Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
27-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
27-4-1995 4:00 PM
Description
Students now have a means of communicating to their elected officials in an organized and directed fashion their desire for an investment in their future. Student Space Action is a newly formed non-profit organization with the purpose of coordinating a national pro-space message that will serve to educate students of all ages, adults and especially the lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Using state-of-the-art technology such as the Internet and the World Wide Web, students from all parts of the country can communicate and organize in a seamless, lightning-fast fashion.
SSA members have already created pro-space program petitions that are interactive, giving thousands of other students the chance to voice their support of this country's space program. SSA members create and distribute educational material on the Internet, which is becoming increasingly used by universities and high schools. SSA members have been involved in two congressional education campaigns where their voices carried considerable weight. Senators and Congressmen listened closely to the opinions of the students, who are the future voters and policy-makers of this country.
SSA members will work in conjunction with already established student space organizations in order to utilize the broadest knowledge and interest base possible. Student Space Action hopes to educate students and the public about the values and benefits of a strong space program. Active SSA members will bridge their dreams with the current trends and realities of the aerospace industry in order to deliver a pro-space message to their elected officials in Washington on a regular basis.
Paper Session III-C - Student Space Action's Role in Promoting Space Activism to Universities and High Schools
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Students now have a means of communicating to their elected officials in an organized and directed fashion their desire for an investment in their future. Student Space Action is a newly formed non-profit organization with the purpose of coordinating a national pro-space message that will serve to educate students of all ages, adults and especially the lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Using state-of-the-art technology such as the Internet and the World Wide Web, students from all parts of the country can communicate and organize in a seamless, lightning-fast fashion.
SSA members have already created pro-space program petitions that are interactive, giving thousands of other students the chance to voice their support of this country's space program. SSA members create and distribute educational material on the Internet, which is becoming increasingly used by universities and high schools. SSA members have been involved in two congressional education campaigns where their voices carried considerable weight. Senators and Congressmen listened closely to the opinions of the students, who are the future voters and policy-makers of this country.
SSA members will work in conjunction with already established student space organizations in order to utilize the broadest knowledge and interest base possible. Student Space Action hopes to educate students and the public about the values and benefits of a strong space program. Active SSA members will bridge their dreams with the current trends and realities of the aerospace industry in order to deliver a pro-space message to their elected officials in Washington on a regular basis.
Comments
Education, Space for Tomorrow
Session Chairman: William E. Lavinghousez, Associate Director of Education and Technology at the Center for Space Education
Session Organizer: Vickie Neal