From Council for American Private Education (CAPE) October 2019 newsletter:
K-12 students have the opportunity to name NASA’s next Mars rover. According to the Department of Education, “Entries must include a proposed name for the rover and a short essay of 150 words or less explaining the reasons for the name. NASA will select 156 state winners (one from each state and age group), before narrowing down to the top 9 entries that will be part of a public poll. The grand prize winner who will name the rover will be selected and announced in spring of 2020.”
The deadline is November 1. Students can sign up and submit their entries for the competition at https://www.futureengineers.org/nametherover.
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