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For the second time, two students from a private high school in Tacloban City will be representing the Philippines to the Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) Water Rocket Competition to be held this November at Melbourne, Australia.

Julius Dacuycoy and Edward Louie Chua of Asia Development Foundational College (ADFC) bested 23 other schools to proceed to the international event and compete with 20 other countries in Asia and the Pacific in the APRSAF Water Rocket Competition.

ADFC was also the Philippine representative to the last APRSAF Water Rocket Competition held in Bangkok, Thailand in February this year.

Besides representing the country to the APRSAF Water Rocket Competition, the ADFC students also took home a certificate and a gift pack from Kraft Asia.

The National Water Rocket Competition was held at the Marikina Riverbanks Center in cooperation with the Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology, the DOST-Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration, and the Department of Education during the 2010 World Space Week (WSW) celebration.

This year’s competition challenged students to land their rockets inside a specific target. Students were to launch their rocket from a 60-meter distance and should land it within a three-meter radius from the target.

Rockets that land beyond the radius are not given scores. Schools are allowed two launches to try to land their rockets within the range of the target.

ADFC was the only school to land their rocket within the range, successfully setting their rocket down 2.65 meters from the target.

Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) Director Dr. Ester B. Ogena said the department annually conducts the water rocket launching competition as part of the World Space Week celebration to provide a venue for students, teacher and educators to learn more about space science.

“Competitions are great venues for our students to put their best foot forward and exercise their excellence and skill. Through this contest, we are able to identify students who have the knack for science who in turn could be provided the adept training to develop their full potential and eventually, provide the science and technology backbone of the Philippines,” she said.

DOST-SEI, as designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is the focal point for the space education program and related activities in the Philippines.

Ogena said space science plays a major role in preparing the people during major calamities and avert disasters in large scale.

“As we explore the Philippines and beyond, space science plays a major role in making us understand the things we see and the things we do not see,” she said.

Ogena pledged that DOST-SEI would be at the forefront of making the people appreciate the value of space education in the country.

“It is our firm commitment to put forward the importance of space science in our daily lives. We are optimistic that soon, the Philippines shall be at par with other countries in space science,” she said.

The 31-member APRSAF was established in 1993 in response to the declaration adopted by the Asia-Pacific International Space Year Conference (APIC) in 1992 to enhance the development of each country's space program and to exchange views toward future cooperation in space activities in the Asia-Pacific region.  - source: PNA

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