Intergalactic Education May 2017 Newsletter
May 5, 2017
Dear Friends, Teachers,
and Explorers:
This has been quite the
year so far for Intergalactic Education. Staff attended several regional STEM
and space-related conferences, rubbing elbows with prominent politicians and
space pioneers like Dr. Alan Stern. While attending the Commercial Spaceflight
Federation Conference we had a chance to engage Congressman Jim Bridenstine and ask him about his message to the next
generation
(https://www.facebook.com/intergalacticeducation/videos/730373543787916/).
Congressman Bridenstine is helping lead the charge to
the moon by championing space policy legislation.
Then at the Fairfax County
K-12 STEM Summit we found ourselves next to Congresswoman Barbara Comstock
(https://www.facebook.com/intergalacticeducation/photos/751694058322531).
Congresswoman Comstock supports women pursuing STEM fields and is also a
proponent of modernizing government technology. Sounds like she shares some of
the same goals we have with Space World™.
On March 28, Intergalactic
Education ran its second field test of Space World™ at Milton Somers Middle
School in Charles County, Md. Charles County system superintendent Dr. Kimberly
Hill stopped in to watch the students land rockets and solve quadratic
equations.
We traveled to Colorado
Springs to attend the Space Foundation’s 33rd Space Symposium. The Space
Foundation has been one of our best partners during our short time as a
startup. We were proud to travel along with teacher David Wood who was
nominated for a teaching liaison award. Mr. Wood has been instrumental in
welcoming Space World™ into the classroom at Milton Somers Middle School.
Suffolk University in
Boston invited me to speak as part of a TEDx presentation on the “Economics of
the Future.” I focused on the potential layout of the space-age economy in
markets such as asteroid mining and space tourism. Space World™ was originally
conceived as a macroeconomic simulation of how mankind will populate space. My
continuing education on the topic not only allows me to speak on current
events, but to also project pathways into the future.
Refocusing on efforts back
at home, Intergalactic Education brought full circle an ongoing effort to make
inroads with central Maryland educators. Just this month we brought the pilot
program to Roberto W. Clemente Middle School as part of the Montgomery County
Excel Beyond the Bell program. This also marked our third field test of Space
World™.
While it gives me great
pleasure to write to you with periodic updates, I will be routing future
newsletter correspondence through Joe Dowgiallo, our Public
Relations Director. I am indebted to his fact checking as our operations grow.
Mr. Dowgiallo’s expertise should ensure I address you
with the precise attention you deserve.
As always, catch you on
the far side of the moon,
Justin Park
President, Intergalactic
Education