Welcome to NASA International Space Apps Challenge-Tacoma Local Event!
NASA Space Apps is an international hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, entrepreneurs, and others around the world, where teams engage with the NASA’s free and open data to creatively address real-world problems on Earth and in space. Space Apps is a NASA-led global initiative and the largest hackathon organized in collaboration with universities, schools, and industries.
The 2-3 Oct 2021 event will be held virtually, building upon last years successful virtual event!
FAQ
Q. Who is invited?
A. Anyone who is interested. Invitations are being publicized to Tacoma School District, UW-Tacoma, PLU, UPS, St Martin's U, University Place School District, Lakewood School District, Puyallup and Fife School District as well as key local IT departments, and to the general public.
Q. Is there an age restriction?
A. Attendees under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Attendees over the age of 90 should be accompanied by their children.
Q. Where, how and when do I sign up?
A. You can sign-up-now to put your email address on the mailing list. The registration for the event will become available 15-July. There will be a shiny 'Register' button available on this page for Tacoma. There is more information in the participant faq.
Q. What should I do now in preparation for the event?
A. There is a space.apps.tacoma Facebook page to publicize monthly discussions leading up to the event and you can join a meetup dedicated to space data hackers. Further, check out the 2019, 2020, and 2021 boot camp on the youtube channel .
Q. Is there a document I can share with my colleagues?
A. Here is an invitation to local leaders pdf
Q. Will there be virtual collaboration tools / services provided by the local event host?
A. No. It is tempting to roll our own solution, however, it would be best for each team to use the virtual tools with which they have become accustomed or which may be mandated. For example a grade school team may be required to maintain certain security measures with students. It will be very helpful to do at least one test run prior to the event to make sure all team members have the expected features working, including headsets, microphones, screen-sharing, project read/write permissions, etc.
Local event coordinator
Joe Devlin
Want to help volunteer with this event? Please connect with northdecoder#2610 in the code-tacoma Discord at link.