The essay contest won space travel tickets

Spaceship Earth Grants (SEG) - a community benefit organization and member of Buckminster Fuller Institute has just launched a contest to award space travel tickets to 1 in 50,000 candidates. With a jury of former NASA astronauts, space industry experts, cosmic enthusiasts, this new program aims to raise funds and call for support from the community. to bring ordinary citizens into space.

The winner will be awarded a space trip provided by space travel companies such as Virgin Galatic or Space Adventures at the time the award is announced.

Accompanying the main prize will be a training course at SEG's Star Harbor space training institute and all trip costs including travel expenses by plane from the country / state where the person Winners are living to the departure place, the cost of eating, traveling on the ground and other extra costs.

Applicants must be at least 18 years old and to participate. The first thing the candidate needs to do is to create an account on SEG's website and then write a short essay (maybe with a 90-second video) that answers the question: "You will use How is this experience to make ourselves, our community and our planet better? " In response to this question, the candidate will formulate the first choice criterion for his performance in communicating the benefits of the program to the judges.

SEG said that in order to commit to giving this opportunity to a large number of candidates from different cultures and economies, the application fee will apply depending on the economic condition of the country in which you are living. When participating in the contest, you will have to pay a non-refundable fee of 15 to 90 USD. Fees collected from candidates will raise funds for SEG trips and training programs.

In addition to the competition, SEG also plans to award a trip to the atmosphere in parabolic orbit to bring a zero-gravity experience to 50 of the first 5,000 candidates. These people will also receive a $ 500 discount when participating in the space travel training program at Star Harbor, Planetary Society's 1-year membership account and an applicant certification card with their personal identification number SEG Crew ID .

The deadline to register for the program will end on December 31, 2014 and according to SEG's open international policy, submissions can be submitted in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Arabic, Russian or Mandarin Chinese. From January 5 to February 28, 2015, SEG will also hold a media race campaign (Media Rally Period) to encourage candidates to use social networks to attract attention and support. Support for your test.

The list of finalists will be announced on March 2, 2015 and the winners will be announced on April 12 - the 54th anniversary of the first time people fly into space. .

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