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4Frontiers completed projects in entertainment & education include those listed below:
Greenhouse Resources on Other Worlds – Education / Outreach Website Module
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4Frontiers was awarded a small subcontract under a NASA Ralph Steckler / Space Grant Space Colonization Research and Technology Development Opportunity Phase I award. The grant was awarded to the Florida Space Grant Consortium & the University of Florida Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering department. 4Frontiers contributed a section of the grant proposal, related to education / outreach.
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4Frontiers is tasked with developing a webpage module to be added to the existing Crazy4Mars.org website. This module will provide an interactive, virtual Mars greenhouse in which students and educators can learn about space agriculture.
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Status: 4Frontiers is completing design of the webpage module and will have it online soon.
FMARS 2009 – Education & Outreach with Florida Students Through Direct Interaction with the Crew of a Simulated Mars Mission
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In July 2009, 4Frontiers conducted live outreach events during the simulated Mars mission taking place at the Mars Society’s Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic.
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Funding was provided via a grant from the Florida Space Grant Consortium.
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The outreach events consisted of live video question & answer sessions between the Mars simultion crew (while in the field), Florida students, and interns at the Kennedy Space Center.
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US Space & Culture Tour 2
9 Students & 3 Chaperones from Jalandhar, India
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Took place in June, 2008.
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Students were from the Innocent Hearts School in Jalandhar
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Itinerary included New York City, NY & Orlando, FL
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Featured a special presentation by Joseph Palaia of 4Frontiers on Mars settlements
US Space & Culture Tour 1
30 Students & 3 Chaperones from Kolkata, India
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Took place in June, 2008.
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Students were from the Apeejay School in Kolkata
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Itinerary included New York City, NY, Houston, TX & Orlando, FL
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Featured an exclusive presentation and Q&A with astronaut Mario Runco
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Featured a special presentation by Joseph Palaia of 4Frontiers on Mars settlements
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Featured a special tour of the Ad Astra plasma rocket facility in Houston, TX
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