My friend Tibor Pacher reports that the MiniSpaceWorld Design Contest is getting quite interesting, with six submissions of high quality, all going in different directions. Tibor’s goal is to build a scale model world that, like the famous Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, shows off space technology in tiny, exquisite detail. We’re used to seeing this kind of thing particularly in the model railroad world, so why not extend the idea into space as a tool for educators?
Now you can go to the site to see basic maps from the contestants. The contest award ceremony is to be held in Budapest on December 5 in the Congress Hall of the Research Centre for Social Studies, a Hungarian Academy of Sciences institute, and as Tibor notes, this is in the Budapest castle district, so there is much more to do in the area for those lucky enough to attend. Be aware that voting on the submissions is open until November 15, and have a look at the MSW site for more information.
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this really fires my imagination and i will take a much better look later! hope also that this draws a load of comments from all of our members.but in the mean time,just my bad luck to find the subject about 5 minutes before i have to get on to other things! saw some great stuff recently about space elevators too.experiments by the u.s. air force yet! tickles me pink because if the defense dept is interested it will not only be taken seriously but also reasonably funded.oppps! but as i say i have to run.the very best my friends.respectfully george
I found it amazing what the teams tell us. Here’s my digest (the listing follows simply the time sequence of the submissions’ arrival, there is no valuation behind it):
– Team Maximegalon
– Team PARADRON
– Team Wolf’s Freedom
– Team Black Hole
– Team SpaceLemur
– Team metamorphoses
Enjoy the details of every submission at the dedicated team pages; enter here
yes! the new generation must be awakened to science and sf ! and in a way that would want them to become a part of the whole scene! the near future will indeed be their world and if things are to be,get,done,then their vigourous energetic and intelligent young minds must be a part of the scene! no doubt.respectfully tibor your friend george
George, I am absolutely with you! And I am very happy to have excellent advocates under our contestants: e.g. the members of Team Wolf’s Freedom are Adam, 17, who did all the graphic design, and David, just turning 17 soon, who wrote the stories, both secondary school pupils. And SpaceLemur is actually Thomas, aged 26, studies Visual Communications at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. Best, Tibor
This is really exciting. Thank you for posting an article about it. Please follow up once a winning team is selected.
yes sir tibor the question of getting the young people on board is no more than logical sense to me! not suprised we see eye to eye! thank you again your friend george