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... , you're paying that out all the time. Laughter The cost for the vehicle is minor . Don't talk about the fuel and saving this and saving a few hours here ... said, “Get involved in some of that sort of thing.” I was still kind of hiding. So I did a master’s of public administration, actually pretty much in political science ... NASA money. We give it to the students for scholarships. We have a space studies minor and a complete program within this. The extra money that’s been coming through, we ...

... said, “Get involved in some of that sort of thing.” I was still kind of hiding. So I did a master’s of public administration, actually pretty much in political science ... for two years and put together a space studies minor. We are the only undergraduate institution in the United States that does a minor in space studies. So we took the NASA money. We give it to the students for scholarships. We have a space studies minor and a complete program within this. The extra money that’s been coming through, we ...

... bunch of kids to take a walk, float in weightlessness, do triple flips and play hide and seek on the Moon. They imagine being on spaceships surrounded by threatening aliens and ... before we go running off to explore the stars or move to Mars. A pessimistic minority of high school students sees interest in space exploration waning, predicting that space will be ... failure of space programs. They do not hear a call to explore. In this pessimistic minority, it is interesting to note that some of the more articulate students find themselves caught ...

... Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST) enabled astronomers to see G35 where it hides -- inside a dark, dense, interstellar dust cloud -- by collecting infrared light escaping the cloud. ... . The period of performance will not exceed five years. The agreement covers NASA's Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP) and the Space Grant Program, which provide internship ...

... , which was converted into oxygen molecules. "This explains where some of the oxygen might be hiding," said Goldsmith. "But we didn't find large amounts of it, and still don't ... a whole new set of wavelengths where the tell-tale signature of oxygen may be hiding." Herschel is a European Space Agency cornerstone mission, with science instruments provided by consortia of ...

... NASA work force were scientists and engineers. Of these, 3.4% were minorities, while the nationwide percentage of minorities in this category was 3.5%, and these persons were in high demand ... professional positions. In addition NASA would help increase the availability of technically trained women and minority members by NASA's cooperative education program and by initiating an aerospace fellowship program. . . Mrs ...

... Release 74-33)'' NASA's shrinking work force and the relatively few available women and minority engineers and scientists were responsible for the agency's admittedly poor record on equal employment ... that the agency was not moving fast enough to hire women and minority workers and that NASA's proportion of minority employees was the lowest in the Government. Despite the difficulties, NASA ...

... . Black Engineer (USBE) Magazine on his past and current experience, commitment, and achievements in promoting minority advancement in the aerospace field. He detailed how in his long career in rising through ... improve their research and competitive capability while expanding education and training opportunities for women and minorities. The funding would enable states to develop an academic research enterprise for long-term, self ...

... . Goldin presented awards to three minority contractors at NASA's annual Minority Business and Advocates Awards Ceremony. RS Information Services (RSIS), based in McLean, Virginia, won Minority Contractor of the Year; Rigging and ... -Owned Business of the Year. In addition, NASA recognized advocates for innovative approaches to using minority- and women-owned businesses, awarding NASA's Exceptional Achievement Medal to Kenneth Martindale and Rodney ...

... virtual interactive educational sessions focusing on NASA technical challenges and competitions. The agency's new Minority Innovation Challenges Institute, or MICI, will kick-off a series of year-round sessions with ... build the pipeline of future scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians, said Carl Person, NASA's minority university research and education programs manager. "It will help us educate and inspire more underrepresented ...

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