Virgin Galactic has launched a competition for English schoolchildren. First prize: a trip to American West to watch a flight of - wait for it - Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo as it carries tourists into space.
Students 11-14 years old will work in teams of four to create a marketable product that demonstrates one of the principles the company uses in its space program. Mission Virgin Galactic is being co-sponsored by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
“Mission Virgin Galactic sets out to reinvigorate interest in the sheer excitement of recent developments in engineering and their context to new technologies in aerospace and transportation generally,” said Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn.
“We have to find solutions to the issues this planet faces and it will only be through a new generation of enthusiastic and environmentally conscious young engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists that we will achieve it. Hopefully, the lure of one day going to space can help to spur that spirit,” he added.
Virgin Galactic also is seeking more agents to sell its space flights in the Middle East. ArabianBusiness.com has the full story.
