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R O V E R S A N D S PA C E S H I P S E V E R Y W H E R E !
? ? BY: NICOLE WILLETT, CHUCK MCMURRAY AND THE MARS SOCIETY ? ???????????????????????????????????
Rover and Engineering Design Competitions from The Mars Society- 5th
grade thru Undergraduate
The Mars Society is host to three (3) design challenges. They range in age from middle school thru
college level. The middle and high school level challenge was launched at the 16th Annual Mars Society
Convention this past August. It is called the Youth
Rover Challenge. One of the undergraduate challenges is called the University Rover Challenge and
it has had several very successful seasons so far. The
final challenge was also launched at the convention
in August. It is an international student design competition. The Youth Rover Challenge (YRC) is a multitier robotics education development program that is
hosted, sponsored and operated by The Mars Society.
ICY SCIENCE | WINTER 2013- 2014