The Skylab Student ProjectThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Teachers' Association (NSTA) undertook in 1971 a cooperative effort which brought high school students of the Nation into the mainstream of Skylab research through the Skylab Student Project. This paper presents the background, objectives and scope of the project, experiment selection procedures, as well as experiment descriptions and status. The paper includes observations on student caliber and inclinations and implications of some developments for the benefit of future researchers.
Document ID
19740033354
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Floyd, H. B. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Ala., United States)