Selling NASA: Skylab Student Experiment Project (1971-1974)
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Selling NASA: Skylab Student Experiment Project
(1971-1974)
Y. H. Phoebe Tang M. Phil Candidate, Department of History
The University of Hong Kong
Email: [email protected]
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Picture taken at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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Poster from NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection
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- Over 87,000 students received project kits
- 301 out of 3409 proposals selected
- 25 national winners
The Competition
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I. Background of Skylab Student Experiment Project
II. NASA answering to public concerns and boosting public interest
III. Evaluating the Skylab Student Experiment Project
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I. Background of the Skylab Student Experiment Project
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Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan 1973
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NASA appropriationsYear Percentage of national
budget1966 4.41%1967 3.35%1968 2.65%1969 2.46%1970 1.92%1971 1.61%1972 1.48%1973 1.35%
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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
Students’ views towards space and science
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II. NASA answering to public concerns and boosting public interest
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“...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
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Students’ Involvement
- NASA advisor or a Principal Investigator
- 5-day Preliminary Design Review
- 2-day Critical Design Review
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Booklet from NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection
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III. Evaluating the Skylab Student Experiment Project
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“...renew interest in NASA and its activities...” - Lee Summerlin, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Science Education
“...an enriching and lasting experience...”“...a feeling for the meaning of being a scientist.”
- Jeanne Leventhal, student investigator
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Houston Chronicle, 21 July 1972
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http://history.nasa.gov/EP-177/ch5-3.html
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Washington Star-News, 27 July 1973
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1974 Polls
- Decreased spending in space
- Space exploration not in spending priorities
- Job training and pollution control
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Conclusion
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http://www.youtube.com/user/spacelab
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Y. H. Phoebe Tang M. Phil Candidate, Department of History
The University of Hong Kong
Selling NASA: Skylab Student Experiment Project
(1971-1974)
Email: [email protected]