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Selling NASA: Skylab Student Experiment Project (1971-1974)

Selling NASA: Skylab Student Experiment Project (1971-1974). Y. H. Phoebe Tang M. Phil Candidate, Department of History The University of Hong Kong. Email: phoebemus@gmail.com. Picture taken at Steven F. Udvar -Hazy Center. Poster from NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection.

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Selling NASA: Skylab Student Experiment Project (1971-1974)

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  1. Selling NASA: Skylab Student Experiment Project(1971-1974) Y. H. Phoebe Tang M. Phil Candidate, Department of History The University of Hong Kong Email: phoebemus@gmail.com

  2. Picture taken at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

  3. Poster from NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection

  4. The Competition - Over 87,000 students received project kits - 301 out of 3409 proposals selected - 25 national winners

  5. Background of Skylab Student Experiment Project • NASA answering to public concerns and boosting public interest • Evaluating the Skylab Student Experiment Project

  6. I. Background of the Skylab Student Experiment Project

  7. Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan 1973

  8. NASA appropriations

  9. Students’ views towards space and science 1968 - Over 60 percent students viewed space program as correlated with US’ military race against Soviet Union - Space program to keep US as number one superpower - Appropriations to be spent on social problems Late 1960s and early 1970s - Enrollment in science classes dropped

  10. II. NASA answering to public concerns and boosting public interest

  11. “...an unparalleled opportunity for direct public involvement in the values and benefits of the space program...” - Dale D. Myers, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, 1971

  12. Students’ Involvement - NASA advisor or a Principal Investigator - 5-day Preliminary Design Review - 2-day Critical Design Review

  13. Booklet from NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection

  14. III. Evaluating the Skylab Student Experiment Project

  15. “...an enriching and lasting experience...” “...a feeling for the meaning of being a scientist.” - Jeanne Leventhal, student investigator “...renew interest in NASA and its activities...” - Lee Summerlin,Associate Professor of Chemistry and Science Education

  16. Houston Chronicle, 21 July 1972

  17. http://history.nasa.gov/EP-177/ch5-3.html

  18. Washington Star-News, 27 July 1973

  19. 1974 Polls - Decreased spending in space - Space exploration not in spending priorities - Job training and pollution control

  20. Conclusion

  21. http://www.youtube.com/user/spacelab

  22. Selling NASA: Skylab Student Experiment Project(1971-1974) Y. H. Phoebe Tang M. Phil Candidate, Department of History The University of Hong Kong Email: phoebemus@gmail.com

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