Officials activate National Security Space Institute

“Air Force Space Command officials stood up a space education and training organization here recently that they said will provide the foundation to creating a new generation of space professionals. Its courses, when coupled with the operational qualifications demanded of space professionals, will secure the U.S advantage in space, said Gen. Lance W. Lord, commander of AFSPC.”

Editor’s note: Perhaps NASA should do something like this to “inspire the next generation of space explorers.” Perhaps they have.

22 September 2004: NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice NASA Explorer Institutes Focus Groups

“NASA Headquarters Office of Education, Informal Education Division, announces a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) to provide funding to members of the informal education community to host NASA Explorer Institutes Focus Groups.”

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