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TIRUCHI STUDENT GETS NASA AWARD

Posted on: 19/May/2010 2:03:55 AM

Anto Ryan Raj, a standard X student of Campion Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School has won third prize in the Literary Merit Category at the NASA Space Settlement Design Contest 2010 for school students all over the world, conducted by NASA Ames Research Centre. This is for the visualization of an eventuality depicting humankind to deem orbital settlement as inevitable in the interests of mother earth by 2090 won, the third prize.

Anto, the only student from Tamil Nadu selected for the international award, has been invited to make an oral presentation of his research titled ‘Her Children Around Her` at the 29 {+t} {+h} International Space Development Conference, 2010, at Chicago from May 27-31. Accompanied by his mother P. Celin, Anto will be in the enriching company of several hundreds of students of his ilk from all over the globe for the five days.

Conquering time, Anto had created virtual reality wherein he had transformed himself as an orbital settler in 2020 who looks at Mother Earth daily through telescope. He narrates the struggle of Mother Earth in enduring selfish attitude of the human beings; Each and every nation is looking to promote their interest for economic development conveniently ignoring the health of the Mother Earth.

 He concludes saying that ‘We are grateful to the earth community for having given us this wonderful opportunity to pay our contribution to our dear mother. We could nurse and dress the wounds of our shattered Mother from this orbital world. Now she is completely healed. She is back on her foot. As long as she is there we will come around her. As long as she lives happily we will also live happily. We are Her Children.

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