Third Prizes
- Aurora: the Dawn of a New Era, Dianne M. Lehmann,
Crockett, CA 6-9
- What I Did in the Summer of 2026, Elton Click,
Camp Lejeune, NC 10-12
- The Space Colony of Nuevo Mundo, Inc., Louis
Antunez, Brendan Beseda, Michael Gomez, Katherine Grist and Robin
Wakeley, Crockett, CA 6-9
There were two honorable mentions:
- A Space Colony for the Future, Sarah Reed,
Crockett, CA
- Brian Jenson, James Kahn, Ryan Robinson and Brandon Vaccaro,
best model, Belmont, CA
Teachers
Several teachers deserve special mention for their
involvement:
- Elizabeth Bero, Madison, Alabama
- Victor Capeluto, St. Peter's School, Buenos Ares,
Argentina
- Roxanne Lake, Chico Junior High
- Ing. Gabriel F. Rshaid, St. Peter's School, Buenos Ares,
Argentina
- Tug Sezen, John Swett High School, Crockett, CA
- T. Wells, Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
- Bryan Yager, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, CA
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