a real space-age adventure is coming to
the coast over a hundred and
thirty-eight schools in a four-county
area will be participating it's called
post encounters a space-age adventure
and science literacy many coastwide
events are scheduled including astronaut
appearances and space exhibits at area
malls there will be a math and science
quiz bowl and sand sculpture and poster
contests guest lecturers will visit area
schools and civic organizations and
watch for a spectacular air show along
the beach from Bay st. Louis the
Pascagoula
for more information on how you can get
involved in this educational coastline
community program have your teacher
called Stennis Space Center at 60 1688
3429 the important thing I think it is
first press conference is over to get
the education people up okay that is
it's not as important to get the
politicians they can you know we can
invite that to the luncheon that's right
take away and ask you we got to get
these educators I cannot rely on with
work you want to invite the school board
to gym i'll invite school boards and
general is fresh named president can
tell it's not a Washington 1 2 pitch go
board to provide a vehicle and mechanism
to promote involvement in education by
business and industry on the coast and
this is the key
it's really great for me to see how much
at first we have space in it down
the 14 of 18 to 20 year olds who
represents the college join group are
declining that's all I'm spero declining
and it probably is going to buy our own
is not using begin to grow up again I
think it would be easy to find
astronauts astronauts are really a
pretty small for Santa Barbara corset
but for everyone astronaut we've had
three thousand other people working now
that's right now if if we have to go to
Mars we decide to go to Mars we're going
to get even more those numbers could
double or triple do astronauts for me to
know we able to start now to make sure
our children are well educated in
history and english and especially math
and science so that they're ready to
take over our space program when we
value the solar system you know by one
estimate it takes ten thousand high
school students expressing an interest
in a science or engineering major to
assure us of 20 men and women who will
go on to receive doctoral degrees and I
hope that each student touched by Coast
encounters will consider a career in
science or technology and that some of
them consider returning the classroom as
teachers to inspire a new generation for
the future
did you ever think that you would see a
piece of the moon this close up I know I
never thought about so it doesn't quite
look like cheese they will want to eat
do you know that people used to say that
the moon look like green cheese miss
everything you don't believe in that
good for you you're smart