Sunday, April 15, 2007

ESA SUCCESS student contest

Spaceref has an article on The European Space Agency's SUCCESS (Space station Utilization Contest Calls for European Students) student content. The competition was to design an experiment to fly on the ISS. The first prize winner got an internship at ESA. The winning experiment investigates cosmic radiation and how it influences the retina and/or the brain. During the internship, the winner will get the experiment ready for the ISS.