Hello to all
The last few days have been very hectic and i apologise for not making it to the blog for an update.
The competition was held at the Gulruth Center just up the road from our hotel on Saturday, Sunday. The announce,ent of the finalist team was held at the Johnson Space Center Blast Off theater at 4pm on Monday after team proposals were submitted on Monday morning for judging.
The winning Company Dougledyne Astrosystems and Flechel Constructers consisting of the Apeejay and Whitney highschool students and our team members Daryl Goh and Ming Yi were delighted with their victory. To be honest i am glad i didnt have to be a judge because all the proposals were simply amazing and well reflected the talents and dedication of the respective team members.
I have posted a few extra pics here of the finals presentation ceremony including one of a team Nasa and Boeing Scientists and engineers who acted as CEOs and Judges. In the pic you can see from left to right are Dick Edwards who is one of the competition co founders and an engineer for NASAs Boeing division, Richard who works on the Solid Rocket Boosters for the Space Shuttle, Anita Gale who does Cargo Integration for the Space Shuttle, John Kube who works on the International Space Station and Jack Gafford who is also a Solid Rocket Booster engineer.
Working with these and other highly experienced engineers and scientists during the week has been a fascinating experience. I and the students have spent many hours together with these highly trained professionals learning and listening to their experiences working on the cutting edge of Space exploration
I think everybody was really thrilled to be here and will take home special memories of their visit. For me one of the highlights was touching a peice of rock that came from the moon and standing next to the Saturn V rocket. I know all the other team members have their own story to tell and I hope we can put some of them here on this site in the coming days.
Tomorrow morning we will be heading for the airport to return to Malaysia. The time has passed all to quickly but i am sure all the team is looking forward to going home.
I will post again soon with details of the competition and other activities we were involved with during our stay here.