Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
27-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
27-4-1995 4:00 PM
Description
This paper discusses the Sierra College Small Satellite project, its impact on students and Space Technology curriculum development. Sierra's program has led to the development and implementation of a hands-on Space Technology curriculum that uses the design and manufacture of Get Away Special (GAS) projects as its focus. (NASA's GAS program allows educational institutions to fly a payload aboard the Space Shuttle for as little as $3000.) Students involved with this program have already flown a GAS payload which measured backscattered ultraviolet radiation. The students are currently designing a small satellite which will fly in early 1997. This innovative program requires students to manufacture their hardware designs. One of the primary goals of the program is to create a direct link between design and manufacturing processes. The students are gaining an appreciation of what it takes to create a sophisticated product on a real schedule. The inherent excitement of a space project is a great motivator. 9-
Paper Session III-C - Using Space in Project Based Education
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
This paper discusses the Sierra College Small Satellite project, its impact on students and Space Technology curriculum development. Sierra's program has led to the development and implementation of a hands-on Space Technology curriculum that uses the design and manufacture of Get Away Special (GAS) projects as its focus. (NASA's GAS program allows educational institutions to fly a payload aboard the Space Shuttle for as little as $3000.) Students involved with this program have already flown a GAS payload which measured backscattered ultraviolet radiation. The students are currently designing a small satellite which will fly in early 1997. This innovative program requires students to manufacture their hardware designs. One of the primary goals of the program is to create a direct link between design and manufacturing processes. The students are gaining an appreciation of what it takes to create a sophisticated product on a real schedule. The inherent excitement of a space project is a great motivator. 9-
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