PAO Ignores a Cool Education Event

Recipe for the Future: Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards Program Combines Entrepreneurship, Imagination and High-School Innovators
“All winners were chosen from the 21 finalist teams that assembled for the annual Spirit of Innovation Awards’ Innovation Summit at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, Calif., from April 8 to 10, 2010. The teams were joined by notable leaders such as Lori Garver, deputy administrator of NASA; Miles O’Brien, chairman of the NASA Advisory Council for Education and Public Outreach; Steve Westly of the Westly Group; Chairman Jon Wellinghoff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and entrepreneurs Rafe Furst, John Gage, Fred Nazem and Ari Meisel.”
Thousands Turn Out for Yuri’s Night Celebration at NASA Ames
“NASA’s Ames Research Center hosted a mega Yuri’s Night celebration on two days: April 9 and April 10, 2010. A 40-foot futuristic rocket ship, air show and top music acts, including Common and N.E.R.D. were among the highlights.”
Keith’s note: What utterly baffles me is how ARC PAO all but ignored the Conrad Awards event. They streamed a small portion of the events (and charged an outrageous sum to do so) but other than they seemed to be uninterested in having their staff cover the event or make any mention of the event in this press release as part of their overall education activities – this, despite the fact that the Deputy Administrator of NASA spent a considerable amount of time there as did members of the NASA Advisory Council, billionaire investors, etc. According to one ARC PAO staff it apparently had to do with the fact that one event had thousands of students while the Conrad event had a hundred or so.