Hawaiian High School Students to Design Experiments for Moon Flight
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Here is a note published day (02/28) in the "Parabolic
Arc" site, noting that Hawaiian High School Students to design experiments for Moon Flight.
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Hawaiian
High School Students to
Design Experiments for Moon Flight
February 28, 2015, at 10:41
am
(Credit: PISCES)
Iolani School’s Moon RIDERS team.
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HILO, Hawaii (PISCES PR) – The Pacific
International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) is pleased to
announce the two Hawaii high schools chosen for the Moon RIDERS student lunar
flight experiment!
Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona on
Hawaii Island, and `Iolani School in Honolulu on Oahu, have been selected to
participate in the unprecedented student project to develop, build, test, and
fly a real-life lunar experiment to the surface of the Moon!
The announcement was made Feb. 20 during
a joint press conference held at both school campuses featuring video messages
from Gov. David Ige and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard congratulating the students and
praising the project’s initiative in promoting STEM (science, technology,
engineering, and math) education and workforce development in the State of
Hawaii.
The keynote speakers included PISCES
Executive Director Rob Kelso, lead NASA scientist for the experiment’s
technology, Dr. Carlos Calle, DOE Superintendent Kathy Matayoshi, Kealakehe
Principal Wilfred Murkami, and `Iolani Head of School, Dr. Timothy Cottrell.
Representatives shared messages of congratulations and support for Sen. Mazie
Hirono and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. - See more at: http://www.parabolicarc.com/2015/02/28/hawaiian-high-school-students-design-experiments-moon-flight/#sthash.IYoeS5nU.dpuf
(Credit: PISCES)
Kealakehe High School’s ‘Moon RIDERS’ team.
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Student project leaders from both
schools presented impressive and inspiring talks detailing their vision and
experience working with the Moon RIDERS collaborative project.
Students have been hard at work since
the Fall of 2014, building mock-up spacecrafts to house the technology to be
tested. The experiment involves a NASA-developed technology called EDS
(Electrodynamic Dust Shield) – a system that generates an electric current to
repel the harmful and corrosive dust particles found on the Moon from external
surfaces like spacesuits and spacecrafts.
The students will test their mock-up
spacecrafts equipped with the EDS at a PISCES analogue test site in March 2015
to ensure their readiness for launch. The experiment is expected to leave the
launchpad in late 2016 aboard a Google Lunar XPRIZE team spacecraft.
The two schools were chosen for their
merit as leading educational institutions in the State of Hawaii. Kealakehe was
chosen by the State Superintendent of Hawaii’s Department of Education to
represent all Hawaii public schools. `Iolani was selected for its standing as a
top private school with advanced facilities. Both schools possess exemplary
robotics programs supportive of the Moon RIDERS initiative tasking students
with developing and building the experiment.
Stay tuned for more details about this
exciting PISCES STEM project!
Check out PICTURES of the teams at work
HERE.
Find out more about the Moon RIDERS
project HERE.
U.S. Congressional Support for Moon
RIDERS
Through this project, these students have
the opportunity to make history to become the first high schools to conduct an
experiment on the lunar surface. This project is a reminder of the strength of
public-private partnerships; that by working togher, we can aspire to greater
accomplishments. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono
This historic opportunity to participate
in our nation’s return to the moon’s surface is the kind of responsible
cultivation of Hawaii’s future that ensures that our community continues to be
the great place we call home. – U.S. Representative Mark Takai
“Moon RIDERS” allows students to
collaborate with experts and major space research institutions and hone in on
their interests and passions. – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
Source:
Website of Parabolic Arc - http://www.parabolicarc.com
Comentário: Pois é leitor, ações como esta só é possível em sociedades que estão comprometidas com o futuro. Enquanto isto no Brasil o órgão
que supostamente deveria direcionar todas as atividades espaciais do país,
inclusive as da área educacional, não o faz, e quando supostamente faz algo,
como no caso dos eventos que foram criados nas áreas de Espaçomodelismo e de
Cansats, não demora muito para cair na realidade de sua incompetência cancelando-os
sem dar qualquer explicação a Sociedade Brasileira. Sinceramente fica muito difícil realizar algo
no espaço num universo tão complicado como este vivido por todos que se interessam no Brasil por este importante e crucial setor do conhecimento humano. Lamentável Sr.
Braga Coelho, extremamente lamentável.
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