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Entries closed on 19 March 2006, but read on for information about the competition and judging process...  Tell me more about the prize first! So, is it easy to enter? What will the judges want to know? Who's around if we want help or get stuck? How do we tell you about our project? Who do we send it to, what's the deadline? What happens when the judges get judging? What if we win? Terms and conditions of entry
Next July, if you win, you will be on the way to America for two weeks or so to meet and work with astronauts and space scientists at NASAs Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, the launch site for all US space missions, and Johnson Space Centre in Houston, home of mission control and astronaut training. Take tours of the space centres, meet astronauts and rocket engineers, and see real space hardware like the Saturn V rockets that took us to the Moon, astronaut training simulators, space suits and much, much more... And it's all free... travel, accommodation, meals, entry fees and insurance are paid for. Read more about the prize. 
Yes! But entries have now closed for 2006. The rules were: You have to be in years 9-12 at school, or in the first year of college, in the United Kingdom. Get together a team of between two and four people and register. Work out an idea - a development or product to improve one of these: Space travel Life in space Life on earth through things done in space
Choose any subject - you can be as bold as you like. See the Ideas page for inspiration, but we want your own fresh ideas. 
Why it's a good idea and how you investigated it Who is going to use it Why it's special How you would tell people about the benefits Which celebrities you would want to use if you advertised it How you could sell your product/idea and what it would cost How you all worked together and made the most of each others' strengths and talents How you worked with experts or business representatives
Working in teams helps improve your ideas, so test out your plans on your teachers, local experts and businesses. The Education Business Partnership www.nebpn.org can help, so can our own Ideas page, where there's lots of top stuff, but remember - it's new ideas we want. Check out the ISSET website or email Alison Saunders at ISSET at edgeintospace@isset.org. She can also help with any competition queries, and put you in touch with other people. 
Lots of different ways. Choose one or more of these: Write it all down Make a booklet CD-ROM PowerPoint demo website video scale model prototype Put it as an email attachment or upload it directly to the website once you've registered Any other great idea you have got
Don't forget that keeping a diary, or updating your team page online (once you've registered), will help you when it comes time to enter your idea. 
Entries have to be in by 19 March 2006. Once you have registered you can enter online or by: Email: edgeintospace@isset.org OR Snail mail: Edge into Space Competition ISSET PO Box 55 Penarth CF64 2YS 
They have divided the United Kingdom into regions and will choose teams from each region to go to a national final on Saturday 29 April 2006, at Thinktank at Millennium Point, Birmingham (http://www.thinktank.ac/news/). ISSET will tell you if you get through to the final, and don't worry about the costs - travel and accommodation expenses will be paid for the night before for each team and one adult with them. Finalists will set out their ideas on a presentation stand and describe them to a selection panel. At the end of finals day, a winning team will be chosen from each of the UK regions. 
Lucky you! America, here you come... one team from each region, will be announced on 29 April 2006 at the end of Finals Day. We will be giving more details later on about dates, times and where you will be staying for the experience of a lifetime. Read more about the prize. 
Click here to view the terms and conditions of entry. |
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