The Super Prizes An invitation to attend an Ariane rocket launch at the ESA Kourou Spaceport (French Guyana, South America) with associated benefits, e.g. meeting scientists and engineers. Kourou lies at latitude 5° 3', just over 500 km north of the equator. This makes it ideally placed for launches into geostationary transfer orbit as its closeness to the equator means that few changes have to be made to a satellite's trajectory. Geostationary means that the satellite doesn't move relative to the Eath's surface, i.e. it is always above the same point of the Earth's surface. Launchers also profit from the 'slingshot' effect (the energy created by the speed of the Earth's rotation around the axis of the Poles) as this increases the speed of the launcher by 460 m per second). Both these factors save fuel and money, and prolong the active life of satellites. For more information have a look at: http://www.esa.int/export/esaLA/spaceport.html A visit to the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Cerro Paranal (Chile, South America) with associated benefits, e.g. meeting scientists and engineers. ESO operates two state-of-the-art observatories, Paranal and La Silla. Cerro Paranal, a 2635 m high mountain (24° 37' S, 70° 24' W), is located in the northern part of Chile, 12 km from the Pacific coast, 130 km south of Antofagasta, 1200 km north of Santiago de Chile, and 600 km north of La Silla. This territory is within one of the driest areas of the world, the Atacama desert. As bad weather is the major enemy of Astronomers, ESO performed extensive climatic studies before chosing Cerro Paranal as the VLT site. Here are up to 350 clear nights per year. For more information have a look at: http://www.eso.org/paranal/