16-year-old Tapaswini wins NASA award Meet 16-ye

16-year-old Tapaswini wins NASA award Meet 16-year-old Tapaswini Sharma, who won the Honorable Mention Award at the NASA Space Settlement Design Contest-2017. Name of the project:According to reports, Tapaswini has been awarded for her project 'Kirithra Orbs', for which she participated in the 'Individual' categoryShe designed  Kirithra -- a honeycomb-shaped space settlement to help humanity live in deep spaceAs reported, this hypothetical spaceship can provide homes to thousands of people across the worldFurther, its honeycomb structure can help use the space efficiently - by occupying the maximum volume in the minimum areaThe space settlement uses only alternate sources of energy to perform basic and complex tasks required for human survivalIt is designed for economic stabilitySpeaking about the NASA Space Settlement Design Contest, Tapaswini said:"I came across details about the contest while browsing the NASA website. I am exhilarated to have been selected and plan to participate again in the future," she said in a recent Indian Express report. About the contest:For this contest, NASA had received more than 6,000 applications across the globeThis annual contest was called worldwide by the NASA Ames Research Center, San Jose State University, and the National Space Society (NSS)Tapaswini's schooling:Tapaswini is currently a class 10 student at Suryadatta National School, Pune. This whiz kid has now been invited by NASA to attend the 36th Annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in St Louis, USA. #News

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