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more than 20 years ago americans had a

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the world's fascination with space took

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on a whole new dimension as neil

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armstrong stepped from the eagle onto

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the lunar soil a quarter of a million

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miles away

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people everywhere watched breathlessly

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in 1981 history was once again rewritten

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as the space shuttle columbia roared

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from the launch pad on its maiden voyage

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allowing people and payloads to be put

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into space and returned safely to earth

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today space is no longer the final

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frontier but a stepping stone to a new

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era a new era in space transportation

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space development exploration and

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excellence in education is more

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important than ever as nasa continues

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space shuttle operations and development

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of a permanently manned space station

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the space station freedom will extend

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human presence beyond earth orbit and

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nasa's goal of leadership in space must

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extend well into the 21st century

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such research and development depends on

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a well-educated workforce

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action must be taken now to ensure that

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our youth are equipped with the tools

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between now and the year 2000 for the

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first time in history the majority of

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all new jobs will require more than a

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high school education in fact the

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national science foundation has

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predicted a shortage of some 675

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000 scientists and engineers by the year

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at the john c stennis space center in

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we are committed to nasa's educational

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education

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bring more prestige to the teaching

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profession and increase awareness of the

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impact science and technology will have

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drawing on the inspiration and

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intellectual excitement inherent in the

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aerospace program stennis space center

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is able to enrich the study of social

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sciences physical sciences and

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mathematics at all levels of education

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through the visitor center the teacher

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resource center and special workshops

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for educators and students

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of special interest to all educators and

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students is dennis space center's

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visitor center open seven days a week

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the visitor center offers a wide range

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of exhibits and models geared to

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stimulate interest in space science a

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walk through the hall of achievements

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chronicles the history of stennis space

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center and gives the missions and

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projects of the 18 resident agencies

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you can stand next to a full-scale model

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of a space shuttle main engine and an

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actual apollo command module

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displays include a moon rock collected

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by the crew of apollo 15 a space suit

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during the apollo 13 mission and a scale

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model of the space station freedom

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spacesuit demonstrations and aerospace

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lectures are held in the visitor center

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auditorium to enlighten teachers and

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students about life in space

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in 1985 stennis space center created the

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teacher resource center to provide

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educators of all grade levels with an

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instructional materials suitable for use

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the teacher resource center contains a

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wealth of information

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including publications reference books

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these materials reflect nasa research

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such curriculum areas as life science

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also find reference materials on nasa

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information on other state and federal

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sponsors specialized educational

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recently workshops were held for first

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classroom activities and programs to

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scientists engineers and educational

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specialists teachers are also instructed

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conjunction with the state department of

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the state of mississippi a special

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the actual participation of the teachers

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functions and map reading the

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the sky in order to feel the same forces

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principles of aerodynamics as the

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concentrated effort to move walk grasp

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physical scientist they dove into the

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challenges and deal with the frustration

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of piecing together a puzzle

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they're loving everything

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workshop the teachers along with their

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families toured stennis space center to

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vibration was so great open your mouth

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these moms and dads who happen to teach

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get back to the classroom and share

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everything that they've told us is on a

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level that we can understand and in turn

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would like to share all this information

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with my peers one of the main objectives

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of this program was to do staff

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of mississippi if we don't start sharing

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then we're really missing out on the

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vote this week we've gotten

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i think the kids in mississippi are

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really lucky because there's a whole

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bunch of wonderful teachers down here

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who have given up summertime who've

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given up jobs to be here to learn about

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the space program and i guarantee you

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the mississippi is going to be far

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better off for it we are capable of

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accomplishing wonderful things but only

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if we can attract and develop future

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generations of the most talented

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