Pratiksha Thaker, a sophomore from Irvine, CA and daughter of Ranjit and Rupal Thaker, has led her team to the qualifying finals in an International Space Settlement Design Competition and is invited to Houston this July. It is a global competition that works in collaboration with both Boeing and NASA. About 90 teams worldwide participated in this competition which required the teams to come up with a proposal for designing, a space settlement for 20,000 people. This includes designing, transportation back and forth from earth, finance required and meeting with food, water and air requirements.
12 international teams were selected as finalists to produce a qualifying proposal for a settlement on the moon. The final competition will be a three day high intensity intellectual exercise that emulates real proposal teams in the industry and will take place at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas from July 26 to July 28.
NAGAR wishes her the best in her pursuits.
(Thanks to Sonal Trivedi of Centrville, VA - Pratiksha's aunt - for sending us this information)
Comments (4)
First of all heartiest congratulations to prtiksha for her great achievement. It is a matter of pride for all the nagars.I wish her all the best in her pursuits and will pray god for her success. jai hatkesh
Posted by Dr.Dhaivat Vasavada | July 17, 2008 12:23 AM
Posted on July 17, 2008 00:23
I am pround of young Miss Pratiksha Thakar for leading the team to the qualifying finals in an International Space Settlement Design Competition. Congratulations to her and her parents.
Posted by Kulin H. Vasavada | July 17, 2008 2:35 AM
Posted on July 17, 2008 02:35
Hearty congrats to PRATIKSHA, and her parents and also Sonal. Hope Rupal & ranjit(whom I never met) are all doing fine
Posted by dr.mrinal bhattacharya | July 18, 2008 12:31 AM
Posted on July 18, 2008 00:31
Hi Pratiksha
I always thought you as a bright gril and you have proved how true I am. Well Done and Congratulations. I am truly proud of you and so is everyone around you. All the Best wishes for your trip to Huston. I shall speak to you on your return from Huston.
Kumar Masa
Posted by Krishna Kumar | July 21, 2008 2:32 PM
Posted on July 21, 2008 14:32