Two Coimbatore boys head to Nasa for prestigious meet

Rohan M Ganapathy, a student of Hindustan College in the city and a native of Ooty, and his friend Shakthi Guhan will be the only students from across the world to attend the prestigious Global Space Exploration Conference.

Their papers, which they submitted eight months ago online to International Aeronautical Federation, has been chosen for presentation at the world's most prestigious space meet, which is held once in five years at NASA headquarters.

Of the 2,100 papers submitted from 88 scientists and PhDs, Rohan and Shakthi are the only students to enter the conference. Their paper on finding water in Jupiter's moon and life in Saturn's moon entitled 'Technology Challenges of Europa and Titan Exploration Mission' was chosen for presentation at the meet. Europa is Jupiter's moon and Titan is Saturn's moon.