To win the public voting part of the competition, the trio of 17-year-old juniors took to social media to raise awareness of their project. On Sunday, the girls were in first place with 78 percent of the vote, according to Blavity.com. But that’s when a group of users from 4chan —an anonymous Internet forum whose members have been known to spew racist and homophobic comments ― targeted the girls, according to the Washington Post. The trollish targeting was successful enough that NASA felt obliged on Sunday to suspend the public voting. A panel of judges will make the final determination of who will win the top prize: A trip to NASA headquarters.

Source: Huffington Post May 03, 2018 21:33 UTC