From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 18:19:33 PST
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From: Ron Baalke - Mars Exploration Program
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:00 PM
To: ljk4_at_msn.com
Subject: Athena Student Interns Program
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/classroom/asip.html
Athena Student Interns Program
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Attention High School Teachers!
Apply for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to work on a Mars mission!
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Application: Online (http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/classroom/asipApplication01.html)
or PDF* copy (for PDF help, see below)
(http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/classroom/asipAll.pdf)
Due Date: March 31, 2003
Requirements: Signed signature page and completed application
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NASA is sending two rovers to Mars this spring and
you and your students can be part of the exciting
mission from launch through landed operations! The
Athena Student Interns Program (ASIP) is designed to
give a creative, dedicated group of high school students
from across the nation the chance to join the scientists
of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission in exploring the
Red Planet.
Teachers who become part of the Athena Student
Interns Program will be asked to choose two students
to be mentored by a member of the Athena Science
Team. (Athena is the name given to the suite of
instruments on the Mars Rovers.) Each teacher and their
students will work with a mentor to experience first-hand
the preparations for landed operations on Mars.
The year-long Athena Student Interns Program culminates
with a week-long stay at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, California where scientists will use the rovers
to explore the surface of Mars. Teachers and interns will
be immersed in activities surrounding the actual mission
and will actively participate in analyzing data gathered
by the rovers.
Examples of opportunities available to Athena Student
Interns include assisting the Principal Investigator of
the Science Team with issues pertaining to rover
operations; working with digital models of the martian
terrain and atmosphere; using Earth science to
understand Mars data; helping to deduce the properties
of martian sediments; and working with spectral data to
search for clues of past water activity on Mars.
Athena Student Interns and their teachers will also
have opportunities to convey their experiences to other
students, teachers and members of the public by
participating in many outreach activities and events.
The Mars Exploration Rover Mission offers the promise
of exciting discoveries on Mars. The Athena Student
Interns Program offers the promise of life changing
events for you and your students. Playing an active
role in the process of planetary exploration and
discovery can ignite a passion for science, math,
engineering and technology that is required of our
next generation of scientists and engineers and will
stay with your students for a lifetime.
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