📍 Where: The PARI campus at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, NC 28772
📅 When: Friday, April 11th at 7:00 PM through Sunday, April 13th at 3:00 PM
🛏️ What: This registration covers lodging on Friday and Saturday nights and meals while attending the event
🙂 Who: This is for teams and individuals who want to participate in the entire Hack-A-Thon. The target audience is teams of high school aged students joined by a teacher or other adult leader, or students currently in college. Others may be eligible as well, see details below.
⚠️ Deadlines: You must register for meals by 3/31/2025 so we can order and receive food in time. Lodging is assigned on a first come, first served basis, so sooner is better.
You may register for just meals, just lodging, or a combination of both. You do not need to stay overnight at PARI or eat PARI provided meals to participate in the event.
Lodging is limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. Register early to ensure lodging will be available for your team.
This Hack-A-Thon is for teams ready to tackle big ideas in space exploration. If you believe you are up to the task of transforming a complex topic into a tool or experience that helps others understand and be inspired, this event is for you!
If you’re a teacher, gather up a team of students. If you’re a high school student, gather up some friends and a teacher. If you’re a college student, gather some friends. Then, register!
Your team will choose from a menu of space science related challenges to take on for the weekend. Most challenges will be related to developing creative ways to explain concepts in space science and human space exploration to others. For instance, you may create an interactive way to show people the composition of regolith from different regions on Mars, or a video game to allow people steer a space probe around an icy moon to catch particles from ice geysers. During the Hack-A-Thon you’ll create the best version you’re able, and the most inspiring teams could see their ideas turned into real exhibits that become part of a travelling model of part of the International Space Station.
If able, please register your whole team at once by adding multiple tickets to your cart. Contact us if you need to make changes later. Thank you!
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