Normally we don't like to divert readers' attention from this blog. But the North American Solar Challenge -- a 2,400-mile odyssey from Plano, Texas, to Calgary -- is about to begin, and we want you to follow along and cheer on this dedicated group of Missouri S&T students.
Missouri S&T's entry, Solar Miner VI, qualified for the third position. That means the team will leave Plano at 9:02 a.m. Sunday, July 13, behind the universities of Michigan and Minnesota. All three schools have won the challenge before -- S&T's last trip to the winner's circle being 2003.
You can follow the action on two different blogs: Experience This! (the student design center blog, where Bob Phelan will post updates and photos) and the Solar Miner VI blog, where two communications staffers -- Visions blogger Lance Feyh and video guy Tom Shipley -- will post the latest words and moving pictures from the road. You can also chart the team's progress throughout the race at Solar42.mst.edu.
