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NASA Partners With the LEGO Group for Design and Build Contest
WASHINGTON -- NASA and the LEGO Group are partnering to inspire the next
generation of aerospace engineers by offering a new design competition. The
competition will spur students of all ages to use the toy bricks in building
models of future airplanes and spacecraft.
The “NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build” competition opens Wednesday with an
entry deadline of July 31. Winners in each category will be selected by a panel
of NASA and LEGO officials and announced Sept. 1.
The first category in the contest is “Inventing our Future of Flight.” In this
challenge, participants will design and build their idea for an aircraft of the
future based on real concepts and new technology NASA’s aeronautics innovators
are working on to increase fuel efficiency and reduce harmful emissions and
noise.
In addition to building a model from LEGO bricks or using the LEGO Digital
Designer computer program, participants in this category also must prepare and
write a technical paper. The paper will explain how the contest design takes
advantage of NASA’s ideas and potentially improves on them.
This category divides entrants into two groups: young student builders ages 13
to 18 and an open group for anyone age 13 and older. The two winners will
receive a custom-made LEGO trophy and a collection of NASA memorabilia.
The second contest category is “Imagine our Future Beyond Earth.” In this
challenge, participants will use their imaginations to design and build a
futuristic vehicle from LEGO bricks that might travel through the air or in
space. It could be an airplane, rotorcraft, rocket, spacecraft, satellite, rover
or something else. The design can be based in reality or purely a flight of
fancy. This competition is open to entrants 16 or older. The grand prize is a
LEGO set signed by the set’s designer and a collection of NASA memorabilia.
There also is a runner up prize. To read the complete rules and guidelines for
submitting the LEGO model and technical paper, visit:
http://rebrick.lego.com/
LEGO Systems, Inc. is the North American division of The LEGO Group, a
privately-held, family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark. The company is
one of the world’s leading manufacturers of creatively educational play
materials for children. For more information and to visit the virtual LEGO
world, go to:
http://www.LEGO.com
For more information about NASA aeronautics research and space exploration,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
NASA.GOV
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