Space VidVision Contest to Judge Best YouTube Space Video Essays

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Friday, July 4, 2008 Source: Space Frontier Foundation - Comments

This Fall, enter your short video online - top prize is $2000 cash!

Nyack, NY - July 3, 2008 What's your opinion on the future of U.S. human spaceflight? Should astronauts be going back to the moon, or on to Mars? Can robots do everything that people can? Will the growing NewSpace industry dominate human space activities? Should we be exploring space at all? Your short video response, posted on YouTube.com, could win you $2,000.

The creators of the 2008 Space VidVision Contest are awarding that top prize, as well as $1000 and $500 for second and third place, for the best videos that answer the question, "What should the future of American human spaceflight be?" The contest is being co- sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation and SpaceContest.org, two grassroots advocacy groups. They hope the contest will to stimulate discussion about space, especially with this year's elections and major changes coming at NASA.

"We're looking for the best arguments for or against sending people into space, or for changing current plans," said contest organizer Greg Zsidisin. "We're looking for videos that make a really compelling case for what the future should bring."

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