{"id":328,"date":"2007-11-29T17:41:22","date_gmt":"2007-11-29T21:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=328"},"modified":"2008-08-05T19:55:53","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T23:55:53","slug":"328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=328","title":{"rendered":"Space Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science is a hands-on field of study. Kids need to do it to learn it. That’s where Space Week comes in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Becoming the next generation of NASA astronauts was a goal on the minds of many of the 700 Brevard County sixth-graders who came out for the first day of Brevard Space Week at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.<\/p>\n

The event, in its fifth year, teaches students about the importance and fun of math and science by showing how the subjects come alive at NASA.<\/p>\n

Space Week is sponsored by NASA Education, Brevard Schools Foundation, Delaware North Parks and Resorts and Florida Chapter of the National Space Club. The program costs about $100,000 but the money comes from grants and donations by local businesses and technology companies and not the district budget, said Ed Short, the district’s elementary science resource teacher.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Shuttle astronaut Jon McBride presented an overview of Project Constellation, explaining how Orion, the new crew exploration vehicle — as well as the Ares 1 and Ares 5 rockets — will take astronauts and supplies to the moon.<\/p>\n

McBride reminded students that they could be the commanders of these missions, but only if they focus on their education.<\/p>\n

“You only get one chance,” he said. “These six or seven years are very important. Don’t mess it up.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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