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 2021 Space Apps  Challenge Bulawayo Zimbabwe

Space Apps is a platform where students and participants’ mentality in innovation,  invention and scientific simulation will be developed. The platform gives participants the opportunity to bring projects to life for a wide range of applications. We are looking forward to seeing what innovative, creative ideas participants bring to the community this year but for the first time in Zimbabwe. Furthermore, participants will be required to think critically, develop their networks, compromise, provide perspective in scientific analysis and also improve skills in communication with international participants and executive boards from diverse academic backgrounds to discuss problems faced during space exploration and solve particular issues.

 

Space Apps is the global community’s chance to experience, experiment, and explore solutions to our universe’s biggest challenges.

 

As the countdown to our first year as a country, Space Apps Challenge is eager to have problem-solvers of all walks of life join us on the journey by rolling up their sleeves and participating, or helping students, professionals, engineers, makers, artists, coders, and storytellers on their intrepid travels into Space Apps.

 

As we are all aware that NASA successfully landed a Perseverance rover on Mars surface this year in January. China  also landed a Zhurong Mars rover in May.  Students were engaged to design models on how to safely land an earth object on a foreign planet and here in Zimbabwe we saw only The Guru’s Lab founded by Dornald M Mhlanga participating and won an international award by NASA.

 

Purpose of the event

·         To bring projects to life for a wide range of applications.

·         To come up with what innovative, creative ideas participants bring to the community.

·         A platform to interact with doctors, international students from big institutions such as Harvard and Oxford, doctors, young scientists, researchers with similar interests and of course Dorn The Guru.

 

Participants

NASA Space Apps Challenge in collaboration with the Guru’s Lab is targeting thousands of participants from all geographical corners of Zimbabwe which consists of:

·         Participants enrolled in organizations, institutions and companies

·         College or High School students

·         Graduates of Univesities or High School

Venue

Date: 2 to 3 October 2021

Place: to be advised


 To Register click on the following link

https://sites.google.com/view/dornlab/


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