Thursday, December 4, 2008
Huntsville hosting student rocket challenge
This sounds like fun!
" HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec 02, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA has invited 14 groups of ambitious young rocketeers from 11 middle schools, high schools and youth organizations around the country to light up the sky over North Alabama during NASA's 2008-2009 Student Launch Initiative rocketry challenge.
The rocketeering challenge will be held April 15-20, 2009, when student teams will converge on NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for a professional review of their rockets by NASA engineers. Day-long launch activities will take place at nearby Bragg Farms in Toney, Ala.
The annual event, which Marshall manages, is designed to inspire young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- fields important to NASA's exploration mission. "
More here:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/NASA-Invites-Young-Engineers-Alabama/story.aspx?guid={0720A059-8A70-4671-A23C-47F49EBC2268}
" HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec 02, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA has invited 14 groups of ambitious young rocketeers from 11 middle schools, high schools and youth organizations around the country to light up the sky over North Alabama during NASA's 2008-2009 Student Launch Initiative rocketry challenge.
The rocketeering challenge will be held April 15-20, 2009, when student teams will converge on NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for a professional review of their rockets by NASA engineers. Day-long launch activities will take place at nearby Bragg Farms in Toney, Ala.
The annual event, which Marshall manages, is designed to inspire young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- fields important to NASA's exploration mission. "
More here:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/NASA-Invites-Young-Engineers-Alabama/story.aspx?guid={0720A059-8A70-4671-A23C-47F49EBC2268}
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