Learners win big at NASA’s International Space Settlement Design Competition

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A group of Cape Town high school learners won the International Space Settlement Design Competition at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Walt Disney World Resort recently. Two of them joined us in studio today.

This is the first time an African team has competed in the competition’s 42-year history, and they won it at the first attempt. They were selected at South Africa’s first national space design competition, held at UCT in March, where 109 learners from nine schools took part.

 

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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