[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7272]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING THE STUDENT ENGINEERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE 
          FOR WINNING NASA'S 15TH ANNUAL GREAT MOONBUGGY RACE

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                          HON. BRAD ELLSWORTH

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 29, 2008

  Mr. ELLSWORTH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the 
student engineers at the University of Evansville for winning first 
place in NASA's 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race.
  The race is held each year to honor the ingenuity and creative 
problem-solving of the designers of the original lunar rover used 
during the Apollo Moon missions in the 1970s.
  The University of Evansville team defeated 24 teams to win the 
college division competition. Their moonbuggy completed a half-mile 
course designed to replicate lunar ground conditions in 4 minutes and 
25 seconds.
  These students represent America's next generation of scientists, 
mathematicians, and engineers. I have no doubts that their ingenuity, 
creativity, and dedication to discovery will result in creative 
solutions to many of the challenges America faces after they leave the 
University of Evansville. Congratulations!

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