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Not quite sure if this is the best area to put this, but it seemed most logical.
Just got back from a NASA presentation at the local university, and it seems NASA is worried about a dearth of science and engineering majors in the near future (apparently the numbers are not good at all); therefore, NASA is putting together a program to be implemented in fall of 2005.
NASA will pay the full four year tuition of selected students in science and engineering and -- if you choose -- a masters and P.hD. as well. In exchange you have to spend 4 years working at NASA. If you choose to work somewhere else or don't finish, you pay NASA back three times what they paid for your education. Private schools are ok, as are community colleges.
You can start in any undergrad year, but it is expected to be competitive. In addition to GPA they will be choosing based on a demonstrated interest in the space program, such as attendance at Space Camp, or some other NASA program for young people.
EDIT: Morris, here is the website, unfortunately its a bit sparse on information (the presentation at school was pretty much a first unveiling of the program):
http://education.nasa.gov/divisions/hig … ...ip.html
Journal entry, next day:
The colors have stopped singing, and we put the liquor way in the back of the liquor shelf, that stuff ain't going anywhere if we can help it. Aftereffects aren't too bad, except I see little trails on the perephery of my vision, and I can't seem to get the song Blade Runner Blues out of my head. For some reason the song seems to sparkle.
We have a surplus of corn (no ergot) and baby bunnies (non mutated) and we are trying to decide whether or not to trade with the rest of the colony -- reports are rare and full of static out here. I haven't heard anything about clark, so they must have gotten most of the insanity under control, good old Cobra: always level headed.
We're putting a sort of rover train together, built some trailers to haul goods and linked them together, all pulled by the rover. Had to up the power considerably to pull it off, used half of my solar power converters to do it -- and now it looks like a wall of dust is heading this way from the north. I'll have to figure out a different power source if this thing lasts for a while.
We want to get in touch with Cobra first to make sure all is well but I think I may have broken the radio during our, ah, litlle vacation, anyway its not working. Will try to fix it today.
jounal Entry, Mars Date ___;
Dana has somehow managed to create an ergot based liquor, very sweet but dark and strong. We tried it after dinner tonight, if its good we think we might try to sell it to the the arrivals on M M Mars -- commies m m m m mostly but yesterday yellow horses persons flying wet mossy marshmellows penguiny letters were radioed left Cindy told the foaming little ones we many vomit ringing wow ZOOMMMMAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA