2 NASA engineers in RP for lecture series

MANILA, Philippines - Two engineers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) arrived in the Philippines yesterday to conduct lectures in some parts of the country, the US embassy said.

The engineers will be in the country until Aug. 28 as part of NASA’s Science Caravan “Reaching for Your Stars” program. 

Asia Society Philippines and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) mission and public affairs office are co-sponsoring the caravan, which seeks to provide learning opportunities for Filipino students to become more competitive in science, both regionally and globally.

There will be interactive lectures and one-on-one dialogues during each three-day leg of the caravan at selected schools in General Santos City, Bohol, Iloilo City, Batangas, Legaspi City, and Metro Manila.     

During the workshops, engineers Adam Gilmore and Sabrina Singh, will use astronaut food and space suits to show how people live in space. Using a shuttle model and a video, they will show how the space shuttle works. 

Arranging the students in the formation of the solar system, they will show them why the moon’s image changes shape according to the moon’s phases, why there are seasons, and why there is no snow in the Philippines.

The first workshop will be held today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Ali Mall’s activity center at the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City.