Asia Regional Space Settlement Design Competition (ARSSDC)
The Asia Regional Space Settlement Design Competition (ARSSDC), a competition held by Atlantis in cooperation with Boeing and NASA. The competition deals with putting students across Asia to design a highly detailed proposal using their knowledge under timed conditions on a settlement in space. It aims to give students real industry experience and simulation in an environment which is not only international but also culturally enriching.
It is a yearlong investigatory exploration. 12 students (Uday Bhanu Singh, Naman Goyal, Adityan, Tanmay Kumar, Aaryan Mahesh Wari, Nandini Gaur, Arin Chaudhary, Romsha Singh, Madhav Luthra, Sidhant Bembey) from different subjects like Economics, Maths, Physics, Biology, Business, IT form a team and work together. After qualifying all three rounds and became Asia level runner-up.
Round 1: Qualifying round at India level. Students were given a Request For Proposal (RFP) on which they had to collaborate and do lots of research and make a proposal. This year’s RFP was “The Foundation Society requests that contractors propose to design, develop, and plan operations of the first large space settlement in solar orbit, which will move Earth-crossing asteroids to orbits where they can provide raw materials for refineries and factories in space”
Round 2 (India level): Once qualified in round 1, the team worked in a company where another four schools in India were the members. They were given fresh RFP. They were mentored by a group of scientists (from NASA and India) and then made a proposal (timeline: 36 hours) and finally presented to mass in the auditorium. They confidently handle the questions of scientists in front of 26 schools from different parts of India and made us proud by qualifying round 2.
Round 3(Asia level): Round 2 was repeated at Asia level. Students from Thailand, China, Japan, Iran, Afghanistan collaborated in a team and worked on a fresh RFP with a new challenge. Shiv Nadar School, Noida students were Runner up at the Asia level
