{"id":1941,"date":"2013-04-28T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T14:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2013-04-28T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T14:45:34","slug":"puerto-rico-teams-win-college-high-school-nasa-moonbuggy-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1941","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico teams win college &#038; high school NASA moonbuggy races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/technology\/moonbuggy\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">NASA&#8217;s 20th Great Moonbuggy Race<\/a> took place the past few days at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. There were 89 teams involving over 600 high school and college students competing. The winners were announced yesterday:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/technology\/moonbuggy\/moonbuggy_2013_results.html\" target=\"_d\">Puerto Rico Teams Take Top Spots at 20th NASA Great Moonbuggy Race<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px none transparent;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/embed\/6539981?v=3&amp;wmode=direct\" height=\"313\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"padding: 2px 0px 4px; width: 400px; background: #ffffff; display: block; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video streaming by Ustream<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA today declared the winners of the 20th NASA Great Moonbuggy Race at the U.S. Space &amp; Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. Team 1 from Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, won first place in the high school division; racers from the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao claimed the college-division trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The winning teams outraced more than 89 teams from 23 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, India, Germany, Mexico and Russia. Approximately 600 student drivers, engineers and mechanics &#8212; plus their team advisors and cheering sections &#8212; gathered April 26-27 for the 20th &#8220;space race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Organized by NASA&#8217;s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, the race challenges students to design, build and race lightweight, human-powered buggies. Traversing the grueling half-mile course, which simulates the cratered lunar surface, race teams face many of the same engineering challenges dealt with by Apollo-era lunar rover developers at the Marshall Center in the late 1960s. The winning teams post the fastest vehicle assembly and race times in their divisions, with the fewest on-course penalties.<\/p>\n<p>The team from Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School, in its third year in the competition, finished the half-mile course in 3 minutes, 24 seconds. The University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, who won second place in the college division in the 2012 race, brought home a first-place win, finishing in 3 minutes, 32 seconds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"A team from Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/744920main_team8_2_mg_1846.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"A team from Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.\" alt=\"A team from Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/744921main1_team8_2_mg_1846_226.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" align=\"Bottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Team 1 from Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School <\/em><br \/>\n<em>won first place in the high school division. (NASA\/MSFC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finishing in second place this year in the high school division was Jupiter High School Team 1 of Jupiter, Fla. In third place was Jupiter High School Team 2.<\/p>\n<p>International Space Education Institute\/Moscow Aviation University &#8220;Team Russia&#8221; of Moscow won second place in the college division; and Middle Tennessee State University of Murfreesboro took home third place.<\/p>\n<p>Race organizers presented both first-place winners with trophies depicting NASA&#8217;s original lunar rover. Sponsor SAIC of Huntsville provided every participating moonbuggy team with a commemorative plaque. Sponsor Lockheed Martin Corp. of Huntsville presented the first-place high school and college teams with cash awards of $3,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals on the winning teams also received commemorative medals and other prizes. (For a complete list of additional awards for design, most improved and spirit, see below.)<\/p>\n<p>The race is inspired by the original lunar rover, first piloted across the moon&#8217;s surface in the early 1970s during the Apollo 15 mission, and used in the subsequent Apollo 16 and 17 missions. Eight college teams participated in the first NASA Great Moonbuggy Race in 1994. The race was expanded in 1996 to include high school teams, and student participation has swelled each year since.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a title=\"A team from University of Puerto Rico at Humacao competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/744910main_team11_mg_1868.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"A team from University of Puerto Rico at Humacao competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race\" alt=\"A team from University of Puerto Rico at Humacao competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/744911main1_team11_mg_1868_226.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" align=\"Bottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The University of Puerto Rico at Humacao claimed <\/em><br \/>\n<em>first place in the college division. (NASA\/MSFC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s Great Moonbuggy Race has been hosted by the U.S. Space &amp; Rocket Center since 1996. Major corporate sponsors for the race are Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Aerojet and Jacobs Engineering ESSSA Group, all with operations in Huntsville.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the race, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov\">http:\/\/moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For information about other NASA education programs, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/education\">http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/education<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><b>NASA&#8217;s 20th Great Moonbuggy Race<br \/>\nADDITIONAL AWARDS AND PRIZES<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Neil Armstrong Best Design Award<\/b> (for solving engineering problems associated with lunar travel):<br \/>\nAcademy of Arts, Careers &amp; Technology in Reno, Nev.<br \/>\nSouthern Illinois University at Carbondale in Carbondale, Ill.<\/p>\n<p><b>Featherweight Award<\/b> (for the lightest buggy on the track):<br \/>\nEscuela Superior Rafaelina E. Labron Flores in Patillas, Puerto Rico<br \/>\nPurdue University Calumet Team 1 in Hammond, Ind.<\/p>\n<p><b>AIAA Telemetry and Electronics Award<\/b> (for the most innovative onboard data-gathering and delivery system):<br \/>\nMukesh Patel School of Technology Management &amp; Engineering in Maharashtra, India<\/p>\n<p><b>Frank Joe Sexton Memorial Pit Crew Award<\/b> (for ingenuity and persistence in overcoming problems during the race. Sexton, a NASA welder who mentored numerous welders and engineers among the Marshall workforce, worked on the original lunar rover and numerous other space vehicles until his death in 2000):<br \/>\nFairhope High School Team 1 and Team 2 in Fairhope, Ala.<br \/>\nTexas A&amp;M University-Kingsville in Kingsville, Texas<\/p>\n<p><b>Crash and Burn Award <\/b>(for the team that endures the most spectacular vehicle breakdown):<br \/>\nBevill State Community College Team 1 in Sumiton, Ala.<\/p>\n<p><b>Spirit Award<\/b> (for overall team energy, enthusiasm and camaraderie):<br \/>\nPetra Mercado High School in Humacao, Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p><b>Rookie Award<\/b> (for fastest course completion by a new race team):<br \/>\nEscuela Superior Rafaelina E. Labron Flores in Patillas, Puerto Rico<br \/>\nNorth Dakota State University in Fargo<\/p>\n<p><b>Most Improved Award<\/b> (for the most dramatically improved engineering and performance):<br \/>\nHuntsville Center for Technology Team 1 in Huntsville, Ala.<br \/>\nMiddle Tennessee State University Team 1 in Murfreesboro<\/p>\n<p><b>Best Report Award<\/b> (technical documentation of the equipment and procedures used in design, build, test and the results obtained):<br \/>\nUniversity of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez<\/p>\n<p><b>System Safety Award<\/b><br \/>\nUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville<\/p>\n<p><b>Lunartic Award<\/b> (presented by AIAA to the team in each division that wins the Moon Bowl, a lunar science quiz):<br \/>\nNew Britain High School in New Britain, Conn.<br \/>\nAccurate Institute of Management &amp; Technology in Uttar Pradesh, India<\/p>\n<p><b>Best Question of the Rover Pioneers Award<\/b> (for best question asked during an April 26 event with members of the original lunar rover team):<br \/>\nCape Girardeau Career &amp; Tech Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. &#8212; Husan Wadi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"A team from Middle Tennessee State University of Murfreesboro competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/744914main_team38_0fd9366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"A team from Middle Tennessee State University of Murfreesboro competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.\" alt=\"A team from Middle Tennessee State University of Murfreesboro competes in the 2013 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/744915main1_team38_0fd9366_226.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" align=\"Bottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Middle Tennessee State University Team 1 won <\/em><br \/>\n<em>third place in the college division. (NASA\/MSFC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA&#8217;s 20th Great Moonbuggy Race took place the past few days at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. There were 89 teams involving over 600 high school and college students competing. 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