In a greenhouse, in Boulder, not on Mars…

Group in the ‘Rocket Park’ at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, after receiving the First Place Award.

In the News… http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2002/24.html http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/2002/41-02.htm MarsPort Design Competition -- The Florida Space Grant Consortium, Texas Space Grant Consortium, NASA, and FSRI co-sponsored a national student design competition for a Mars greenhouse. Finalists, including teams from the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida, gathered at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport on May 14-15 for the selection of a winning design. A University of Colorado team took top honors. The "Red Thumb" Aerospace Senior Design team received First Place in NASA's MarsPort Deployable Mars Greenhouse Design Competition held at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 14th and 15th. Team members included seniors Bob Gjestvang, Aaron Frey, Ryan Ries, Colleen Higgans, Kate Atkinson, Sara Lewandowski, Shawn Bockstahler, PhD student Jim Clawson, and faculty advisor David Klaus.