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<font size=6><b>ATTENTION: STEM Majors<br><br>
Plan ahead...NASA Summer Academy for Space Exploration in
</font><font size=6 color="#FF0000">Summer 2008<br><br>
</font><font color="#000066">Program Introduction<br>
</b></font>The NASA Ames Academy is a unique summer institute of higher
learning whose goal is to help guide future leaders of the U.S.Space
Program by giving them a glimpse of how the whole system works. The
success of the Space Program results from the interaction of government,
academia, and the private sector, each playing a critical and different
role in the 49-year-old civil program. Responsibilities overlap, leaders
migrate from one sector to another and interdependence changes with each
new administration.<br><br>
NASA's Charter, written in the 1958 Space Act, gives NASA the main role
of using and exploring space for the betterment of humankind. Congress
and the President have both supported and restrained NASA as its programs
have evolved. President John F. Kennedy's vision of putting a man on the
Moon within the decade included much more than the Apollo spectacular of
newspaper fame. After Apollo's success, NASA has constantly sought to
redefine its goals and fine tune its schedule every year seeking a budget
to match its imagination. We have explored most of the planets, measured
the solar system, flown humans in long term endurance missions and short
term operational missions, invented new technology and trained
Congress,teachers, students, business people, and engineers, developing a
whole new generation familiar with the expertise of the "Space
Age."<br><br>
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<font color="#000066"><b>Student Eligibility</b></font>
<ul>
<li>Demonstrated interest in the Space Program
<li>Demonstrated Leadership Qualities
<li>Enrolled as a junior, senior, or graduate student (as of June 1 of
the program year)
<li>Maintain an overall B plus average (minimum)
<li>Majoring in science (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.), math,
engineering, computer science, or other areas of interest to the space
program
<li>Be a US citizen or permanent resident (as of June 1, 2007)
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<font color="#000080"><b>Contact Information <br>
</b></font>NASA Academy information is obtained through these
sources:<br>
<a href="http://www.nasa-academy.nasa.gov/">
http://www.nasa-academy.nasa.gov/</a><br>
<a href="http://academy.arc.nasa.gov/" eudora="autourl">
http://academy.arc.nasa.gov<br>
</a>Tel: (650) 604-6746<br>
EMAIL:
<a href="mailto:dohandley@mail.arc.nasa.gov">
dohandley@mail.arc.nasa.gov</a><br><br>
Dr. Douglas A. O'Handley<br>
NASA Ames Research Center<br>
T20G - 2<br>
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000<br><br>
<font size=5 color="#FF0000"><b>Applications for the Academy programs are
available on-line beginning in October. Check the Academy home page at
either of the addresses above for the application availability and due
dates<br><br>
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<font face="Garamond" size=4 color="#000080"><b>Leslie Bushong<br>
</b></font><font color="#000080">Staff Director<br>
California Teach-Science/Mathematics Initiative (CaTEACH-SMI) <br>
1104 Pierce Hall<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
voice: (951) 827-4970<br>
fax: (951) 827-4971<br>
website:
<a href="http://smi.ucr.edu/" eudora="autourl">http://smi.ucr.edu<br><br>
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