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In reply to my email they've sent me the following text, which is being published in the college newspaper:
Launching, for the first time, on Monday, the 6th of February, is the Imperial College Science Challenge. This is your chance to be part of a fresh, new competition that aims to stimulate innovation and creative scientific thinking, giving you exposure to real world scientific and technological problems, outside of the lecture theatre. What’s more there’s a £1000 first prize to play for.
Open to all imperial students, entrants will be competing as individuals or in teams to come up with a solution to the question “How will science allow for a manned, self-contained settlement on mars to become a reality?" You have total free reign over how to approach the problem and are encouraged to draw inspiration from different disciplines.
Entries will be in the form a 4-page report that outlines a solution, be it a technology, a system or a process, and how it will solve a particular problem associated with such a settlement. The overall winner will receive £1000 with additional cash prizes for runners-up. The closing date is on Friday 3rd of March and winning entries will be selected by a panel of esteemed expert judges based on scientific content, feasibility, practicality and, most importantly, originality.
The competition was originally proposed by the Royal College of Science Association as a way of getting students excited about real life scientific challenges. They envisaged the question as something that would stir the imagination and spark discussion over a few pints before the students molded their ambitious ideas genuine proposals.
For more information on the competition and an introduction to the problem at hand, we will be holding a launch event on the 6th of February in the SAF building at 6pm. There will be a chance to meet potential team members and discuss your ideas over drinks and snacks provided after the event.
This is competition is a great chance to allow students to showcase their abilities outside of the confines of their course. It will be an excellent opportunity to add something unique to your CV, hopefully win some money and all the while having fun with friends!
I plan to try and get along there - you interested by any chance? Change of plan, won't be going along to this after all.
The change of question raises a wry smile here - the preservation of knowledge in situ for later discovery versus how to provide for a Martian bolt-hole.
Item: Basket (eggs). One-off for the putting of all into.
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simon
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