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World Space Week 2006
Science in the Café: Putting Singaporean on the Moon by 2050 was the inaugural event of WSW 2006, held on 4 October at the Singapore Science
Centre. The session was co-hosted by Singapore Science Centre and students of the Diploma in Business Process and Systems Engineering, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore. The café provided an interesting forum
for interaction between the participants from all walks of life. The discussions were lively, thought provoking and also included the participant's views about Singapore's quest for space exploration.
Singapore Science Centre also hosted several events commemorating WSW. These include an astronomy workshop conducted by the Astronomical Society of
Singapore (TASOS) at the Observatory on 6 and 13 October. Also on offer were Space Simulator rides, Omni Theatre movie on Mars entitled "Roving Mars," as well as workshops at the Robotic Learning Centre for
designing rovers for exploring the Martian surface and the rocket workshops.
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