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The National AeroSpace Training &
Research CenterSTEM Education
Gregory P. KennedyDirectorEducational Programs
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What is NASTAR?
• Research
• Training
• Education
• Tourism or Entertainment
• Subsidiary of Environmental Tectonics Corporation
• ETC founded in 1969
• National AeroSpace Training and Research Center
• Space Training
• Tactical Flight Training
• Aeromedical Research & Equipment Testing
• STEM EducationNational AeroSpace Research and Training Center
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ATFS-400 Phoenix
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Gyroflight IPT II
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Gyrolab GL-2000
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Falcon Altitude Chamber
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General Aviation Trainer (GAT II)
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Ejection Seat Trainer
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NASTAR Programs
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• Virgin Galactic Spaceflight Participant Training
• Suborbital Scientist Training
• Military Pilot Training Programs
• Orange Flag
• Upset Recovery Training
• Research Programs
• Education Programs
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Why I Became Interested in Science
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Fall 1958
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Sputnik Response
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• Approval of Explorer 1
• Creation of NASA
• National Defense Education Act
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Soviet Firsts
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• First satellite
• First animal in orbit
• First lunar fly by
• First lunar impact
• First pictures of lunar far side
• First human in space
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Vostok 1
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Freedom 7
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America’s Response
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Project Apollo
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Today’s World
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• Only 4 of the top 10 companies receiving US patents last ear were United States companies
• China has replaced the United States as the world’s leading high technology exporter
• US consumers spend more on potato chips than the government devotes to energy R & D
• There are more foreign students studying science and engineering in US graduate schools than American students
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The United States ranks 27th among developed
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Future Prospects
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Over the next 10 years the US Department of
Labor expects engineering and science
jobs to grow by 21%
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Growth Projections
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Growing Opportunities
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What Does This Mean?
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• Globalization will create added competition and will create a premium for INNOVATION
• Almost half of all current scientists and engineers will retire within 10 years
• STEM jobs are expected to grow at twice the rate of other jobs
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There will continue to be a need for engineers and
scientists
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