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alright who was the first American in

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space and see if you can tell me when

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raise your hand now I think it was Alan

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B Shepard in 1961 how many people have

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actually walked on the moon that's what

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people walked on then where was the

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first space shuttle launch and what was

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the main love him first space show was

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Columbia and it was launched in 1981

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here's another question why did the

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students in this classroom know so much

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about the space program the answer

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because the space program has made its

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way into this classroom a computer

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system called NASA's Space link connects

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these students with such things as space

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agency background information daily

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updates and news releases even lesson

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plans and other resources for teachers

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like Margaret Milton unless you use

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newspapers or current periodicals or

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something like space link there's no way

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for kids to have the correct information

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science and technology changing

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everything so quickly NASA hopes this

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program will address a growing national

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concern when these youngsters enter the

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workforce will there be enough trained

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scientists and engineers to meet an

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expanding need we are really facing a

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crisis former teacher Bill Anderson

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manages the space link program which is

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based at NASA's Marshall Space Flight

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Center in Huntsville Alabama he believes

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that linking the space program with

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classrooms today will pay off big in the

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years ahead third fourth and fifth

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grades middle school high school

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encourage them to continue studying math

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and science to show them how important

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it is and really how exciting it is

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that's why we feel like with program is

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exciting as the space program we we have

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an advantage and encouraging children to

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be interested in math and science and we

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feel like we need to do our part

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although primarily meant for schools the

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system is open to anyone interested in

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the space program all it takes is a

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personal computer a modem and a phone

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call to the marshall center when your

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computer connects with nasa space link

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user-friendly instructions will appear

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on your screen to help you register and

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use the system NASA space link is free

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but you'll owe your telephone company

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for any long distance calls in

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Huntsville this is mike harrington

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that first me then I can't remember it

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go to special

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maybe some of you know once the Hubble

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telescope is like what do you think we

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might be learning that we don't already

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know very good man I'm sure we'll find

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different planets and galaxies and stars