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Centennial of Flight:
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December 12th, 2003, join 300 students live from the NASA Ames Research Center Auditorium to celebrate 99 years of manned powered flight. Wilbur and Orville made their first flight on December 17, 1903. NASA Quest's Centennial of Flight Project continues to highlight the gifts that power flight has brought to modern day life and the ways that different people have made a contribution to aerospace and aviation in this event entitled: Future Flight Technologies. |
Webcast| Thursday, December 12, 10-11 AM Pacific, |
Webcast with Bob Jacobsen . Take a trip to the Future! Check out what's on the
horizon in the world of flight! Ask your questions of guest expert:
Bob Jacobsen, Airspace
Systems Program Director for NASA. |
Webchats Tuesday, 9 - 10 am Pacific |
Chat with Nick
Engler, Director and Chief Builder of the The Wright
Brothers Aeroplane Company. Nick takes from his historic knowledge
to build and fly Wright airplanes in order to gain a better understanding
of the innovative thinking of the Wright brothers. |
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| Tuesday 10 -11 am Pacific |
Chat with the Orville
and Wilbur Wright
about the process they used to design airplanes. Craig
Hange (Orville) & Steve
Shackelford (Wilbur) recreate history by answering your questions
live. |
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Before the Web events
If you’ve never participated in
a webcast or chat, review
During this Web event, you will learn about the contributions of women to aviation and aerospace. You will actually get to interact with some aviators and NASA experts by posting your questions in the chat room!
Your goal is to identify problems that women faced in the world of aviation and aerospace and the many different contributions they have made.
Before participating in the online events, please review the bio(s) of the person(s) you will be talking to so that you can ask good questions and so that you don’t ask them any questions that they’ve already answered.
Here are some example questions you might think about before the events.
Additional Lesson plans of interest for this event
NASA Occupations Chat Lesson (pdf download)
To participate in a webcast, chat or forum, click the "join" links on the calendar of events, where you can find dates and times.
If you can't attend the live event, post your questions
ahead of time, and come back later to check the archive.
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