A team of science-loving Surrey students has rocketed into a NASA-backed competition to build a rover that could roam on distant planets.

The American space agency91裸聊视频檚 2024 will involve 10 students at Princess Margaret Secondary who submitted a last-minute proposal in September, hours before a deadline.

, and one of just a few high schools in the college/university-dominated competition to design and build human-powered rovers.

Next April the team from Newton will travel to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the HERC event, which urges research and development of 91裸聊视频渘ew technologies for future mission planning and crewed space missions to other worlds.91裸聊视频�

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Now that they91裸聊视频檝e been chosen for this challenge, the Surrey students must design and build a two-person rover and also raise funds for the stateside trip.

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The student team includes Jeevan Sandhu (team lead), Mehul Bhanot (safety officer), Omar Arain, Jasmeet Dhaliwal, Harmeet Sond, Manroop Padda, Parneet Dhesi, Haardik Garg, Victor Gupta and Alex Gupta.

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Still in the design phase, their LeoCraft rover is named for the school mascot of the Princess Margaret Lions.

Online, the learning journey will be documented .

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Uppal said a real challenge is trying to raise $50,000 for the trip to Alabama.

91裸聊视频淗alf of that will go to transportation costs for the actual competition (a three-day conference), and the other half will be for designing and building and testing this rover,91裸聊视频� the teacher explained.

91裸聊视频淩ight now we91裸聊视频檙e looking around for equipment that could 3D-print their design, and we could use some help,91裸聊视频� Uppal added.

The built rover must be then dismantled and shipped to the HERC event, according to some strict rules.

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91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 excited for them and I91裸聊视频檓 also scared, just the challenge ahead,91裸聊视频� he added with a laugh.

This isn91裸聊视频檛 the first time Princess Margaret students have been involved in a NASA-backed event. At Florida91裸聊视频檚 Kennedy Space Center in 2019, .