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www.NASTARcenter.com National AeroSpace Research and Training Center The data contained within this presentation is furnished for your internal use only and shall not be duplicated, used, or otherwise disclosed, in whole or in part, for any purpose outside your organization without written consent from the NASTAR Center or ETC. See the last slide of this presentation for details The National AeroSpace Training & Research Center STEM Education Gregory P. Kennedy Director Educational Programs

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The data contained within this presentation is furnished for your internal use only and shall not be duplicated, used, or otherwise disclosed, in whole or in part, for any purpose outside your organization without written consent from the NASTAR Center or ETC. See the last slide of this presentation for details

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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