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Jaipur: Six students from four different schools of Jaipur have bagged third sposition in an international competition on Space Settlement' in category XI-XII organised by NASA.
It had invited entries from schools across the world to select the best project on creating alternative space settlement to earth.
The team members include Kanak Pareek and Kumar Aditya from Maheshwari Public, Tanushree Charan and Chavvi Gupta from Sawai Man Singh School, Gunjan Soni from St Xavier's School and Sahil Agarwal from Neerja Modi School.
They named the project Ashoka' which has a wide range of gravitational acceleration (0-10 metre/second2) helpful in conducting scientific researches. On earth, the gravitational force is 9.8 metre/second2 which allow only specific researches. This settlement can support a population of 1 lakh. They have used unique modified shapes like hyperboloid and spheriods to provide mechanical strength. "These shapes are widely used in building cooling towers in nuclear reactors," Agarwal said.
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