The conference was part of the Ad Astra Rocket company’s social responsibility program which runs an annual raffle for underserved populations to win a private video conference with Dr.
A private video conference with NASA Astronaut Hall of Famer and CEO of the Ad Astra Rocket Company, Dr. After these informative sessions the students were shuttled to the expansive Turrialba campus of the University of Costa Rica where a historic meeting awaited them and for which they had been preparing for weeks. The students were bused to the city of Turrialba and their first stop was an orientation visit at Costa Rica’s national university for long-distance studies (UNED). Another purpose was to soften some of the culture shock that awaits them when they leave their indigenous territory in pursuit of higher education. The purpose of the trip was to provide the students a heads up about some of the post secondary educational opportunities available to them when they graduate from high school. A baptism by fire crash course tutorial in space exploration, life skills and public speaking for grade 11 Cabecar high school students ( for whom Spanish is a second language) with NASA’s first Hispanic astronaut who is also one of the most accomplished space shuttle era astronauts NASA has ever produced.Ģ3 students from the Uluk Kicha high school in the remote Cabecar indigenous territory of Chirripo, Costa Rica had a very memorable field trip on Friday May 5.
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