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... ...The Summerville News, Thursday, April 17, 1986
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NASA Specialists Visits
Summerville School Wednesday
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
“Kids still want to go up in
to space as much as ever," said
Wesley McCoy, a NASA
aerospace education specialist,
grior to his presentation at
ummerville Junior High
School Wednesday.
During the hour-lor;g
Eresentation. students learn
ow the study of aeronautics
and sgace eqploration can af
fect their daily lives and their
future.
McCoy used models of
NASA vehicles, space sensor
devices and NASA
Ehotographs to explain the
istory, present and future of
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1,800 Degrees, No Sweat
Robert Abernathy held a tile used to insulate NASA
space shuttles while it was heated to 1,800 degrees with
a torch during the eS(Facemobile program at Summer
ville Junior High Wednesday. Seconds after the tile was
heated to a red glow, it was cool to the touch. Shown
during the experiment are, from left to right, Robert
Abernathy, a seventh grade student at Summerville
Junior High; and Wesley McCoy, NASA education
specialist. (Staff photo by Kay Abbott).
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In his talk, the former Cobb
County STAR Teacher em
phasized the importance of
education in building an ex
citin% and fulfilling career.
“The more education you
get the stronger America
gets,”’ he stated.
He told the students that
they would soon take over the
responsibility for the future of
the country and of space travel.
“It won't be very lon%
before you are in char&;a 0
NASA,” he stated. “When
¥ou’re 18 years old, you vote
or the congressmen and the
senators angrthen you're their
boss.”
McCoy stated that fielding
(K\:estions about the space
shuttle Challenfer tragedy had
been very difficult over the
past two months.
*“The worst part was not
the fact that the ghallenfer ex-
Floded.“ McCoy said. ‘lt was
osing those seven people on
board. They were very special,
like brothers and sisters to
me.
He stated that Challenger
crew member Dr. Ronald
McNair had once told him how
his interest in space began.
“Dr. McNair was the kind
of student who was &,ood at
everything,” he said. “When he
was very young, he asked his
teachers what would be the
hardest subject to study in col
lege. They told him that
physics and science were the
most difficult subjects. When
he went to college, he studied
to become a scientist. His
dream was to live on an or
biting space station for months
at a time to work and do ex
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Student fiarticipation was an important
evart of the Spacemobile program given
ednesday morning at Summerville
Junior High School. Students learnéd
how space suits have been improved over
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Students Learn About Space
Students at Summerville Junior High School learned
about s§ace exploration Wednesday during the
Spacemobile presentation sponsored by NASA. The
program was arranged by SJHS teacher Pat Parrott.
Above student Omar Johnson looks at models of the
Saturn V moon rocket, the Columbia, and a proposed
space station. (Staff photo by Kay Abbott).
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gteation will be built in the next
10 years, he won't ever have
the I:)lipportunity to live there.”
cCoy explained that
space travel will continue in
honor of the astronauts and for
the good of the country.
"%‘his is the first generation
in history that has ever had the
chance tu leave this planet,” he
stated. ‘‘We are going to send
more shutties and a second
grade teacher is already train
ed and ready to go when the
shuttle program resumes,"
McCoy cfigylayed a model of
a supersonic plane that will one
day replace the space shuttle.
It will be capable of travel at
24 times the speed of sound,
17,000 mph. The plane will not
require booster rockets to leave
the earth's atmosphere.
Using student volunteers,
McCoy demonstrated the
workings of a space suit used
in earlier space flights.
He dramatically displayed
Spacesuit Demonstrated
the heat-absorbing abilities of
tiles used on the space shuttles
by heating the surface of a tile
while it was held by a student.
Seconds after the tile was
heated to 1,800 degrees with a
propane torch, it was cool to
the touch.
McCoy explained how
NASA works with private in
dustry to place satellites in
space for a fee of $34 million
per launch.
““The RCA corporation paid
NASA eight million dollars to
jump start one of its satellites
in s]pace,“ he stated.
n the weightlessness of
space, the astronauts were able
to pull the 14,000 Eound
satellite into the shuttle
gayload compartment, use a
attery to jump start it much
like a car, and send it back in
to orbit.
‘‘The astronaut simply
picked up the 14,000 pound
satellite, fifted it over his head
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the years by scientists. Above, student
Suzanne Flippo models a space suit used
in the '6os while Wesle{) McCoy of NASA
lectures. (Staff-photo by Kay Abbott).
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NASA Program At Junior High
Kids still want to travel in space, accor
ding to NASA education specialist
Wesley McCoy, who visited Summerville
Junior High School Wednesday. The
aerospace specialist used dynamic models
and experiments to explain the past, pre
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sent and future of space exploration. The
upbeat presentation included some
somber moments, as McCoy discussed
the recent space shuttle Challenger explo
sion. (Staff photo by Kay Abbott).
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