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Young minds gear up to design the ‘Moon Rover’

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FULLY ENGROSSED: Students from Little Flower School at the workshop on ‘Moon Rover mission’ in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Hyderabad: Students in the city are gearing up to be a part of India’s Mission to the Moon, ‘Chandrayaan’ by participating in a contest to design a ‘Moon Rover, which will be handed over to the Indian Space Research Organisation.

“How many students are interested to know about space?” the question immediately saw all the 150-odd students participating in the seminar raise their hands in enthusiasm.

In a teleconference held by Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) at the Little Flower High School, students interacted with experts and space enthusiasts from the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT).

Students with the best designs will have a chance to participate in the International Conference at VIT, Vellore, and also interact with students and professors of the institute. The student satellite projects (SEDS SAT and Cube SAT) that were developed at VIT would be demonstrated to the visiting students as well.

Also, the best designs chosen would be developed into working models by SEDS and will be given to ISRO on the eve of ‘India’s Mission to Moon Chandrayaan’.

“The moon rover campaign is aimed at creating awareness among students across India. Designing the moon rover will be a different experience for students and will give them an insight to space sciences,” said SEDS, Founder and Secretary N. Raghunandan Kumar.

Students who wish to participate in the Moon Rover contest can log on to http://moonrover.blogspot.com or contact 92904 44058.

The last date for submitting the design drawings is August 20.

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