You are about to embark on an extraordinary mission into the realm of space exploration. This is your living briefing. It stays current, so check back here rather than digging through email. Everything you need before Houston is below.
Six things every crew operates by. Read them before you fly.
Each team selects a PM. The PM is your team's line of communication and the backbone of how you collaborate under constraint.
HASSE assigns each team a unique presentation topic. Bring creativity and energy. Make yours stand out.
Your team creates a private space company around a space-architecture project. The most innovative team wins the HASSE Innovation Excellence Award from the International Space Architecture Center.
The team that shows the strongest teamwork, punctuality, and proactive engagement, and earns the most points across the program, takes the HASSE Academic Excellence Award.
Submit your team's mission patch to edu@theHASSE.org before departure, and bring two printed color copies to Houston.
+10 bonus pointsLike Charlie Duke, who left a family photo on the Moon during Apollo 16, bring one item of sentimental value. It must fit your bag and measure about 10cm × 10cm × 10cm.
Four teams. One mission. Your Group Manager and Project Manager keep the crew moving.
Before every crewed flight, astronauts work with a designer to create a patch that represents their mission and crew. Now it is your turn.
Imagine you are an astronaut crew on a future mission. What will you accomplish? What experiments will you run? What will you encounter? Your patch should carry a picture of your mission and launch vehicle, one sentence summarizing your objective, the full names of every team member, and your mission number (Generation 76 is written as G76).
Each team delivers its assigned topic to the other crews. You are judged on four things.
Keep your audience with you. Use models, props, costumes, visuals, a skit, a game show, music, or dance. Traditional lecturing is discouraged. All presentations are delivered in English. Anything past 11 minutes loses marks and may be muted by Mission Control.
Set your anchor before you fly. Answer these, save your sheet, and submit it to your Group Manager to earn your team one point. All answers stay confidential.
Points are earned throughout the program. The team with the most at the end takes the HASSE Academic Excellence Award.
Be on time and present. Show teamwork and excellence in your work. Take initiative and engage in class.
One member presents each session. Write a 300 to 600 word Space Log in English: what you learned, your goal for the week ahead, the support you need from your crew, and who you want to thank.
up to 6 pointsPrepare a two-minute speech from your Space Log. Be creative. Inspire your crew. Group Managers grade each one.
Documents, payment, your intro video, the health form, packing. One place, always current, tracked. This briefing tells you the mission. Mission Control gets you ready for it.
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