Great
Moonbuggy Race
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High
School Division
First
Place - Erie High School Team II, Erie, Kansas
Second
Place - Huntsville Center for Technology Team
II, Huntsville, Alabama
Third
Place - Huntsville Center for Technology Team
I, Huntsville, Alabama
First
Place Best Design - Erie High School Team I,
Erie, Kansas
Second
Place Best Design, and Best Spirit -
Scotlandville
Magnet High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Pits
Crew Award for ingenuity and persistence in
overcoming challenges - Niles Homeschool Hub in Niles,
Michigan
Most
Unique Buggy - Alexandria High School, Alexandria,
Alabama
Safety
Systems Award for best safeguarding moonbuggy
drivers - German Space Education Institute, Leipzig,
Germany
Rookie
Award for fastest time among newcomers to the
race - Puerto Rico High School, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Most
Improved - Lima Senior High School Team II,
Lima, Ohio
Other
high school participants:
Saks
High School, Anniston, Alabama
East Limestone High School, Athens, Alabama
Fairhope High School (two teams), Fairhope, Alabama
Elk Valley High School, Longton, Kansas
Carlisle County High School, Bardwell, Kentucky
Calloway County High School, Murray, Kentucky
Murray High School (two teams), Murray, Kentucky
Pinewood Preparatory School, Summerville, North Carolina
Soddy-Daisy High School, Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee
College
Division
First
Place - Evansville University, Evansville,
Indiana
Second Place - Murray State University,
Murray, Kentucky
Third
Place - Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Most
Original Design - Delhi College Engineering
Team I, Delhi, India
Best
Design - Pittsburg State University, Pittsburgh,
Kansas
Best
Spirit- University of Central Florida, Orlando,
Florida
Pits
Crew Award for ingenuity and persistence in
overcoming challenges - Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio
Most
Unique Buggy – Middle Tennessee State University
Team I, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Safety
Systems Award for best safeguarding moonbuggy
drivers – Delhi College of Engineering Team II, Delhi,
India, and Middle Tennessee State University Team I,
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Rookie
Award for fastest time among newcomers to the
race – Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Most
Improved –University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
"Crash
and Burn" prize for the racers that endure
the most spectacular vehicle breakdown - Middle Tennessee
State's Team I
Other
college and university participants:
Alabama
A&M University, Huntsville, Alabama
University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma
University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee
Christian Brothers University (two teams), Memphis,
Tennessee
a second team from Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Sponsors
of NASA's 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race (2008):
NASA's
Space Operations Mission Directorate, Northrop Grumman
Corp., Boeing Company, and Teledyne Brown Engineering
(all of Huntsville). Other contributors include the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics;
ATK Launch Systems, Inc.; CBS-TV affiliate WHNT (Ch.
19); Jacobs Engineering Science Technical Service Group;
Stanley Associates; Science Applications International
Corp.; the Tennessee Valley chapter of the System Safety
Society Inc.; the United Space Alliance, LLC; and the
U.S. Space & Rocket Center; ITT Corporation of Huntsville,
Alabama.