Darwin NSS Space Settlement
2022
Award Winning Project
I am part of the team of 11 students from the National College of Computer Science “Tudor Vianu” and the National College “Spiru Haret” in Bucharest, composed of: Dinu David Andrei, Diaconescu Rareș Andrei Ciprian, Ghinescu Ștefan-George, Paraschiv Răzvan Nicolas, Michaelides Glafkos Nikolas, Ardeleanu Sânziana, Tololoi Roxana Ilinca, Borozan George, Turculeț Ioan Alexandru, Nițu Alexia-Ioana and David Mihnea-Ștefan, coordinated by Professor Taliu Răzvan.
Together we participated this year in the international competition ‘‘NSS Space Settlement Contest 2022’’ organized and administered by the U.S. National Space Society, obtaining the Second Prize with the work “Darwin”.
The U.S. National Space Society invited us to attend the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Arlington, Virginia, USA on May 27-29, 2022, with the goal of awarding and presenting the winning works. The competition supports the participation and direct involvement of young people from all over the world in the modern educational act about space settlement, focused on learning the theoretical notions along with the practical ones, arousing a special echo worldwide both among students and prestigious educational institutions.
Project Darwin aims not only to expand both the horizons of knowledge about outer space and living conditions outside our planet, but also to build a sustainable civilization through advanced technical elements and new methods of recycling used resources.
An important part of our project was to address issues of general interest in the current conditions on Earth (such as global warming or waste distribution) and to prevent problems in the future space environment, while also analyzing potential solutions for ground failures which could be implemented in emergencies.
In the project we covered various areas essential for the development of a society in the cosmos, such as resource collecting or energy management, which ensure practicability, but also economics and political studies, for the good organization of human systems.
