Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition

Email us at: arssdc@atlantisresearch.in
asian semifinals for
International Space Settlement
Design Competition
www.spaceset.org

Entering the Competition

Over the last 12 years of its existence as the Asian Semifinals, we have realised that new teams have a perception that experienced teams have advantage.

We would not deny that, but we try very hard each year to come up with a completely different scenario and different set of history of the future.

This section has been created with the sole purpose of guiding new and old teams alike to understand the competition better.

The basic steps involved while participating are as under:

  1. Form a team of 12 students and 2 teachers and/or advisors (Advisors are adults responsible for helping the team participate and travel)
  2. Prepare a draft of Rs. 12,000 (for Indian teams) or a credit card for paying USD 250 as the registration fees.
  3. Register your team online.
  4. Once you receive the RFP, prepare your 40 page proposal.
  5. Submit proposal before the mentioned deadline.
  6. Wait for the Results of the qualifying round.

All the Best!

 

Aynah

After fusion propulsion technology enabled relatively rapid and cost-effective interplanetary transportation, the Foundation Society embarked on more aggressive investigations of possible commercial opportunities throughout the solar system. An inexpensive “experiment of curiosity” by a geologist and an engineer--leaving samples of various alloys on the surface for an entire 175 Earthday-long day on Mercury--led to the discovery that long exposure to solar heat and radiation, followed by a long “cold soak”, changes material properties in unexpected ways. Further experimentation with varying exposure times and numbers of hot/cold soak cycles led to development of a true miracle metal: lightweight, strong, amenable to producing complex shapes, self-lubricating, and providing protection from heat, cold, and radiation. So similar was it to the miracle metal called “Reardon Metal” in Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged--including the blue- green color--its inventors named it “reardonium”.