Space sail cup design competetion in 1989: the first time for China engineers to attempt deep space mission design
- Paper number
IAC-16,E4,2,9,x35604
- Coauthor
Dr. Ming Li, China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), China
- Year
2016
- Abstract
On December 10, 1988 the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission, a Presidential commission created by the Congress of the United States, approved the establishment of a Columbus 500 Space Sail Cup competition to commemorate the Columbus vayage to the Americas in 1492. The intention of Columbus 500 Space Sail Cuo is to select three winners from Americas, Europe and Asia. In 1989, China young engineers and M.S. students organized a team called STAR GROUP to join the competetion and winned as the first place of Asia region. This paper introduced the story of this event.
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