Aerospace team claims second place

The Durango Aerospace Design Team won second place at an international competition in early August. In the first row from left to right are Evatt Salinger, Christopher Petty, Paxton Scott and Violet Witchel. In the second row from left to right are Dan Garner, Kyle Robinette, Charlie Greenberg, Shaylah Wood, Harry Steinberg, Mallory Byrd, Abby Scott and Austin Urban. In the back row are Joe Genuildi, Ben Wilbur and Shrey Jaltoe, a member of a team from India.

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The Durango Aerospace Design Team won second place at an international competition in early August. In the first row from left to right are Evatt Salinger, Christopher Petty, Paxton Scott and Violet Witchel. In the second row from left to right are Dan Garner, Kyle Robinette, Charlie Greenberg, Shaylah Wood, Harry Steinberg, Mallory Byrd, Abby Scott and Austin Urban. In the back row are Joe Genuildi, Ben Wilbur and Shrey Jaltoe, a member of a team from India.

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Joe Genuildi and Evatt Salinger work on plans for a self-sustaining Martian settlement as part of the International Space Settlement Design Competition at the Kennedy Space Education Center in early August.

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Joe Genuildi and Evatt Salinger work on plans for a self-sustaining Martian settlement as part of the International Space Settlement Design Competition at the Kennedy Space Education Center in early August.

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The team’s 35-minute presentation claimed second place, and one of the team’s speakers, Abby Scott, who will be a sophomore, posing here with her brother Paxton Scott, won best overall female presenter.

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The team’s 35-minute presentation claimed second place, and one of the team’s speakers, Abby Scott, who will be a sophomore, posing here with her brother Paxton Scott, won best overall female presenter.

Courtesy of Don Scott

The Durango Aerospace Design Team recently won second place in the International Space Settlement Design Competition.

The group of 13 students from Durango High School were matched up with students from four other schools at the competition held at the Kennedy Space Education Center, said Dan Garner, the team’s adviser.

Over the course of three days, the students designed a self-sustaining Martian settlement.

The team’s 35-minute presentation claimed second place, and one of the team’s speakers, Abby Scott, who will be a sophomore, won best overall female presenter.

At the national competition, the team took first for a 500-page proposal for a settlement based around a Martian moon.

The settlements the team designs are the product, and the students must convince people they would want to live in the scientific communities, Scott said.

“I love finding a way to make the settlement a home away from home,” she said.

Herald Staff