{"id":14585,"date":"2017-07-05T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14585"},"modified":"2017-07-05T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T19:05:07","slug":"cities-in-space-2017-student-competition-at-new-worlds-conference-nov-10-11-2017-austin-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14585","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Cities in Space 2017&#8221; student competition at New Worlds Conference, Nov.10-11, 2017, Austin, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An announcement from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/steamspaceeducation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STEAMSPACE\u2122<\/a> Education Outreach program:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Future Space Pioneers Coming\u00a0<\/span>to Texas<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/steamspaceeducation.org\/student-competition\/cities-in-space-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14587\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CitisInSpace2017.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1463,727\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cities In Space 2017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CitisInSpace2017-1024x509.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14587 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CitisInSpace2017-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CitisInSpace2017-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CitisInSpace2017-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CitisInSpace2017-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CitisInSpace2017.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Austin, Texas &#8211; July 5, 2017<\/strong>&#8211;More than seven hundred students and their teachers and mentors from around the world will come to Austin November 10th to present their innovative designs for off-world habitats and colonies.<\/p>\n<p>It is the third annual \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/steamspaceeducation.org\/student-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cities in Space<\/a>\u201d competition and seminar that brings together tomorrow\u2019s space colonists with NASA scientists, engineers and astronauts as well as NewSpace innovators and business leaders.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Y5v_2PB_O0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/steamspaceeducation.org\/student-competition\/cities-in-space-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cities in Space 2017<\/a>\u201d seminar and competition marks the first day of an annual conference that includes a <a href=\"http:\/\/newworlds2017.space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Settlement Symposium<\/a> by \u201cNewWorlds.org\u201d where government and private sector leaders come together to discuss the human settlement of space.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cWe are one important part of a larger effort to see humans settle off-world by 2030,\u201d said Holly Melear, founder and Executive Director of STEAMSPACE\u2122 Education Outreach. \u201cOur role is to introduce tomorrow\u2019s off-world leaders to the brightest lights in space exploration today.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<p>Students competing will present detailed engineering and concept papers for off-world human habitation. Winners will be recognized, meet with NASA leaders and private sector space entrepreneurs, and see their designs carried to the lunar surface in a future flight aboard a lunar-lander now under development by Astrobotic, Inc.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><em>\u201cThese extraordinary students will compete with each other, learn from each other and gain entry into one of the most exclusive clubs on Earth\u2014those determined to see humans prosper in space and on other worlds.\u201d Said Amos Behana, Director of Operations for STEAMSPACE\u2122<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/newworlds2017.space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Worlds Conference and Space Settlement Seminar<\/a>, which hosts the Cities in Space 2017 competition and conference, is a two day event held at the Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, Texas on November 10 and 11th.<\/p>\n<p>Media representative are welcome to attend and encouraged to get in touch in advance of the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newworlds2017.space\/space-cowboy-ball\/\" target=\"_d\"><strong>Space Cowboy Ball 2017 | New Worlds 2017 Fair and Conference<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/newworlds2017.space\/space-cowboy-ball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14586\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14586\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SpaceCowboyMars_NWI1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3163,4563\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Space Cowboy Mars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SpaceCowboyMars_NWI1-710x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14586 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SpaceCowboyMars_NWI1-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SpaceCowboyMars_NWI1-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SpaceCowboyMars_NWI1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SpaceCowboyMars_NWI1-768x1108.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An announcement from the\u00a0STEAMSPACE\u2122 Education Outreach program: Future Space Pioneers Coming\u00a0to Texas Austin, Texas &#8211; July 5, 2017&#8211;More than seven hundred students and their teachers and mentors from around the world will come to Austin November 10th to present their innovative designs for off-world habitats and colonies. It is the third annual \u201cCities in Space\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14585\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Cities in Space 2017&#8221; student competition at New Worlds Conference, Nov.10-11, 2017, Austin, TX<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,37,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-events","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3Nf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":446,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=446","url_meta":{"origin":14585,"position":0},"title":"Univ. of Texas team wins university NnanoSatellite competition","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A team at the University of Texas has won first place in the latest round of the University Nanosat Program (UNP) sponsored by the US Air Force: The University of Texas at Austin Wins First Place in National Nanosatellite Competition - Univ. of Texas News The same team won in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11503,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11503","url_meta":{"origin":14585,"position":1},"title":"New Worlds 2015 Conference, Oct.16-17, Austin, Texas","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I wrote here back in August about the\u00a0New Worlds 2015\u00a0conference sponsored by the\u00a0New Worlds Institute\u00a0to be held in\u00a0Austin, Texas,\u00a0October 16 & 17. 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