1 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:07,019 good afternoon everyone this is our 2 00:00:11,909 --> 00:00:09,219 briefing to attempt to answer the 3 00:00:15,989 --> 00:00:11,919 question about why Mars excites and 4 00:00:18,900 --> 00:00:15,999 inspires us and here to give us some 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:18,910 answers to that is Leland Melvin the 6 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:20,890 NASA associate administrator for 7 00:00:28,010 --> 00:00:24,490 education Scott 8 00:00:30,540 --> 00:00:28,020 rather Clara MA a student at the 9 00:00:32,579 --> 00:00:30,550 Curiosity Shawnee Mission East High 10 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:32,589 School she is the NASA contest winner 11 00:00:40,229 --> 00:00:37,510 for naming the Curiosity rover Scott 12 00:00:42,869 --> 00:00:40,239 Anderson teacher and science department 13 00:00:46,849 --> 00:00:42,879 chairman for the davinci high school for 14 00:00:50,209 --> 00:00:46,859 science and the arts in El Paso Texas 15 00:00:54,649 --> 00:00:50,219 Laura Lyons graduate student at Harvard 16 00:00:58,110 --> 00:00:54,659 University and a first robotics alumni 17 00:01:00,450 --> 00:00:58,120 and Veronica McGregor manager of the 18 00:01:02,969 --> 00:01:00,460 media relations office for NASA's Jet 19 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:02,979 Propulsion Laboratory and we'll begin 20 00:01:07,470 --> 00:01:05,530 first with Leland Melvin thanks George 21 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:07,480 it's very excited to be here today 22 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:10,210 especially with you know educators with 23 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:12,730 students with scientists and engineers 24 00:01:18,390 --> 00:01:15,610 that are helping build and ship off this 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:18,400 wonderful rover Curiosity to Mars and I 26 00:01:22,380 --> 00:01:20,890 think about myself as a child what got 27 00:01:24,270 --> 00:01:22,390 me inspired and motivated become a 28 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:24,280 scientist and engineer and eventually an 29 00:01:28,650 --> 00:01:26,890 astronaut it was building developing 30 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:28,660 creating I mix these two dissimilar 31 00:01:34,230 --> 00:01:30,910 chemicals together and created the most 32 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:34,240 amazing explosion and my mother's in my 33 00:01:38,070 --> 00:01:35,770 mother's living room and I actually put 34 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:38,080 a hole in her rug but that fuel my 35 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:40,360 curiosity right there and I think about 36 00:01:44,730 --> 00:01:42,010 as the associate administrator for 37 00:01:47,490 --> 00:01:44,740 education what are all the unique assets 38 00:01:49,740 --> 00:01:47,500 that NASA has that we can share with the 39 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:49,750 general public with educators and with 40 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:52,330 learners and so my job is to ensure that 41 00:01:57,870 --> 00:01:54,250 we have those types of things in place 42 00:02:01,620 --> 00:01:57,880 so that as curiosity heads off to Mars 43 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:01,630 we'll have apps will have applications 44 00:02:05,940 --> 00:02:04,300 will have interventions on the website 45 00:02:08,130 --> 00:02:05,950 that people can go to to find out more 46 00:02:10,290 --> 00:02:08,140 about curiosity but actually when it 47 00:02:12,660 --> 00:02:10,300 gets there the types of things will help 48 00:02:13,830 --> 00:02:12,670 inspire and engage when I think about 49 00:02:16,710 --> 00:02:13,840 spirit 50 00:02:19,619 --> 00:02:16,720 opportunity those two Rovers led a very 51 00:02:21,869 --> 00:02:19,629 long life on the Martian surface and now 52 00:02:23,970 --> 00:02:21,879 with curiosity coming I think it's going 53 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:23,980 to be even a much better opportunity for 54 00:02:30,990 --> 00:02:26,650 students and teachers to get inspired as 55 00:02:33,750 --> 00:02:31,000 I think about the future of our of our 56 00:02:35,930 --> 00:02:33,760 NASA organization I think that the 57 00:02:39,570 --> 00:02:35,940 future is very bright we're gonna have 58 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:39,580 assets that will allow everyone on this 59 00:02:43,949 --> 00:02:41,650 table to think about the future and the 60 00:02:46,289 --> 00:02:43,959 next generation of explorers and so with 61 00:02:49,410 --> 00:02:46,299 that back to you George Thank You Lila 62 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:49,420 and now - Clara MA from Shawnee Mission 63 00:02:52,830 --> 00:02:50,410 East High School 64 00:02:56,220 --> 00:02:52,840 she was the NASA contest winner for 65 00:02:59,309 --> 00:02:56,230 naming curiosity Clara hi I'm Clara and 66 00:03:00,990 --> 00:02:59,319 three years ago I was sitting in my 6th 67 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:01,000 grade science class reading an article 68 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:05,650 about NASA's - mars exploration rovers 69 00:03:10,819 --> 00:03:08,230 Spirit and Opportunity and also the 70 00:03:15,059 --> 00:03:10,829 contest to name NASA's next Mars rover 71 00:03:17,069 --> 00:03:15,069 the Mars Science Laboratory and sitting 72 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:17,079 there in class I immediately began to 73 00:03:22,259 --> 00:03:20,650 think of names for the rover and the 74 00:03:25,830 --> 00:03:22,269 first name that came to my mind was 75 00:03:27,420 --> 00:03:25,840 curiosity and I actually I thought of a 76 00:03:31,319 --> 00:03:27,430 bunch of other names that were really 77 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:31,329 cheesy and none of them really fit so I 78 00:03:37,110 --> 00:03:33,130 kept on coming back to curiosity because 79 00:03:41,339 --> 00:03:37,120 Mars is such a mysterious and wonderful 80 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:41,349 planet and it it inspires so many 81 00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:45,910 questions in all of us and I think even 82 00:03:52,530 --> 00:03:48,760 though Mars is millions of kilometres 83 00:03:55,140 --> 00:03:52,540 away I believe that it manages to 84 00:03:58,440 --> 00:03:55,150 inspire all of us in one way or not 85 00:04:03,170 --> 00:03:58,450 another whether it's the color the 86 00:04:06,229 --> 00:04:03,180 vibrant red color or the craters the 87 00:04:11,940 --> 00:04:06,239 canyons in the mountains the volcanoes 88 00:04:16,409 --> 00:04:11,950 or the science and I think that I'm just 89 00:04:18,719 --> 00:04:16,419 I'm just so lucky to be here and I hope 90 00:04:19,789 --> 00:04:18,729 curiosity makes it there safely next 91 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:19,799 August 92 00:04:25,460 --> 00:04:23,490 Thank You Clara now Scott Anderson a 93 00:04:27,770 --> 00:04:25,470 teacher and the science department 94 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:27,780 chairman at da Vinci School for science 95 00:04:35,450 --> 00:04:32,449 and Arts at El Paso Scott thank you I 96 00:04:39,619 --> 00:04:35,460 was thinking back to what inspires me 97 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:39,629 and I still remember back in the 98 00:04:44,779 --> 00:04:42,000 exciting days of the Mercury program 99 00:04:47,659 --> 00:04:44,789 when I was a little boy and my dad woke 100 00:04:49,909 --> 00:04:47,669 me up at a very early morning because we 101 00:04:52,939 --> 00:04:49,919 live in Arizona and a comfortable launch 102 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:52,949 time in Florida was very early for us 103 00:04:58,909 --> 00:04:56,130 and he got me out of bed and we waited 104 00:05:01,070 --> 00:04:58,919 through all those t-minus so many 105 00:05:02,510 --> 00:05:01,080 minutes and holding and then it was the 106 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:02,520 clock would run somewhere there would be 107 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:05,370 two minus ten minutes and holding 108 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:07,650 and we held that was the longest 18 109 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:11,490 minutes in history but we were there for 110 00:05:16,939 --> 00:05:13,650 Alan Shepard and we were there for John 111 00:05:19,010 --> 00:05:16,949 Glenn and and all those boys we got him 112 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:19,020 off and we gave him the moral support 113 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:21,650 from Nogales Arizona from a hilltop 114 00:05:28,189 --> 00:05:25,050 about one kilometer inside of this 115 00:05:31,879 --> 00:05:28,199 nation right by our neighbors in Mexico 116 00:05:34,850 --> 00:05:31,889 and we were there for them and if dad 117 00:05:36,980 --> 00:05:34,860 hadn't gotten me out of bed and told me 118 00:05:39,980 --> 00:05:36,990 hey we're gonna watch the launch I don't 119 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:39,990 know if I'd be the the Martian wanna be 120 00:05:44,870 --> 00:05:43,289 that I am today now I brought my 121 00:05:47,390 --> 00:05:44,880 granddaughter Nicole who's an eighth 122 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:47,400 grader Nicole Harrison is here and she's 123 00:05:51,589 --> 00:05:49,289 with another group of students from 124 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:51,599 Alabama touring the Space Center as we 125 00:05:58,450 --> 00:05:55,050 speak and she's the next generation of 126 00:06:02,080 --> 00:05:58,460 explorers and she wants to be one of the 127 00:06:05,330 --> 00:06:02,090 moving parts of this great endeavor and 128 00:06:07,939 --> 00:06:05,340 my Uncle Joe worked in aerospace and I 129 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:07,949 tell my students that hardware he worked 130 00:06:11,959 --> 00:06:09,690 on is still sitting on the moon today 131 00:06:13,850 --> 00:06:11,969 and that means a lot to me and I think 132 00:06:16,339 --> 00:06:13,860 that wakes him up a little bit said yeah 133 00:06:18,379 --> 00:06:16,349 we week of course there's a myth that we 134 00:06:19,070 --> 00:06:18,389 never went there but I do bunk that 135 00:06:24,230 --> 00:06:19,080 right away 136 00:06:26,779 --> 00:06:24,240 and now I've I've been attending Mars 137 00:06:29,149 --> 00:06:26,789 education conferences over in Tempe 138 00:06:30,770 --> 00:06:29,159 Arizona for quite a few years now I'm a 139 00:06:34,970 --> 00:06:30,780 frequent flyer with them 140 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:34,980 and they had me at the first go I got a 141 00:06:40,730 --> 00:06:37,640 little little note in my cubby at my 142 00:06:42,980 --> 00:06:40,740 workplace and Nogales and said come on 143 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:42,990 up for an educator conference it'll cost 144 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:45,450 you five bucks and I figured it's only a 145 00:06:49,940 --> 00:06:47,910 hundred eighty miles I can be there by 8 146 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:49,950 o'clock and on a Saturday morning and 147 00:06:54,050 --> 00:06:51,420 sure enough they had me they gave me a 148 00:06:57,980 --> 00:06:54,060 topo map of Mars from the laser 149 00:06:59,840 --> 00:06:57,990 altimeter of the mola instrument and I 150 00:07:01,910 --> 00:06:59,850 got to meet a principal investigator for 151 00:07:04,610 --> 00:07:01,920 one of the instruments there and and 152 00:07:08,450 --> 00:07:04,620 they had me if they get go so I've been 153 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:08,460 a frequent flyer but what I've brought 154 00:07:12,260 --> 00:07:10,290 back from those conferences and I 155 00:07:16,010 --> 00:07:12,270 recommend to any teachers that that can 156 00:07:19,220 --> 00:07:16,020 obtain those materials and we all can to 157 00:07:22,970 --> 00:07:19,230 use some of those there's Mars uncovered 158 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:22,980 is a wonderful way to study basic 159 00:07:30,890 --> 00:07:26,310 geological processes and those those 160 00:07:33,380 --> 00:07:30,900 laws of nature are the same both planets 161 00:07:35,690 --> 00:07:33,390 and we study comparative aging 162 00:07:37,670 --> 00:07:35,700 techniques and it brings it home so we 163 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:37,680 can do it both ways we can use earth to 164 00:07:41,180 --> 00:07:39,510 study Mars we're gonna study how things 165 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:41,190 work here and figure out what's going on 166 00:07:46,580 --> 00:07:43,770 there and then we can use Mars to study 167 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:46,590 earth and say what went wrong with their 168 00:07:52,430 --> 00:07:50,580 climate it's uh it's not as nice as we'd 169 00:07:54,260 --> 00:07:52,440 like it's not like the Ray Bradbury 170 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:54,270 novels that I read the Martian 171 00:07:58,130 --> 00:07:55,650 Chronicles it was a shirtsleeves 172 00:08:01,240 --> 00:07:58,140 environment in those stories there's not 173 00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:01,250 quite that user-friendly now but 174 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:05,310 definitely we've had some very good 175 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:07,410 student enthusiasm by bringing those 176 00:08:11,870 --> 00:08:09,510 real materials and say these things are 177 00:08:14,690 --> 00:08:11,880 real it's a real place and it has as 178 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:14,700 much dry land as Earth okay 179 00:08:21,170 --> 00:08:18,510 no water ocean but there's water there 180 00:08:24,350 --> 00:08:21,180 we have natural resources there there's 181 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:24,360 carbon there's oxygen there's water and 182 00:08:32,029 --> 00:08:28,050 iron there's sunshine there's an 183 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:32,039 atmosphere what really might one of my 184 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:33,630 teacher friends was teasing me the other 185 00:08:39,829 --> 00:08:36,570 day so he said Scott so one of your big 186 00:08:43,130 --> 00:08:39,839 problems in life one of the things that 187 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:43,140 really gets you down is that Mars has no 188 00:08:47,290 --> 00:08:44,310 good meg 189 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:47,300 netic field I said that's right any 190 00:08:52,310 --> 00:08:50,010 that's so I'll take the problems I have 191 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:52,320 instead of some that I don't but let me 192 00:08:57,560 --> 00:08:54,090 tell you just a little bit about some of 193 00:09:01,690 --> 00:08:57,570 the projects that I've done we could I 194 00:09:04,790 --> 00:09:01,700 have a slide we did a grade level wide 195 00:09:08,030 --> 00:09:04,800 project we have a capstone project at da 196 00:09:10,430 --> 00:09:08,040 Vinci School in in El Paso and we've 197 00:09:11,780 --> 00:09:10,440 wrap up the school year with a themed 198 00:09:14,540 --> 00:09:11,790 project and the different grade levels 199 00:09:16,550 --> 00:09:14,550 do different things and last year was 200 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:16,560 about bridges and some design bridges 201 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:19,170 and built bridges and mine I managed to 202 00:09:25,670 --> 00:09:23,310 work in our NASA affiliation with the 203 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:25,680 bridge to the future to our next home 204 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:28,290 now earth is my favorite planet that 205 00:09:31,850 --> 00:09:30,210 Mars is my second favorite and I hope 206 00:09:34,310 --> 00:09:31,860 that we'll be living there and have 207 00:09:36,079 --> 00:09:34,320 community there soon I sure want to see 208 00:09:40,340 --> 00:09:36,089 that I want to see some boots with red 209 00:09:42,530 --> 00:09:40,350 dust on them so let's get let's get with 210 00:09:47,570 --> 00:09:42,540 the program and curiosity is our next 211 00:09:50,810 --> 00:09:47,580 step along that road the bridge to the 212 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:50,820 future so they made this little example 213 00:09:57,500 --> 00:09:53,270 to start that could have the next slide 214 00:09:59,480 --> 00:09:57,510 we did research and the students here 215 00:10:02,000 --> 00:09:59,490 are looking up basic information and 216 00:10:08,150 --> 00:10:02,010 preparing notes there at the computer 217 00:10:10,490 --> 00:10:08,160 lab next please and this is about 218 00:10:12,410 --> 00:10:10,500 community we decided to study the 219 00:10:15,410 --> 00:10:12,420 community we live in and see what we 220 00:10:17,870 --> 00:10:15,420 value about it what are the positive 221 00:10:21,170 --> 00:10:17,880 aspects what are negative aspects that 222 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:21,180 we could deal with or or try to 223 00:10:27,350 --> 00:10:24,750 eliminate in in a future setting and so 224 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:27,360 they came up with with human values and 225 00:10:32,210 --> 00:10:30,770 the assistance to one another and so on 226 00:10:36,380 --> 00:10:32,220 next please 227 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:36,390 then we we got into designing specifics 228 00:10:42,199 --> 00:10:39,930 about our proposed community and they 229 00:10:47,510 --> 00:10:42,209 came up with an with a name for it of 230 00:10:51,140 --> 00:10:47,520 dot-com the dot stands for Mars and the 231 00:10:54,380 --> 00:10:51,150 comm is community on Mars okay so that's 232 00:10:55,780 --> 00:10:54,390 and then they had the specific location 233 00:10:58,269 --> 00:10:55,790 where the first 234 00:11:01,509 --> 00:10:58,279 dwelling would be they call that marzo 235 00:11:05,110 --> 00:11:01,519 Nia and we developed our own flag our 236 00:11:09,790 --> 00:11:05,120 own Creed of coexistence and mutual 237 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:09,800 support so that that kept the the kids 238 00:11:16,900 --> 00:11:14,290 very very positively occupied and 239 00:11:20,110 --> 00:11:16,910 broaden their horizons quite a bit 240 00:11:22,030 --> 00:11:20,120 next please so this is them working on 241 00:11:25,300 --> 00:11:22,040 some of the oh they had the patch the 242 00:11:27,910 --> 00:11:25,310 mission patch to go on up there and we 243 00:11:31,290 --> 00:11:27,920 they design proposed patches and then 244 00:11:33,730 --> 00:11:31,300 voted on the winning patch next please 245 00:11:35,860 --> 00:11:33,740 these are some of the artworks that 246 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:35,870 related to his little green Martian 247 00:11:43,420 --> 00:11:39,110 there and the bridge to Mars and so on 248 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:43,430 but they were able to while painting and 249 00:11:48,939 --> 00:11:46,850 modeling clay let their imaginations 250 00:11:50,980 --> 00:11:48,949 expand - yes this is a real possibility 251 00:11:55,210 --> 00:11:50,990 and I know I'm not just a kid 252 00:11:58,300 --> 00:11:55,220 now but there's a possibility for me in 253 00:12:01,180 --> 00:11:58,310 this positive future environment next 254 00:12:05,470 --> 00:12:01,190 please just a couple of future Martians 255 00:12:07,210 --> 00:12:05,480 there and working displaying one of 256 00:12:11,139 --> 00:12:07,220 their little models they made model 257 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:11,149 Rovers and and spacecraft and such and 258 00:12:18,610 --> 00:12:15,470 the last slide shows there they're 259 00:12:22,059 --> 00:12:18,620 putting together a mock-up of some 260 00:12:27,370 --> 00:12:22,069 vehicles there so this this was very 261 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:27,380 positive and the NASA program lesson 262 00:12:30,970 --> 00:12:28,850 plans were quite detailed and specific 263 00:12:34,569 --> 00:12:30,980 and very user-friendly for teachers and 264 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:34,579 kids okay I'd like to mention another 265 00:12:40,090 --> 00:12:37,910 one I mentioned Mars uncovered one that 266 00:12:42,460 --> 00:12:40,100 I want to participate in this year is 267 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:42,470 the Mars student imaging project where 268 00:12:48,340 --> 00:12:45,290 the students can actually task an 269 00:12:50,379 --> 00:12:48,350 orbiting spacecraft around Mars to take 270 00:12:53,259 --> 00:12:50,389 a picture of a specific site they feel 271 00:12:58,150 --> 00:12:53,269 might be of interest and then do science 272 00:13:00,009 --> 00:12:58,160 analysis of that image and they really 273 00:13:01,540 --> 00:13:00,019 are scientists at that point of course 274 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:01,550 all kids are born scientists you know 275 00:13:05,769 --> 00:13:03,290 they are all exploring their world and 276 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:05,779 analyzing what why did I fall down 277 00:13:17,610 --> 00:13:14,850 the STEM fields are all dealt with very 278 00:13:19,940 --> 00:13:17,620 nicely and in the projects that have 279 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:19,950 been recommended through the education 280 00:13:25,980 --> 00:13:24,010 conferences my school is very involved 281 00:13:29,699 --> 00:13:25,990 with engineering and we're partnering 282 00:13:31,740 --> 00:13:29,709 with NASA partners both in Houston and 283 00:13:38,130 --> 00:13:31,750 also at the University of Alabama in 284 00:13:41,579 --> 00:13:38,140 Huntsville to create a mock-up and full 285 00:13:43,530 --> 00:13:41,589 process for a package to be included on 286 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:43,540 a mission to mercury we'll be doing that 287 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:47,110 this spring so they allow us the full 288 00:13:52,079 --> 00:13:49,230 range what's your question how will you 289 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:52,089 attempt to answer it what what is the 290 00:13:56,670 --> 00:13:54,730 process and then they'll their project 291 00:13:58,590 --> 00:13:56,680 will be judged as to whether it's worthy 292 00:14:01,079 --> 00:13:58,600 or not to be included they have a 293 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:01,089 certain constraints mass-energy and so 294 00:14:06,259 --> 00:14:03,910 on all these constraints what'd I tell 295 00:14:08,610 --> 00:14:06,269 you what I just had to bring my little 296 00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:08,620 rocket scientist down here to show her 297 00:14:13,260 --> 00:14:09,959 in person 298 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:13,270 what humankind can do when we work 299 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:16,450 together and I think this place is a 300 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:20,110 fabulous example of that and thank you 301 00:14:26,490 --> 00:14:24,130 thanks God now to Lauren Lyons graduate 302 00:14:29,130 --> 00:14:26,500 student at Harvard University and a 303 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:29,140 first robotics alumni Lauren thanks 304 00:14:37,019 --> 00:14:33,550 George yeah I remember growing up as a 305 00:14:37,949 --> 00:14:37,029 kid in Compton California and you know I 306 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:37,959 didn't know what I wanted to be when I 307 00:14:41,490 --> 00:14:39,250 grew up I didn't know what an engineer 308 00:14:43,380 --> 00:14:41,500 was I know any of that stuff was but my 309 00:14:45,449 --> 00:14:43,390 high school got this first robotics 310 00:14:47,250 --> 00:14:45,459 program and my initial interest was 311 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:47,260 based on the fact that the championship 312 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:48,850 at the time was held in Florida in 313 00:14:52,740 --> 00:14:51,010 Orlando and that meant a trip to Disney 314 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:52,750 World all expenses paid and sorry that 315 00:14:58,470 --> 00:14:54,810 hey I got it I got to sign up for this 316 00:14:59,910 --> 00:14:58,480 well it was interesting is JPL was right 317 00:15:02,340 --> 00:14:59,920 around the corner so they sent their 318 00:15:04,380 --> 00:15:02,350 engineers out to help mentor us and then 319 00:15:06,269 --> 00:15:04,390 I started thinking what a second does 320 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:06,279 robotic stuff is pretty cool I can 321 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:08,110 actually do this I've never been one to 322 00:15:13,019 --> 00:15:10,570 be incredibly interested in math and 323 00:15:14,639 --> 00:15:13,029 science before and it was for no fault 324 00:15:17,220 --> 00:15:14,649 of my own or anyone elses it just hadn't 325 00:15:19,769 --> 00:15:17,230 been exposed to me and so you know after 326 00:15:22,470 --> 00:15:19,779 I believe three years of FIRST Robotics 327 00:15:23,699 --> 00:15:22,480 I decided you know I'm gonna do this 328 00:15:25,530 --> 00:15:23,709 we took some trips to Kennedy Space 329 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:25,540 Center every time we were here being 330 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:27,930 able to see just the Space Shuttle 331 00:15:33,030 --> 00:15:30,850 buildings and looking at all the museums 332 00:15:35,069 --> 00:15:33,040 and just learning about the history of 333 00:15:36,509 --> 00:15:35,079 space just really inspired me 334 00:15:38,370 --> 00:15:36,519 tremendously and they're going Space 335 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:38,380 Camp said I'm gonna be an astronaut now 336 00:15:42,629 --> 00:15:41,230 apply to engineering school for some 337 00:15:45,750 --> 00:15:42,639 reason they let me in there I think it 338 00:15:47,069 --> 00:15:45,760 had to do with first and studied 339 00:15:49,050 --> 00:15:47,079 mechanical interest in aerospace 340 00:15:52,710 --> 00:15:49,060 engineering and continue to mentor first 341 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:52,720 teams while I was in school luckily for 342 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:54,250 me due to some wonderful mentors 343 00:15:58,680 --> 00:15:56,199 involved in first I got an opportunity 344 00:16:01,290 --> 00:15:58,690 to intern at JPL for three summers 345 00:16:02,790 --> 00:16:01,300 working on the Mars program and just 346 00:16:05,460 --> 00:16:02,800 being able to look at the clean room and 347 00:16:07,470 --> 00:16:05,470 see spirit in there before it launched 348 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:07,480 and just feeling like I'm a part of that 349 00:16:11,730 --> 00:16:09,970 even though I had a tiny tiny role as an 350 00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:11,740 intern over the summer for three months 351 00:16:15,750 --> 00:16:13,750 just knowing that a little bit of 352 00:16:18,329 --> 00:16:15,760 something I did is involved in this 353 00:16:20,610 --> 00:16:18,339 massive feat of mankind sending this 354 00:16:24,629 --> 00:16:20,620 beautiful machine space is just 355 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:24,639 incredible after my time at JPL I went 356 00:16:28,439 --> 00:16:26,110 to work as an engineer for a few years 357 00:16:31,170 --> 00:16:28,449 for years actually in the biomedical 358 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:31,180 sciences and I'm as George mentioned I'm 359 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:33,130 now at Harvard universities that in 360 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:35,290 public policy specifically Science and 361 00:16:41,670 --> 00:16:39,010 Technology Policy and for me this is so 362 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:41,680 important you know I hope people say you 363 00:16:46,290 --> 00:16:43,930 know what's so important about space no 364 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:46,300 one denies that it's cool but what is 365 00:16:51,150 --> 00:16:48,910 the real value in spending money on this 366 00:16:53,519 --> 00:16:51,160 and this totally excites me to be able 367 00:16:55,350 --> 00:16:53,529 to talk about the importance of 368 00:16:57,870 --> 00:16:55,360 innovation to pull through that comes 369 00:17:00,540 --> 00:16:57,880 from Space Studies and the spin-off 370 00:17:03,150 --> 00:17:00,550 technology and for me the biggest thing 371 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:03,160 is how this inspires young people how it 372 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:06,010 inspired me inspires us to think of 373 00:17:09,929 --> 00:17:08,079 something bigger than ourselves to think 374 00:17:12,569 --> 00:17:09,939 about becoming a scientist or an 375 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:12,579 engineer and exploring things outside of 376 00:17:19,110 --> 00:17:16,510 the easy the typical and I think that 377 00:17:21,210 --> 00:17:19,120 you know having this education is going 378 00:17:22,949 --> 00:17:21,220 to empower me to continue to spread the 379 00:17:24,689 --> 00:17:22,959 word about how cool Mars is how cool 380 00:17:27,210 --> 00:17:24,699 science is how cool technology is 381 00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:27,220 especially with girls and women yes 382 00:17:31,649 --> 00:17:29,559 getting them out there and having them 383 00:17:34,590 --> 00:17:31,659 understand that you know you can do this 384 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:34,600 too in fact you can do it very very very 385 00:17:38,450 --> 00:17:35,110 well 386 00:17:42,450 --> 00:17:38,460 and I feel like I'm living proof of that 387 00:17:44,250 --> 00:17:42,460 Thank You Lauren now Veronica McGregor 388 00:17:46,220 --> 00:17:44,260 the manager for the Media Relations 389 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:46,230 office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 390 00:17:50,340 --> 00:17:48,970 Veronica thank you I'm here to tell you 391 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:50,350 that if you are already out of school 392 00:17:53,399 --> 00:17:51,850 it's not too late 393 00:17:55,350 --> 00:17:53,409 there are still lots of ways that you 394 00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:55,360 can come become involved with the NASA 395 00:18:00,539 --> 00:17:57,820 missions and we are very fortunate at 396 00:18:02,580 --> 00:18:00,549 JPL we're exposed to Mars every day at 397 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:02,590 work we get to see Rovers being built in 398 00:18:05,970 --> 00:18:04,090 our cleanroom and I think every one of 399 00:18:07,830 --> 00:18:05,980 us who has ever worked there thought if 400 00:18:09,539 --> 00:18:07,840 only we could bring everybody else in 401 00:18:11,250 --> 00:18:09,549 here if only they could see what we 402 00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:11,260 could see we could change everybody and 403 00:18:15,149 --> 00:18:13,269 they could become interested in this so 404 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:15,159 in the last few years since we landed on 405 00:18:19,950 --> 00:18:17,440 Mars in 2008 with Phoenix we also landed 406 00:18:21,690 --> 00:18:19,960 in social media and we ended up on 407 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:21,700 Twitter and Facebook and we've used many 408 00:18:26,759 --> 00:18:23,710 different venues to try to bring the 409 00:18:28,139 --> 00:18:26,769 public in and have more one-on-one 410 00:18:30,060 --> 00:18:28,149 experience with what we are doing 411 00:18:32,009 --> 00:18:30,070 whether it's talking to a scientist over 412 00:18:34,049 --> 00:18:32,019 Twitter or doing a chat over Ustream 413 00:18:35,759 --> 00:18:34,059 we've looked for more and more ways and 414 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:35,769 one of them was to do in NASA Tweetup we 415 00:18:40,259 --> 00:18:38,260 started this at JPL in 2009 right after 416 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:40,269 the Phoenix mission ended because it was 417 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:42,250 such a tremendous interest in Mars right 418 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:43,600 when that ended and we wanted to keep 419 00:18:49,860 --> 00:18:46,210 that momentum going and we thought let's 420 00:18:51,269 --> 00:18:49,870 bring in 120 people to JPL and let them 421 00:18:52,710 --> 00:18:51,279 sit down with the scientists and 422 00:18:54,570 --> 00:18:52,720 engineers who worked on that mission and 423 00:18:57,450 --> 00:18:54,580 let's show them this rover that's being 424 00:18:59,759 --> 00:18:57,460 built right now curiosity when it was 425 00:19:01,649 --> 00:18:59,769 just a box let's show it to them so they 426 00:19:03,210 --> 00:19:01,659 can see what it's like and they'll be 427 00:19:05,820 --> 00:19:03,220 able to follow this mission through its 428 00:19:07,769 --> 00:19:05,830 lifetime and we didn't realize how 429 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:07,779 successful this event would be until 430 00:19:11,430 --> 00:19:09,490 people from around the country and 431 00:19:14,580 --> 00:19:11,440 around the world in fact applied to come 432 00:19:16,529 --> 00:19:14,590 and spend two hours at JPL talking face 433 00:19:18,779 --> 00:19:16,539 to face with a mission team with the 434 00:19:22,110 --> 00:19:18,789 scientists and engineers and since that 435 00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:22,120 time we've held now 31 NASA Tweetup s' 436 00:19:25,649 --> 00:19:23,529 at different areas around the country 437 00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:25,659 and there is one taking place right now 438 00:19:28,830 --> 00:19:27,070 down the hill from us in the big white 439 00:19:31,799 --> 00:19:28,840 tent where we have a hundred and fifty 440 00:19:33,690 --> 00:19:31,809 people they represent 37 states and ten 441 00:19:35,539 --> 00:19:33,700 countries that have flown here on their 442 00:19:37,860 --> 00:19:35,549 own dime and staying in their own dime 443 00:19:39,539 --> 00:19:37,870 for the opportunity spend a few hours 444 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:39,549 with some of our scientists and 445 00:19:45,149 --> 00:19:42,490 engineers and and even the administrator 446 00:19:46,649 --> 00:19:45,159 of NASA tomorrow we'll talk to them this 447 00:19:48,630 --> 00:19:46,659 is bringing people in and letting them 448 00:19:51,270 --> 00:19:48,640 finally have that really direct 449 00:19:53,730 --> 00:19:51,280 opportunity to be involved in a mission 450 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:53,740 and and ask us questions and we don't 451 00:19:56,850 --> 00:19:55,510 screen we get asked every kind of 452 00:19:58,230 --> 00:19:56,860 question but let me show you a little 453 00:19:59,610 --> 00:19:58,240 bit about what a Tweetup looks like I 454 00:20:01,140 --> 00:19:59,620 can talk about it all day but I've got 455 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:01,150 to show you a little bit of it in fact 456 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:02,890 and their own words as well if you want 457 00:20:06,420 --> 00:20:04,690 to roll the first video I'll give you an 458 00:20:08,550 --> 00:20:06,430 idea of this is the tent this is 459 00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:08,560 actually from August we held a Tweetup 460 00:20:13,230 --> 00:20:11,260 there also for the Juno launch this is 461 00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:13,240 what it looks like it's 150 people with 462 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:15,760 all of their electronic devices laid out 463 00:20:18,630 --> 00:20:17,170 on the table you'd think it was sort of 464 00:20:20,610 --> 00:20:18,640 like a press room but this is sort of 465 00:20:23,670 --> 00:20:20,620 the citizen journalists room and now 466 00:20:25,380 --> 00:20:23,680 they are posting messages to Twitter and 467 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:25,390 Facebook their blogs they're taking 468 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:28,510 pictures putting them on again on Flickr 469 00:20:32,850 --> 00:20:30,450 and all the photo sharing sites and 470 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:32,860 anyone the reason we do this is a 471 00:20:37,020 --> 00:20:34,510 hundred and fifty people are here but 472 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:37,030 anybody can follow what they are seeing 473 00:20:41,250 --> 00:20:39,610 and what what they are learning by going 474 00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:41,260 to Twitter and I'll give you a URL if 475 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:44,020 anyone wants to bring this up on their 476 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:47,190 computer it's very simple it is ww 477 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:52,330 twitter.com slash search slash NASA 478 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:54,730 Tweetup if you go to that page you will 479 00:20:59,430 --> 00:20:56,650 see right now all the posts that are 480 00:21:01,050 --> 00:20:59,440 being put on Twitter in relation to this 481 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:01,060 tweet up taking place today and I've 482 00:21:04,860 --> 00:21:03,130 asked previous attendees at our tweet 483 00:21:07,170 --> 00:21:04,870 ups to please post something that they 484 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:07,180 learned during the time that they spent 485 00:21:11,010 --> 00:21:09,370 with us or some action they took after 486 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:11,020 they left because we have seen that they 487 00:21:15,510 --> 00:21:13,510 go on to do amazing things they go on to 488 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:15,520 organize public launch parties in their 489 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:16,930 communities they go on to talk to 490 00:21:21,270 --> 00:21:19,210 schools and children and they want to 491 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:21,280 share the knowledge that they get from 492 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:22,690 us in the short time that they're with 493 00:21:27,540 --> 00:21:24,970 us the tweet ups can last anywhere from 494 00:21:29,130 --> 00:21:27,550 two hours to two days the ones taking 495 00:21:31,380 --> 00:21:29,140 place at Kennedy Space Center right now 496 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:31,390 is a two day tweet up they'll actually 497 00:21:35,970 --> 00:21:33,130 be able to go out to the launch pad in a 498 00:21:38,190 --> 00:21:35,980 little while and see the rocket and in 499 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:38,200 tomorrow they will be here at one of the 500 00:21:43,110 --> 00:21:40,210 best locations that anyone can be to 501 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:43,120 watch the to watch the rocket launch let 502 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:44,490 me show you a little photo album of 503 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:47,530 pictures that previous attendees have 504 00:21:52,770 --> 00:21:51,520 put taken and put together this is some 505 00:21:55,190 --> 00:21:52,780 of the different things they get to do 506 00:21:57,510 --> 00:21:55,200 talking face-to-face with astronauts 507 00:21:59,340 --> 00:21:57,520 going to Wallops to see some of the 508 00:22:02,130 --> 00:21:59,350 rockets face to face with some of the 509 00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:02,140 rover drivers learning about missions 510 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:04,600 to Jupiter talking again with the 511 00:22:09,390 --> 00:22:06,490 administrator and really giving him some 512 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:09,400 some good tough questions hands-on with 513 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:12,670 some very cool products for space 3d 514 00:22:16,770 --> 00:22:14,650 imagery and visualizations that help 515 00:22:18,510 --> 00:22:16,780 people see what we are seeing in space 516 00:22:20,730 --> 00:22:18,520 and then seeing curiosity being built in 517 00:22:23,490 --> 00:22:20,740 our clean room and all the time posting 518 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:23,500 that information for others to know what 519 00:22:27,060 --> 00:22:25,210 they're seeing and learning they've gone 520 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:27,070 to control room to the Johnson Space 521 00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:29,770 Center this was the juno tweet up out 522 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:31,360 there at the launch pad watching that 523 00:22:35,070 --> 00:22:33,310 rocket in the next day watching that 524 00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:35,080 rocket launch these are the things that 525 00:22:38,970 --> 00:22:37,360 we want to make available to the public 526 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:38,980 and I encourage everyone to follow NASA 527 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:41,170 on Twitter to be able to know when we 528 00:22:43,590 --> 00:22:42,130 are announcing one of these 529 00:22:45,300 --> 00:22:43,600 opportunities when we announce the 530 00:22:47,250 --> 00:22:45,310 opportunity there'll be a registration 531 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:47,260 period we get thousands of people 532 00:22:51,990 --> 00:22:48,910 registering and it's a random selection 533 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:52,000 of 150 people in most cases to come to 534 00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:54,730 the center and do this now not everybody 535 00:22:59,070 --> 00:22:57,520 can maybe pack up and leave and go to a 536 00:23:00,930 --> 00:22:59,080 NASA center to see this but I want to 537 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:00,940 tell you there are other ways you can 538 00:23:04,110 --> 00:23:02,710 get involved and get some more 539 00:23:06,870 --> 00:23:04,120 first-hand experience with these 540 00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:06,880 missions for this particular mission we 541 00:23:11,220 --> 00:23:08,350 actually put a camera in our cleanroom 542 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:11,230 and for nine months we broadcast what we 543 00:23:14,910 --> 00:23:13,450 called curiosity cam and there's a we 544 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:14,920 didn't want to show you every day but we 545 00:23:20,130 --> 00:23:17,610 sped up three or four days very quickly 546 00:23:22,350 --> 00:23:20,140 people could come and sit and watch not 547 00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:22,360 only the rover being built there but we 548 00:23:26,310 --> 00:23:24,940 also maintained a chat box for three 549 00:23:28,470 --> 00:23:26,320 hours every day Monday through Friday 550 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:28,480 for nine months where people could come 551 00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:30,610 in and watch it being built and then ask 552 00:23:34,170 --> 00:23:32,080 us what they were seeing and ask us 553 00:23:36,150 --> 00:23:34,180 questions about the engineering and the 554 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:36,160 science and we often had team members 555 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:37,570 come in and also help answer some of 556 00:23:41,250 --> 00:23:39,910 those questions so more and more we're 557 00:23:42,660 --> 00:23:41,260 looking for ways that we can reach out 558 00:23:44,460 --> 00:23:42,670 to you but we want you to reach back 559 00:23:46,260 --> 00:23:44,470 into us as well and so we really hope 560 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:46,270 that more people will sign up for the 561 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:48,730 next future NASA Tweetup and as I said 562 00:23:53,820 --> 00:23:51,850 follow us at on NASA on Twitter and 563 00:23:56,670 --> 00:23:53,830 you'll be able to learn all about them 564 00:23:59,130 --> 00:23:56,680 thank you Thank You Veronica and we're 565 00:24:01,020 --> 00:23:59,140 ready now to take questions so please 566 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:01,030 give your name and affiliation when the 567 00:24:07,380 --> 00:24:05,010 microphone comes to you okay right here 568 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:07,390 question for Leland Melvin I'm mark 569 00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:09,610 radarman with talking space do you think 570 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:11,800 the NASA Tweetup experience will help 571 00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:14,890 increase a focus and emphasis on stem in 572 00:24:19,410 --> 00:24:15,910 the short term or what 573 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:19,420 take a while I think I really think that 574 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:21,910 the the Tweep says we call them as they 575 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:23,290 get this message out into the 576 00:24:27,030 --> 00:24:24,850 Twitterverse on science technology 577 00:24:29,010 --> 00:24:27,040 engineering mathematics will help in the 578 00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:29,020 short and the long term I have seen 579 00:24:34,950 --> 00:24:31,780 where I've done tweet ups before and 580 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:34,960 people have contacted me on my my my 581 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:37,090 astro flow account and say you know what 582 00:24:40,590 --> 00:24:38,530 how inspiring that was how impactful 583 00:24:42,570 --> 00:24:40,600 that was and they're also going to 584 00:24:44,220 --> 00:24:42,580 spread the message to other people when 585 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:44,230 we were at the World Science Festival in 586 00:24:47,580 --> 00:24:45,730 New York I guess a couple of years ago 587 00:24:49,980 --> 00:24:47,590 sandy Magnus and I were doing a tweet up 588 00:24:51,330 --> 00:24:49,990 there and people were seeking me out to 589 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:51,340 tell me that hey I'm gonna go into 590 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:52,930 teaching now so I want to take this 591 00:24:56,490 --> 00:24:55,300 message forward to help others and help 592 00:24:58,860 --> 00:24:56,500 inspire that next generation of 593 00:25:01,080 --> 00:24:58,870 explorers so I think when we think about 594 00:25:03,540 --> 00:25:01,090 Mars going to I mean curiosity going to 595 00:25:06,060 --> 00:25:03,550 Mars I think this eight-month period 596 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:06,070 between launch tomorrow and when it 597 00:25:09,930 --> 00:25:08,110 lands will be an opportunity for us to 598 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:09,940 even do more with the social media to 599 00:25:13,050 --> 00:25:11,620 help more people get involved and to 600 00:25:18,420 --> 00:25:13,060 understand what it takes to send a rover 601 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:18,430 to the Martian surface oh yeah hi Mike 602 00:25:24,900 --> 00:25:21,310 wall from space comm this is this is for 603 00:25:26,730 --> 00:25:24,910 Clara so so yeah like you mentioned 604 00:25:27,810 --> 00:25:26,740 curiosity was the first one that popped 605 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:27,820 into your head but there was some other 606 00:25:31,890 --> 00:25:29,610 cheesy ones floating around in there too 607 00:25:35,790 --> 00:25:31,900 what were some of those I mean you 608 00:25:38,730 --> 00:25:35,800 remember it was like inspiration and 609 00:25:42,230 --> 00:25:38,740 like stuff like that um but I thought 610 00:25:46,290 --> 00:25:42,240 curiosity was just the best fit that 611 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:46,300 because like Mars is just so inspiring 612 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:49,930 in and inspires curiosity and questions 613 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:52,330 and I thought it was just the idea of 614 00:25:59,010 --> 00:25:54,250 curiosity like roving up there on Mars 615 00:26:01,200 --> 00:25:59,020 that was just perfect to me hi Robert 616 00:26:02,910 --> 00:26:01,210 Perlman with collect space comm and if I 617 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:02,920 can follow up on that question for Clara 618 00:26:10,460 --> 00:26:06,370 what has been the impact of to your life 619 00:26:17,430 --> 00:26:13,230 well my friends think it's really cool 620 00:26:19,410 --> 00:26:17,440 and I've gotten to go to so many places 621 00:26:23,910 --> 00:26:19,420 I went to the NASA headquarters in 622 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:23,920 Washington DC and met the may and then 623 00:26:29,620 --> 00:26:27,510 the year that I named the rover and I 624 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:29,630 I'm here 625 00:26:37,300 --> 00:26:32,330 and I won I also went to Disney World 626 00:26:39,670 --> 00:26:37,310 which was really fun and I've just 627 00:26:42,490 --> 00:26:39,680 gotten to do so many cool things and be 628 00:26:45,420 --> 00:26:42,500 a part of all of this and I kind of feel 629 00:26:48,490 --> 00:26:45,430 like I'm kind of part of the family now 630 00:26:51,370 --> 00:26:48,500 and it's it's just been an amazing 631 00:26:57,130 --> 00:26:51,380 experience I'm so honored to have been a 632 00:26:59,740 --> 00:26:57,140 part of it for Leland you mentioned at 633 00:27:02,440 --> 00:26:59,750 the beginning apps and so is there a 634 00:27:04,420 --> 00:27:02,450 Mars Curiosity app in the making that 635 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:04,430 NASA's going to release yes I think 636 00:27:08,530 --> 00:27:06,110 there are two apps and I don't have the 637 00:27:11,950 --> 00:27:08,540 website yet but we will get that out to 638 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:11,960 the masses very soon yeah I think we 639 00:27:21,610 --> 00:27:18,910 Shema Cauca with talking space for 640 00:27:23,470 --> 00:27:21,620 Veronica I'm being a veteran of a few of 641 00:27:25,930 --> 00:27:23,480 these tweet ups myself I'm just 642 00:27:28,150 --> 00:27:25,940 wondering - have there been any studies 643 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:28,160 as far as the impact that they have had 644 00:27:32,530 --> 00:27:30,770 thus far anything formals I'll I'll be 645 00:27:35,410 --> 00:27:32,540 blunt the organization that myself and 646 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:35,420 my colleague mark here was born out of 647 00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:38,330 one of the NASA Tweetup s-- so I'm was 648 00:27:43,210 --> 00:27:40,880 just curious if there was any informal 649 00:27:45,820 --> 00:27:43,220 impact study as far as what ads was come 650 00:27:47,260 --> 00:27:45,830 out of them it's a really good question 651 00:27:49,570 --> 00:27:47,270 you know one of the reasons we use 652 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:49,580 Twitter is because most of those pages 653 00:27:53,830 --> 00:27:51,680 are public and we it's very easy for us 654 00:27:55,510 --> 00:27:53,840 to go in and see how many messages went 655 00:27:57,610 --> 00:27:55,520 out into at what size audience it's 656 00:27:59,530 --> 00:27:57,620 easier than other social media venues 657 00:28:02,050 --> 00:27:59,540 where people keep their accounts private 658 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:02,060 for very good or even's reason so I can 659 00:28:07,090 --> 00:28:04,730 give you an example for the Juno launch 660 00:28:10,330 --> 00:28:07,100 we know that we went back and analyzed 661 00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:10,340 how many messages were disseminated 662 00:28:14,740 --> 00:28:12,080 about the Juno mission and the Juno 663 00:28:16,690 --> 00:28:14,750 launch overall through Twitter during 664 00:28:18,220 --> 00:28:16,700 the week of that launch and overall 665 00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:18,230 through Twitter they're about 90 million 666 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:21,350 messages that went out around the 667 00:28:24,790 --> 00:28:23,090 Twitterverse or you know and being 668 00:28:27,220 --> 00:28:24,800 picked up in blogs that talked about the 669 00:28:29,050 --> 00:28:27,230 Juno launch and then we isolated to see 670 00:28:32,350 --> 00:28:29,060 how many of those were NASA Tweetup 671 00:28:35,260 --> 00:28:32,360 related tweets and those accounted for 672 00:28:37,810 --> 00:28:35,270 about 30 million so when we look at that 673 00:28:40,750 --> 00:28:37,820 and say a hundred and fifty people can 674 00:28:42,550 --> 00:28:40,760 and usually talking to friends and 675 00:28:43,169 --> 00:28:42,560 neighbors and and you know they don't 676 00:28:45,669 --> 00:28:43,179 have 677 00:28:47,140 --> 00:28:45,679 accounts in the millions like some news 678 00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:47,150 media might have but these are just 679 00:28:51,340 --> 00:28:49,070 regular folks sending out those tweets 680 00:28:53,230 --> 00:28:51,350 and hitting 30 million people and the 681 00:28:55,299 --> 00:28:53,240 rest of the world got the other 60 682 00:28:56,650 --> 00:28:55,309 million I mean it's a huge amount 30% of 683 00:28:58,570 --> 00:28:56,660 all those messages we came out of the 684 00:29:00,159 --> 00:28:58,580 tweet up so those sorts of things really 685 00:29:01,710 --> 00:29:00,169 inspire us and then all the stories we 686 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:01,720 get back the most amazing stories 687 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:03,890 exactly like your is that people go on 688 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:05,510 and and realize that there's something 689 00:29:08,470 --> 00:29:06,410 they can do you don't have to work for 690 00:29:10,539 --> 00:29:08,480 NASA there's something you can do in the 691 00:29:13,659 --> 00:29:10,549 field you can or you can go and do 692 00:29:15,580 --> 00:29:13,669 public programs and it's really people 693 00:29:17,470 --> 00:29:15,590 tell us it is life-changing for them and 694 00:29:19,419 --> 00:29:17,480 that's um it's amazing for us I think 695 00:29:20,980 --> 00:29:19,429 early in my career we always used to 696 00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:20,990 think if we knew that we had changed one 697 00:29:24,580 --> 00:29:22,640 person into having interest in space 698 00:29:26,169 --> 00:29:24,590 science we'd feel like we'd accomplished 699 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:26,179 something and we don't have to think 700 00:29:29,380 --> 00:29:27,650 about one person anymore we can think 701 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:29,390 about you know tens of thousands and 702 00:29:37,419 --> 00:29:33,650 millions that's very exciting Thanks any 703 00:29:39,399 --> 00:29:37,429 further questions over here Jason Ron 704 00:29:41,830 --> 00:29:39,409 for America space comm this goes out to 705 00:29:43,180 --> 00:29:41,840 Clara if I had to like pick out two 706 00:29:46,980 --> 00:29:43,190 looks that I've seen across your face 707 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:46,990 into the press conference it's shock and 708 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:49,850 thrill you just look so happy to be here 709 00:29:53,260 --> 00:29:51,770 and so surprised that all the attention 710 00:29:54,370 --> 00:29:53,270 you've gotten I was hoping you could 711 00:29:55,779 --> 00:29:54,380 probably give us a little bit of a 712 00:29:58,570 --> 00:29:55,789 background of like what your life was 713 00:30:00,220 --> 00:29:58,580 before you named curiosity and what it's 714 00:30:01,779 --> 00:30:00,230 like now and perhaps what your goals are 715 00:30:06,039 --> 00:30:01,789 like now as opposed to what they were 716 00:30:12,029 --> 00:30:06,049 before before I named the rover I was 717 00:30:23,919 --> 00:30:20,980 actually but naming the rover has been 718 00:30:26,350 --> 00:30:23,929 an awesome experience I've learned so 719 00:30:29,350 --> 00:30:26,360 much from it I've learned a lot about 720 00:30:30,990 --> 00:30:29,360 Mars but I've always I think I've I've 721 00:30:36,070 --> 00:30:31,000 always been interested in space and 722 00:30:38,529 --> 00:30:36,080 space exploration and getting to name 723 00:30:45,909 --> 00:30:38,539 the rover just made it so much cooler 724 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:45,919 and I like after naming the rover it's 725 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:49,250 just I've been following Mars and like 726 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:51,860 curiosity and on Twitter and on Facebook 727 00:30:56,890 --> 00:30:55,610 and it's I've learned it's just been so 728 00:30:59,920 --> 00:30:56,900 rewarding for me 729 00:31:02,530 --> 00:30:59,930 and after after naming the rover as I 730 00:31:03,940 --> 00:31:02,540 mentioned before I I got to go to a 731 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:03,950 bunch of places and meet a bunch of 732 00:31:15,070 --> 00:31:09,050 people like we wind here he's really 733 00:31:18,270 --> 00:31:15,080 cool I didn't pay her yeah it's just 734 00:31:22,530 --> 00:31:18,280 been such a great experience for me 735 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:24,760 mark radarman from talking space a 736 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:27,250 question for Laura 737 00:31:32,169 --> 00:31:30,290 as far as excites and inspires can you 738 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:32,179 think of something from your studies and 739 00:31:37,390 --> 00:31:34,850 public and space policy that when you've 740 00:31:39,010 --> 00:31:37,400 learned that and discovered it that it 741 00:31:41,950 --> 00:31:39,020 was something that that had you 742 00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:41,960 surprised and and excited in a positive 743 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:45,260 way yeah I'm taking a course right now 744 00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:48,050 about technology innovation and economic 745 00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:50,960 growth and just seeing the correlation 746 00:31:58,090 --> 00:31:55,340 between money spent on R&D domestically 747 00:32:00,130 --> 00:31:58,100 spent on NASA when those budgets are 748 00:32:01,299 --> 00:32:00,140 sort of aligned just sort of the pull 749 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:01,309 through that comes through with the 750 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:04,570 economy and just looking at economic 751 00:32:09,820 --> 00:32:06,890 rationales for promoting science and 752 00:32:11,590 --> 00:32:09,830 technology in the past you know I feel 753 00:32:13,570 --> 00:32:11,600 like I didn't have those tools and so I 754 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:13,580 just say it's cool and nobody can deny 755 00:32:17,650 --> 00:32:16,010 it's cool but to be able to say no it's 756 00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:17,660 more than just cool in fact it's really 757 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:18,980 good for this country it's good for the 758 00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:22,010 world and to make the economic arguments 759 00:32:26,020 --> 00:32:23,660 like things that are just pretty black 760 00:32:28,090 --> 00:32:26,030 and white and show the history from you 761 00:32:30,940 --> 00:32:28,100 know the Industrial Revolution till 762 00:32:32,890 --> 00:32:30,950 today I feel really empowered by that 763 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:32,900 and inspired by that so it's not just me 764 00:32:37,180 --> 00:32:35,090 being a cheerleader now I can say okay 765 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:37,190 I'll cheer but I also have like a little 766 00:32:44,410 --> 00:32:38,570 document here which tells you why it's 767 00:32:46,510 --> 00:32:44,420 the truth you certainly may I'd like to 768 00:32:49,330 --> 00:32:46,520 follow up on that I couldn't agree more 769 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:49,340 and one of my fifth-grade students the 770 00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:51,170 other day I said well isn't that a lot 771 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:52,880 of money for gas to send something up 772 00:32:59,080 --> 00:32:56,450 there and yeah there's gas and there's 773 00:33:01,930 --> 00:32:59,090 more expense to but I explained to him 774 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:01,940 that we don't send the money there we 775 00:33:06,370 --> 00:33:03,710 spend the money here in places like 776 00:33:10,570 --> 00:33:06,380 California and Texas and New York and 777 00:33:13,540 --> 00:33:10,580 Florida and Ohio and all of those places 778 00:33:16,090 --> 00:33:13,550 we also develop what has created a 779 00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:16,100 wonderfully great country we develop 780 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:18,440 science and technology and that if we 781 00:33:23,350 --> 00:33:20,570 stop developing those things and let 782 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:23,360 other nations take the lead that we're 783 00:33:28,390 --> 00:33:26,090 just going to be dropping farther behind 784 00:33:30,340 --> 00:33:28,400 all the time and so we might as well 785 00:33:37,290 --> 00:33:30,350 spend the money here and get the bang 786 00:33:41,890 --> 00:33:39,790 Roger Eckert the arcade I have a 787 00:33:43,270 --> 00:33:41,900 question for Clara can we look forward 788 00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:43,280 to seeing you here in the future as a 789 00:33:50,590 --> 00:33:47,710 scientist I hope so I'm so interested in 790 00:33:52,210 --> 00:33:50,600 astrophysics and space and that's 791 00:33:55,470 --> 00:33:52,220 definitely something I would like to try 792 00:34:02,380 --> 00:33:55,480 maybe and I hope I can come here and 793 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:02,390 work yeah or go to Mars yeah it's 794 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:05,450 definitely definitely done for Italian 795 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:09,410 radio and TV and also as an educator I 796 00:34:13,690 --> 00:34:11,810 was wondering the other day I was 797 00:34:16,210 --> 00:34:13,700 listening to the radio and I heard that 798 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:16,220 30% of the foreign students in this 799 00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:18,500 country obviously at college level or 800 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:22,910 graduate level are from China about 15% 801 00:34:26,970 --> 00:34:24,890 are from India 802 00:34:30,630 --> 00:34:26,980 it looks like compared to this country 803 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:30,640 which seems to have almost lost the 804 00:34:35,050 --> 00:34:33,130 excitement about the enthusiasm 805 00:34:37,050 --> 00:34:35,060 concerning research and space 806 00:34:39,970 --> 00:34:37,060 exploration just because possibly 807 00:34:42,070 --> 00:34:39,980 America has already been to the moon 808 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:42,080 other countries consider this a lot more 809 00:34:46,650 --> 00:34:43,610 important than the United States and 810 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:46,660 they seem to be you know running and 811 00:34:51,310 --> 00:34:50,090 bouncing leaps ahead eventually of the 812 00:35:01,730 --> 00:34:51,320 United States and I'm wondering what 813 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:06,150 I met at Harvard and I take courses at 814 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:08,170 MIT as well and I see this firsthand 815 00:35:13,410 --> 00:35:11,170 what you're describing I do think right 816 00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:13,420 now there's a bit of a shift going on 817 00:35:17,370 --> 00:35:15,760 culturally this is just my intuition 818 00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:17,380 here I don't know for a fact but 819 00:35:21,290 --> 00:35:20,110 enabling communication whether it be 820 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:21,300 through Twitter through Facebook 821 00:35:25,860 --> 00:35:23,530 reaching out to people and making this 822 00:35:27,870 --> 00:35:25,870 more accessible I think is a huge part 823 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:27,880 of it and you know when I was looking 824 00:35:33,030 --> 00:35:30,810 for jobs graduating from college in 2005 825 00:35:34,530 --> 00:35:33,040 you go through the career fair and this 826 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:34,540 is no fault of my university this is 827 00:35:39,150 --> 00:35:36,970 pretty much kind of standard I saw every 828 00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:39,160 investment bank I can imagine and I'm 829 00:35:42,750 --> 00:35:41,110 just like where's the JPL booth where's 830 00:35:44,910 --> 00:35:42,760 the NASA booth you know where's the 831 00:35:47,310 --> 00:35:44,920 engineers Without Borders booth and I 832 00:35:49,350 --> 00:35:47,320 couldn't find them and I think that I 833 00:35:50,930 --> 00:35:49,360 mean obviously with what's kind of going 834 00:35:54,060 --> 00:35:50,940 on in the economy but I think in general 835 00:35:56,910 --> 00:35:54,070 there is a shift happening and I think 836 00:35:59,970 --> 00:35:56,920 that you know that's no longer just the 837 00:36:02,640 --> 00:35:59,980 safe route when you finish school I 838 00:36:03,660 --> 00:36:02,650 think a lot of work needs to be done and 839 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:03,670 there's a lot of there's a lot of 840 00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:04,810 research out there that shows you know 841 00:36:07,890 --> 00:36:06,040 you have a lot of people coming into 842 00:36:09,450 --> 00:36:07,900 college saying I want to study math 843 00:36:11,790 --> 00:36:09,460 science and engineering and then they 844 00:36:13,830 --> 00:36:11,800 drop out that and go do something else I 845 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:13,840 think there's huge opportunity there to 846 00:36:17,610 --> 00:36:15,970 inspire these students can continue on 847 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:17,620 and this is through evolution in 848 00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:19,570 engineering education through science 849 00:36:22,770 --> 00:36:20,980 education there's a lot of stuff 850 00:36:25,380 --> 00:36:22,780 happening in education to sort of change 851 00:36:27,420 --> 00:36:25,390 the way we teach these things so I'm not 852 00:36:28,890 --> 00:36:27,430 an expert on this but just these are 853 00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:28,900 just some things that I see changing in 854 00:36:33,810 --> 00:36:30,250 the world right now and I think that it 855 00:36:35,790 --> 00:36:33,820 only helps the STEM cause I just like to 856 00:36:38,070 --> 00:36:35,800 add another piece you know if we start 857 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:38,080 in the middle school I think we we lose 858 00:36:41,820 --> 00:36:39,370 a lot of students in the middle school 859 00:36:43,530 --> 00:36:41,830 age range and if you don't have 860 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:43,540 something that's inspiring and 861 00:36:48,270 --> 00:36:45,880 motivating for them to latch onto then 862 00:36:50,220 --> 00:36:48,280 they're going to not even turn towards 863 00:36:52,260 --> 00:36:50,230 science and engineering we have Scott 864 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:52,270 here who's an educator and I talked to 865 00:36:57,150 --> 00:36:54,730 about 70 educators this morning and I 866 00:36:59,910 --> 00:36:57,160 said that you know you can only inspire 867 00:37:01,560 --> 00:36:59,920 someone if you're inspired yourself and 868 00:37:04,110 --> 00:37:01,570 so one of the things that we're doing in 869 00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:04,120 NASA education is to ensure that the 870 00:37:08,220 --> 00:37:06,310 unique assets that we have to offer from 871 00:37:10,180 --> 00:37:08,230 NASA whether it's you know curiosity 872 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:10,190 whether it's flying k12 873 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:12,290 teachers on a zero-g flight at JSC to 874 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:13,850 let them know what it's like to be 875 00:37:19,180 --> 00:37:16,010 flying and floating for 25 seconds in 876 00:37:21,070 --> 00:37:19,190 microgravity 33 times we give them that 877 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:21,080 inspiration in that excitement and that 878 00:37:25,450 --> 00:37:23,690 will help fuel this this interest in 879 00:37:28,930 --> 00:37:25,460 stem and they can take that back into 880 00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:28,940 their classrooms but I definitely agree 881 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:31,190 with everything that Laura said you know 882 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:32,810 when I was in graduate school there were 883 00:37:36,610 --> 00:37:34,850 a lot of foreign students there a lot of 884 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:36,620 those students to go back to their back 885 00:37:41,860 --> 00:37:39,170 to their countries but we have to let 886 00:37:44,140 --> 00:37:41,870 our students and in the u.s. understand 887 00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:44,150 that these even though the shuttle 888 00:37:48,610 --> 00:37:45,950 program is over we still have a very 889 00:37:50,380 --> 00:37:48,620 vibrant space program the International 890 00:37:52,090 --> 00:37:50,390 Space Station has been on orbit for many 891 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:52,100 many years and is continuing to flourish 892 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:54,890 and we have someone living there 24/7 so 893 00:38:00,190 --> 00:37:57,410 making these making these opportunities 894 00:38:01,390 --> 00:38:00,200 and assets aware to the general public 895 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:01,400 through Twitter through Facebook through 896 00:38:05,290 --> 00:38:03,770 these social media networks and ensuring 897 00:38:07,420 --> 00:38:05,300 that the media you guys that are sitting 898 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:07,430 out there let people know that the space 899 00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:09,050 program is not over just because the 900 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:10,790 shuttle retired so those are some of the 901 00:38:17,740 --> 00:38:14,810 things we need to make sure we do as a 902 00:38:19,150 --> 00:38:17,750 parent I wish schools would celebrate 903 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:19,160 their first robotics team as much as 904 00:38:23,710 --> 00:38:21,170 they do their football team I think as a 905 00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:23,720 culture we don't celebrate our kids when 906 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:24,980 they're doing really extraordinary 907 00:38:28,870 --> 00:38:27,170 things and science and technology and 908 00:38:31,210 --> 00:38:28,880 they see the other areas where they are 909 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:31,220 celebrated so I think as a culture it 910 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:32,930 would be nice to see people turn more 911 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:35,090 please celebrate the kids that are doing 912 00:38:38,890 --> 00:38:36,770 the robotics celebrate the kids that are 913 00:38:41,140 --> 00:38:38,900 doing you know after school engineering 914 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:41,150 programs just as much as we do everyone 915 00:38:44,740 --> 00:38:43,570 else for football or any other sport 916 00:38:46,810 --> 00:38:44,750 okay 917 00:38:50,020 --> 00:38:46,820 Stefano you have one more follow-up and 918 00:38:52,180 --> 00:38:50,030 then we'll come over here side yes a 919 00:38:55,810 --> 00:38:52,190 quick follow-up it looks like to me it 920 00:38:58,480 --> 00:38:55,820 on almost the human mind turns you know 921 00:39:01,330 --> 00:38:58,490 kind of a it is people become paws a 922 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:01,340 pretty quick it happened seemed to me 923 00:39:07,390 --> 00:39:04,370 with the space shuttle and by Apollo 16 924 00:39:08,020 --> 00:39:07,400 or 17 interest already had gone down 925 00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:08,030 quite a bit 926 00:39:11,350 --> 00:39:09,710 it looks like as long as something is 927 00:39:13,780 --> 00:39:11,360 new there's a lot of interest and then 928 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:13,790 at one point it Peters out I don't know 929 00:39:18,820 --> 00:39:16,010 obviously you're not a psycho 930 00:39:21,340 --> 00:39:18,830 psychologist I don't think so I'm just 931 00:39:22,810 --> 00:39:21,350 trying to throw this out for people to 932 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:22,820 debate and think about because I think 933 00:39:30,850 --> 00:39:23,810 it's an 934 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:30,860 point i'd like to say that early on an 935 00:39:36,850 --> 00:39:33,410 education is a great time to get kids 936 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:36,860 young humans inspired and then we tend 937 00:39:43,150 --> 00:39:39,410 to lose them as we go along and then we 938 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:43,160 have a whole entry cadre going into 939 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:45,890 college and it seems like the mindset 940 00:39:49,470 --> 00:39:49,010 and a lot of colleges is to weed them 941 00:39:52,420 --> 00:39:49,480 out 942 00:39:54,130 --> 00:39:52,430 whereas we need to inspire them to take 943 00:39:56,230 --> 00:39:54,140 that next leap and yes you're gonna have 944 00:39:58,360 --> 00:39:56,240 to take some hard math classes but 945 00:39:59,970 --> 00:39:58,370 there's a reason for that and if we 946 00:40:04,720 --> 00:39:59,980 started off with more problem-based 947 00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:04,730 education or that they had an end goal 948 00:40:10,690 --> 00:40:07,760 in mind such as some of the projects 949 00:40:14,470 --> 00:40:10,700 i've seen that the school of Earth and 950 00:40:17,860 --> 00:40:14,480 space exploration at ASU is that they 951 00:40:19,930 --> 00:40:17,870 start out as a group go out and study 952 00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:19,940 their various specialties and then come 953 00:40:24,940 --> 00:40:21,680 back together as a group and they have 954 00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:24,950 that four year block laid out for 955 00:40:29,860 --> 00:40:27,110 themselves I think a lot of colleges 956 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:29,870 could take that in mind say instead of 957 00:40:34,710 --> 00:40:32,810 taking all the dry stuff and the first 958 00:40:37,660 --> 00:40:34,720 two years and losing most of your kids 959 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:37,670 let's get some project-based education 960 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:40,730 going on early on and really turn them 961 00:40:47,140 --> 00:40:43,490 on and those switches and those lights 962 00:40:50,620 --> 00:40:47,150 will come on and say yes this is cool 963 00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:50,630 okay and we have we have an end in mind 964 00:40:55,510 --> 00:40:52,910 and I can I can be part of that career 965 00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:55,520 and yes I'm willing to slog through that 966 00:41:03,100 --> 00:40:57,730 calculus class and make sure that I can 967 00:41:04,390 --> 00:41:03,110 continue yes Greta who'll be from our 968 00:41:07,810 --> 00:41:04,400 dear arts with a three astronauts 969 00:41:09,850 --> 00:41:07,820 project I was responding very closely 970 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:09,860 with what Scott showed us on the video 971 00:41:16,090 --> 00:41:12,650 which is kids involved with the arts as 972 00:41:17,470 --> 00:41:16,100 a way into science and I think that 973 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:17,480 that's very important we keep talking 974 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:20,570 about Twitter and Facebook and social 975 00:41:25,930 --> 00:41:23,090 media as a way to engage people but the 976 00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:25,940 arts have always engaged people and not 977 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:28,310 only that but the arts in all sorts of 978 00:41:34,510 --> 00:41:31,510 ways as far as entertainment music are 979 00:41:35,810 --> 00:41:34,520 in all sorts of ways reach millions of 980 00:41:39,170 --> 00:41:35,820 people and 981 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:39,180 that's a way to inspire our generations 982 00:41:44,330 --> 00:41:42,090 I also you're taking courses at MIT I 983 00:41:46,820 --> 00:41:44,340 actually went to MIT and one of the 984 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:46,830 things that so inspired me at MIT was 985 00:41:52,250 --> 00:41:49,650 that it was like the arts and the arts 986 00:41:54,410 --> 00:41:52,260 held an equal position with the sciences 987 00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:54,420 and you'd come into your classes and the 988 00:41:58,580 --> 00:41:56,310 professors would be coming out having 989 00:42:00,530 --> 00:41:58,590 worked on the solar panel of the you 990 00:42:03,170 --> 00:42:00,540 know and it was just extraordinary and I 991 00:42:05,390 --> 00:42:03,180 think as Scott was just saying we have 992 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:05,400 to have that excitement in our 993 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:09,090 educational system the problem with most 994 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:10,770 science the way is taught is that it's 995 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:13,530 so dry and so by-the-book 996 00:42:18,140 --> 00:42:16,110 and I and I feel as though in we keep 997 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:18,150 saying stem but I feel as though if we 998 00:42:23,660 --> 00:42:20,490 can start saying steam and put the a ooh 999 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:23,670 the educational the arts is an 1000 00:42:32,270 --> 00:42:29,210 extraordinarily fertile place to ignite 1001 00:42:34,610 --> 00:42:32,280 creativity which is what we need for the 1002 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:34,620 sciences we can't just learn the 1003 00:42:41,030 --> 00:42:36,570 sciences we have to approach it from a 1004 00:42:42,470 --> 00:42:41,040 creative well and I really feel as 1005 00:42:43,490 --> 00:42:42,480 though we should be saying steam here 1006 00:42:48,140 --> 00:42:43,500 and we'd find a lot more people 1007 00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:48,150 interested in science Greta what one of 1008 00:42:52,730 --> 00:42:49,710 the things that we're trying to do in 1009 00:42:55,310 --> 00:42:52,740 education is to partner with people like 1010 00:42:58,100 --> 00:42:55,320 minded people we met with the Lincoln 1011 00:43:00,470 --> 00:42:58,110 Center Institute just about two or three 1012 00:43:03,170 --> 00:43:00,480 weeks ago to talk just about how we can 1013 00:43:05,060 --> 00:43:03,180 motivate students in the arts to see 1014 00:43:07,430 --> 00:43:05,070 that there is science technology 1015 00:43:10,460 --> 00:43:07,440 engineering and math in everything that 1016 00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:10,470 we do and when I flew in space for my my 1017 00:43:15,590 --> 00:43:13,110 first flight I took up Quincy Jones is 1018 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:15,600 one of his CDs and when we when he 1019 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:16,970 interviewed me while I was in space 1020 00:43:23,570 --> 00:43:21,210 Quincy so eloquently said there is math 1021 00:43:25,340 --> 00:43:23,580 and music for both of those two things 1022 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:25,350 it uses both the right and left side of 1023 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:28,050 the brain so if you know math you know 1024 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:29,310 music and if you know music you know 1025 00:43:33,020 --> 00:43:31,650 math but we don't show that in the 1026 00:43:35,330 --> 00:43:33,030 classrooms there's a there's a big 1027 00:43:37,460 --> 00:43:35,340 divide you go to art class and then you 1028 00:43:39,830 --> 00:43:37,470 got a math class and they're not 1029 00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:39,840 connected so if we can start showing how 1030 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:42,510 these two what seems like the similar 1031 00:43:47,630 --> 00:43:44,970 things are connected more students will 1032 00:43:48,950 --> 00:43:47,640 then have this more of a Renaissance Ian 1033 00:43:51,710 --> 00:43:48,960 type flavor in their edge 1034 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:51,720 and they will look at you know music and 1035 00:43:57,500 --> 00:43:54,930 arts and sciences a combined thing not 1036 00:43:58,910 --> 00:43:57,510 just separate pieces that's another 1037 00:44:00,559 --> 00:43:58,920 thing we're trying to do is to bring in 1038 00:44:04,099 --> 00:44:00,569 entertainers I've worked with mary j 1039 00:44:07,339 --> 00:44:04,109 blige will.i.am who's put a lot of his 1040 00:44:09,859 --> 00:44:07,349 resources into FIRST Robotics and an ABC 1041 00:44:11,450 --> 00:44:09,869 special because the technology part of 1042 00:44:13,700 --> 00:44:11,460 it is so important he wants to celebrate 1043 00:44:16,430 --> 00:44:13,710 he's coming here to help celebrate this 1044 00:44:19,099 --> 00:44:16,440 with us tomorrow after after curiosity 1045 00:44:21,349 --> 00:44:19,109 launches but using musicians using ball 1046 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:21,359 players the physics of football were 1047 00:44:24,650 --> 00:44:22,650 taught within two donovan mcnabb 1048 00:44:26,900 --> 00:44:24,660 football camp so we were coming in on 1049 00:44:28,819 --> 00:44:26,910 the back end teaching kids that if you 1050 00:44:30,140 --> 00:44:28,829 know physics you know when you drop down 1051 00:44:31,730 --> 00:44:30,150 in your center directly center of 1052 00:44:33,950 --> 00:44:31,740 gravity gets lower you're gonna be a 1053 00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:33,960 better ball player so how do we use all 1054 00:44:38,059 --> 00:44:35,910 of these different ambassadors these 1055 00:44:40,730 --> 00:44:38,069 trust agents that students look up to 1056 00:44:43,730 --> 00:44:40,740 ballplayers and rappers and musicians to 1057 00:44:45,589 --> 00:44:43,740 help them sell the stem message and I 1058 00:44:47,630 --> 00:44:45,599 know you say steam I know the arts is in 1059 00:44:50,030 --> 00:44:47,640 there but what stem isn't everything 1060 00:44:54,370 --> 00:44:50,040 it's in everything we do and it's very 1061 00:44:57,770 --> 00:44:56,420 follow-up is that you have that 1062 00:44:59,059 --> 00:44:57,780 extraordinary NASA has that 1063 00:45:00,620 --> 00:44:59,069 extraordinary program now with 1064 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:00,630 non-traditional partnerships and 1065 00:45:03,559 --> 00:45:01,770 certainly we've been working on our 1066 00:45:07,910 --> 00:45:03,569 proposal but I think that that's a very 1067 00:45:09,890 --> 00:45:07,920 exciting new direction all right that 1068 00:45:11,930 --> 00:45:09,900 will conclude this briefing this is our 1069 00:45:14,270 --> 00:45:11,940 last of our briefings that we've had 1070 00:45:17,270 --> 00:45:14,280 throughout this week on the Mars Science 1071 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:17,280 Laboratory so our next activity is going