[YAPA] Fwd: [osaapt] Fwd: [cssa-l] Suborbital flight opportunity and summer workshops for STEM teachers

[Richard Zitto]

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On 2/23/11 5:40 PM, Myra West wrote:
> This may be of interest to our high school physics teachers.
> 
> Myra West
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Edward Wright <edward.v.wright at teachersinspace.org>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:23:39 -0600
> Subject: [cssa-l] Suborbital flight opportunity and summer workshops
> for STEM teachers
> To: CSSA-L <cssa-l at mail.aapt.org>
> 
> This is the Discussion List for the AAPT Committee on Space Science
> and Astronomy.
> 
> In the summer of 2011, Teachers in Space will offer high-school
> STEM teachers the chance to build flight experiments for an early 
unmanned
> flight of a suborbital reusable launch vehicle (RLV).
> 
> The Excelsior STEM mission is a historic opportunity for
> high-school teachers to gain hands-on experience with space-science
> hardware. In the past, NASA has conducted build/fly workshops that 
enabled
> teachers and students to fly experiments on sounding rockets and
> high-altitude balloons. Unfortunately, such flight opportunities are 
rare
> and expensive.
> 
> The United States is about to enter a new era in space exploration.
> Companies like Masten Space Systems, Armadillo Aerospace, XCOR 
Aerospace,
> and Virgin Galactic developing suborbital reusable launch vehicles -- 
fully
> reusable rocketships -- that will bring about a revolution in frequent,
> low-cost access to space.
> 
> Suborbital RLVs will provide reliable and affordable flight 
opportunities
> for scientists, teachers, and students. In a few years, students flying
> experiments in space will become commonplace -- as common as 
high-school
> science fairs. At the moment, however, these vehicles are still in the 
early
> stages of development. The Excelsior STEM mission was conceived to 
provide
> teachers with a unique early flight opportunity during this phase of
> experimentation. By introducing teachers to the next generation of 
space
> hardware at an early stage, we hope to train and inspire educational 
leaders
> who will open the door for many more education flights in the future.
> 
> The Excelsior STEM mission mission will fly on a vehicle built and 
operated
> by Masten Space Systems, based at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, 
CA.
> High-school teachers will build experiments for the mission during a
> Suborbital Flight Experiment Workshop that takes place August 1-5 at 
the
> NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s AERO Institute in Palmdale, CA.
> 
> The workshop is being developed under a cooperative agreement between
> Teachers in Space and NASA. NASA Ames Research Center is helping to 
develop
> educational experiment kits that teachers will assemble during the 
workshop.
> 
> The Suborbital Flight Experiment Workshop is just one of several
> professional-development opportunities Teachers in Space is offering in
> 2011. Teachers in Space will also offer a Space Medicine and Human 
Factors
> workshop, to take place at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 
Daytona
> Beach FL, and three Suborbital Astronautics Workshops to take place in
> Daytona Beach, Dallas TX, and Palmdale, CA.
> 
> The workshops will be offered at no charge to teachers. Low-cost 
subsidized
> housing will be available for workshop participants. A limited number 
of
> travel stipends will be available to defray the cost of meals and
> transportation. Application deadline is April 15 but may close early 
based
> on the number and quality of applications we have received.
> 
> 
> Additional information and workshop applications can be found at:
> 
> 
> www.teachersinspace.org/workshops.htm
> 
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R J Zitto  Physics Instructor-retired
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Physics & Astronomy Dept
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