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International Space Station Benefits for Humanity

The International Space Station is a unique laboratory for performing investigations that affect human health both in space and on Earth. During its time in orbit, the space station has enabled research that is providing a better understanding of many aspects of human health including aging, trauma, disease and environmental impacts. Driven by the need to support astronaut health, several biological and human physiological investigations have yielded important results that we on Earth can also benefit from. These results include new ways to mitigate bone loss, insights into bacterial behavior, and innovative wound- healing techniques. Advances in telemedicine, disease models, psychological stress response systems, nutrition and cell behavior are just a few more examples of the benefits that have been gained from applying studies in orbit to human health back on Earth.

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Robots and Space

Automation engineering and robotics will play a major role in space settlements. The GSDC addresses the importance of robots as it explores the future of space settlements!

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Professor Mark Sephton

We are extremely pleased to announce Professor Mark Sephton, Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, had confirmed his attendance as Guest Lecturer at the Global Space Design Challenge Summer Programme.

Further details of the eminent Professor, can be found at https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.a.sephton

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GSDC is a proud sponsor of the UKSpace Design…

The Global Space Design Challenge is a
proud sponsor of the Space Science
EngineeringFoundation a full UK charity,
which runs the UK Space Design Competition.

The programme book contains information useful
to students planning to attend the GSDC Summer
Programme July 13-24, 2019.

Finals 2019 Download Programme Book

New participants

KA YEUNG MAHASRIARIYAWONG

We look forward to welcoming Ka Yeung Mahasriariyawong from Hong Kong, who has been invited to attend the Global Space Design Challenge at Imperial College Oxford. Congratulations Ka Yeung.

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11 Scholarships Announced to UK and EU students

We are pleased to announce 11 Scholarships available to UK and EU students to attend the Global Space Design Challenge. For further details visit https://gspacedc.com/uk-and-eu-scholarships/

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Jian Heseri’s Chinese message- One of our invaluable long…

Jian Heseri started volunteering with UKSDC in 2009，first as a supporting technical specialist, and later on as judge and “company” CEO. After completing his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, he currently works as a reliability engineer in the petroleum industry, specialising in technical risk management and system reliability solutions in the hostile underwater environment. The best treat for his volunteering weekends is seeing creative ideas from young candidates coming together into designs.

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Delighted to have finally met with Dr Randall Perry!

Looking forward to working on the Global Space Design Competition 2019 hosted at Imperial College London.
Congratulations to Ethan Wen Hoa Loh, the latest student to be accepted on the Global programme.

Nichola Dale
Programme Coordinator

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Welcome to the Global Space Design Challenge summer school!

If you’ve ever wanted to know what it could be like to live in space, here’s your chance. Our exciting programme will give you the opportunity to be part of a very special global space design challenge. Not only will you design your own space settlement, but you can be part of a team that creates an exciting environment set 70 years in the future.

Our summer camp, held on 16–27 July 2018, emulates, as closely as possible, the experience of working as a member of the aerospace industry. You will receive intensive training in space settlement design and will be fully supported by our team of mentors, space scientists and aerospace engineers. Whilst working as part of a team, you will learn skills in management, problem-solving, teamwork, communication and technical and engineering competence. I cannot promise that this will be easy, but I can tell you that this will be a unique and memorable experience which may help you when considering your future career and university applications.

I am proud to say that, over the past 10 years, more than 20,000 students have taken part in one of the UK’s most successful charity space design challenges (UKSDC) organised by our team, and many are now following careers in science and engineering.

But it’s not all hard graft because you’ll be living in academic accommodation with state of the art sports facilities, and we have an exciting programme of activities so that you can relax and enjoy a wonderful time in London. You will also be exposed to three of the world’s top universities, University of Oxford and Cambridge and Imperial College London.

If you want to know more, please contact us here and we look forward to welcoming you at Imperial College London in 2018.

With best wishes,

Dr. Randall Perry

Dr. Randall S Perry (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.perry and http://www.randallsperry.com)