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ESPACE Student Attending Conference in India
[published Dec. 11, 2007]
Ms. Zhu meeting Sunita Williams who works as an astronaut for NASA and was in space last year (launch December, 2006)
The ESPACE master student Xiaoxiang Zhu has received the NASA Astrobiology Institute Travel Grant to the 2007 Space Generation Congress (September 20-22, 2007) and 58th International Astronautical Congress (September 24-28, 2007) in Hyderabad India for her interest in pursuing Astrobiology.
As a delegate of 2007 Space Generation Congress, Ms.Zhu worked in MoonMars Workshop Space Transportation Technical Paper Competition project team which objects to develop and implement by 2008 an international, student/young professional reward-based competition for the most innovative idea in the field of space transportation as expressed in a short paper. Her main work was together with other participants to develop: general rules and prizes for competition, specific time table for next 1.5 year, presentation describing project, initial flyer, initial fundraising plan and initial list of potential judges.
As a delegate of 58th International Astronautical Congress, MS.Zhu presented presentation describing MoonMars Workshop Space Transportation Technical Paper Competition during that conference. She also attended many plenary events and technical sessions.
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