the only way is up science competition
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THE ONLY WAY IS UP! GROUND CONTROL TO IRISH TRANSITION YEAR STUDENTS
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
• Is the first of its kind in Ireland • Allowing a project designed by Irish
students to spend 30 days orbiting the Earth.
• The winning experiment will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a launch vehicle.
HOW DID THIS PROJECT COME TO IRELAND Dr Norah Patten – University of
Limerick
Involved in a number of space project initiatives in ireland and internationally .
Visited the NASA in 2012
The First Commercial Classroom in Space
Their goal is to facilitate real space missions and opportunities for second level student and aim to provide everything needed to get your research and discovery mission underway on the ISS
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Customers use them directly or through educational partners.
Customers and partners include:
School Districts
Universities
Community Colleges
Technical Schools
NCESSE (National Center for Earth
and Space Science Education)
NASA
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MixStix will be used for the experiments. Substances (ones deemed safe) are packed into clear silicon tubes with clamps.
They are easily activated by crew members.
Mixture Tubes/MixStixHold up to 3 substancesSubstances can be fluid, gas, solid/powderHolds 10 milliliters volume in totalRefrigeration is allowedStudents create a “flight unit” and a “control unit”Tube will be returned to the students for analysis
Some examples of past experiments are observations of substances, elements, or plants in microgravity as well as more sophisticated procedures such as a biological growth and study of antibiotic resistance.
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WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO NOW!
What comes next:Work in teams of 4/5 studentsSubmit an Abstract:
before December 20th 2013
THE ONLY WAY IS UP
What to put into the ‘abstract’?Team Name & Name of Experiment.
250 word paragraph to describe your experiment.
What is it about?What materials/substances are involved?
What do you hope to investigate?Why is this important to investigate?Submit to [email protected] By the December 20th 2013
THE ONLY WAY IS UP: GUIDELINES FOR EXPERIMENTS
• Must meet NanoRacks rules• Avoid permanent magnets • Avoid pressure vessels (make
sure your contents wont expand so much they break the tube)
• Avoid substances with toxicity higher than 2 on Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS’s)
FIELDS OF MICRO-GRAVITY EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY NANORACKS Pharmaceutical
Silicone Crystal growth
Material scienceMicrobiology
Biotechnology
Physic laws
Magnetic field research
Combustion
Plasma research
Small animal research
In space component testing
WHY TO GO TO SPACE?• Physical and Biological processes
are different in microgravity. • Uniqueness of microgravity
environment can enable new commercial products to be developed.
Perhaps develop technologies required for the permanent occupation of space??
WHERE TO LOOK NEXT
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NanoRacks Platform-1 and NR-2
Two research platforms developed and funded by NanoRacks in just six months;
16 payload slots in the CubeSat form
factor of 10 cm by 10 cm by 10 cm
USB standard interface Allows the ultimate plug-and-play for
for payloads—customers includes
students
and researchersPermanent addition to U.S. National Lab
on Space Station.
What would you dream up ?
WINNER FROM THE SCHOOL
• Once the Abstracts have been have been submitted a winning team will be selected.
• The winning team from the school will have an opportunity to present their experiment to a panel of judges in the University of Limerick.
• From this judging panel the winner of the competition will be selected
THE ONLY WAY IS UP: SPONSORS
Thank you
Questions ?