Noosphere Space Games - virtual rocket modeling competition

Organizers:

Last mission

1

Build a rocket in Kerbal Space Program

2

Assemble a space station in orbit

3

Return (unscathed)
to Kerbin

4

Win a prize

$1200 *

Prize fund

Participants

pupils and students under the age of 18 inclusive

Participation
is free of charge

* in hryvnia equivalent on the day of the announcement of the winners

Calendar

15

May

Start of registration.
Participation is individual

19

June

End of registration.
Announcement of rules. The beginning of work on the space conquest

03

July

Mission completed.
Deadline for uploading projects

13

July

Evaluation
of projects

14

July

Online award
ceremony

Winners determination

Participants upload their projects

Experts evaluate and check projects for compliance with all rules

Five winners receive $500, $300, $200, $100 and $100 respectively* *

* is carried out in cashless form in the hryvnia equivalent at the rate of the NBU on the day of the announcement of the winners with deduction of the amount of tax payment
and in accordance with the procedure established by the current legislation of Ukraine

Winners Junior edition

I am amazed that we succeeded! In a few hours, we built a space rocket that was able to go into orbit. Over the course of two weeks, we refined it and even ditched the heat shield to make the design cheaper. We used both solid fuel and liquid engines. The mission was successful!

It was very unexpected because before the competition we didn't even know about Kerbal Space Program.

It was quite difficult to figure out how to build a rocket.
At first, our ship generally broke in half! However, we found a solution and completed the mission

Junior edition mission

Winners Middle edition

Several people were afraid to share information, but I was quite active in the chat discussions and helping others. In my opinion, you should always communicate with people and help each other, it will help to achieve the best result

I radically changed the design of my rocket like, 5 or 6 times. Each time I thought it couldn't get any better, but I was wrong. Thank you all very much! Never give up and never say never.

I would like to thank the organizers for this opportunity. I started playing Kerbal Space Program in 2013, I was just old enough to participate in the Noosphere Space Games. Junior edition. It didn’t exist then, and unfortunately I abandoned the game. Competitions like this are a very strong motivation, so I decided to come back.

It was a very interesting experience. I had so many ideas in the beginning - from a space plane to a stratolauncher. This journey has been very interesting and I learned a lot of new things, even though I had considerable experience in KSP. I can't wait for the next competition!

Before participating in this competition, my knowledge of Kerbal Space Program could be described by the phrase "heard of its existence". However, I was able to overcome all difficulties on the way to victory, and so can you!

Middle edition mission