1 00:00:01,250 --> 00:00:02,250 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:02,250 --> 00:00:03,560 This is the story of NASA and Angry Birds. 3 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:08,280 An unlikely duo pushing the boundaries of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,660 education through video games… 5 00:00:10,660 --> 00:00:11,660 Wait. 6 00:00:11,660 --> 00:00:13,670 Video games? 7 00:00:13,670 --> 00:00:19,170 Seriously video games partnering with deep space exploration agency; NASA? 8 00:00:19,170 --> 00:00:21,060 Did this really happen? 9 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:25,560 At least….that is how this Hollywood story started. 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,940 [ROCKET NOISE] 11 00:00:27,940 --> 00:00:29,130 WHOAAAA! 12 00:00:29,130 --> 00:00:30,320 [MUSIC] 13 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:39,600 Pluto is a dwarf planet once it was a planet but then it was reclassified in 2006. 14 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,050 Pluto was smaller than a number of moons in our solar system, including the Earth’s 15 00:00:44,050 --> 00:00:45,050 moon 16 00:00:45,050 --> 00:00:50,160 Ok, now they have the head of NASA’s Planetary Science Division talking about Pluto, in the 17 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:53,570 presence of some annoyed piggies? 18 00:00:53,570 --> 00:00:56,620 Someone has to tell me how this started. 19 00:00:56,620 --> 00:01:00,250 Ironically it was through a tweet. 20 00:01:00,250 --> 00:01:07,210 Seing this twitter conversation go on about how polwerful the mobile phone devices are 21 00:01:07,210 --> 00:01:12,100 today as being more powerful than they were during the Apollo era and that we sent humans 22 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:14,720 to the moon and they shot birds at pigs. 23 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:23,100 And I didn’t quite understand what shooting birds at pigs was so I had avoided on purpose 24 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:33,240 a lot of the Facebook and mobile gaming material so called someone and they said they are referring 25 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,280 to Angry Birds was like ok I’m going to have to look at this now 26 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:43,020 After a bit of research – code for game play – he tweeted an offer to help the birds 27 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:44,619 get to space. 28 00:01:44,619 --> 00:01:49,450 And Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds saw this and immediately responded. 29 00:01:49,450 --> 00:01:54,939 Well who would not want to work with NASA it was amazing opportunity to combine a super 30 00:01:54,939 --> 00:01:59,360 popular game with exciting educational content. 31 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:07,300 Twitter, mobile gaming, space, and, BUT WAIT, now a Hollywood 3D CG-animated movie? 32 00:02:07,300 --> 00:02:09,710 Ok so this is getting better… 33 00:02:09,710 --> 00:02:13,170 [WOOD SLAMS TO GROUND] 34 00:02:13,170 --> 00:02:15,310 [MUSIC] Greetings from my world. 35 00:02:15,310 --> 00:02:16,760 The world of the pigs. 36 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,319 What’s a pig? 37 00:02:18,319 --> 00:02:23,400 I am a pig 38 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,260 This combo was pretty darn cool. 39 00:02:25,260 --> 00:02:32,420 NASA informed kids and adults about space exploration, orbital mechanics, microgravity, 40 00:02:32,420 --> 00:02:34,090 and its pioneering work… 41 00:02:34,090 --> 00:02:40,250 through Rovio’s game…..all while slinging birds around on mobile devices! 42 00:02:40,250 --> 00:02:45,120 Well Angry Birds is not just any video game it has to do with trajectories it has to do 43 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:52,040 with velocities it has to do with accelerations where you’re shooting little birds around 44 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,900 as projectiles and asteroids and things like that. 45 00:02:54,900 --> 00:03:02,209 And I’m going to show the trajectory that Red Bird is going to have when I fire him 46 00:03:02,209 --> 00:03:05,620 with this orbital sling shot. 47 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:13,909 All of them involves physics, all of this involves science and so Angry Birds is a venue 48 00:03:13,909 --> 00:03:21,000 to get kids wrapped up into the game and then you slide a little science in at the same 49 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,600 time you slide in a little physics 50 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,379 That’s an example of a trajectory. 51 00:03:25,379 --> 00:03:29,230 Guess what Astronauts have to worry about these things because if you’re in a rocket 52 00:03:29,230 --> 00:03:35,260 and you’re trying to get from one orbit and rendezvous with space station you end 53 00:03:35,260 --> 00:03:40,330 up going in curved trajectories and you need to know how to fire your rocket engines so 54 00:03:40,330 --> 00:03:44,000 you can go from where you are to where you want to be. 55 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,710 With 265 million downloads of Angry Birds Space alone that’s over 6 billion sessions 56 00:03:49,710 --> 00:03:52,040 of “interplanetary education”! 57 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:57,519 It has been so successful that the ANGRY BIRDS got noticed by Hollywood and they will now 58 00:03:57,519 --> 00:04:00,769 make a debut appearance on the silver screen! 59 00:04:00,769 --> 00:04:02,150 Who would’ve thought! 60 00:04:02,150 --> 00:04:03,740 An ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE! 61 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:05,659 Yeah when birds fly. 62 00:04:05,659 --> 00:04:10,379 After a few years, millions and millions of downloads, major updates about everything 63 00:04:10,379 --> 00:04:15,549 from asteroids to Mars, and countless public events… the epic struggle between birds 64 00:04:15,549 --> 00:04:17,130 and pigs continues! 65 00:04:17,130 --> 00:04:22,590 The future of the Angry Birds keeps expanding with knowledge and exploration at its core. 66 00:04:22,590 --> 00:04:28,520 From the International Space Station to deep into the cosmos. 67 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:35,930 We are interested in giving back to society and helping teach the next generation to come 68 00:04:35,930 --> 00:04:41,090 and do our job is part of our current job and when it’s time for me to sit in a rocking 69 00:04:41,090 --> 00:04:49,280 chair I’m hoping some of the kids that have seen these educational teachings that myself