Thursday, July 27, 2006
Moscow: An Indian student was today honored with the first prize in a high-status international space science contest for his project on industrial extraction of oxygen from the lunar soil to commercialize space travel.
Kamal Tripuraneni's project 'A Greater Viability of Space Travel by the Lunar Generation of Oxygen via the FFC-Cambridge Process' has been judged as the best by an international jury of experts and awarded first prize of 'Robert A Heinlein Flight into the Future Contest,' a spokesman for the US-based trust that ways it said after appearance of awards here.
"The project of Indian student Kamal Tripuraneni, currently studying in Cambridge, would help in industrial extraction of oxygen and metals from the lunar soil to commercialize space travel," Dmitry Peison, secretary of the contest, said.
Along with $ 3,500 cash prize and diploma, Tripuraneni will also advantage from the international recognition of his work.
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