School Children in Queens Talk to Astronaut in Space as Part of Afterschool Program

Michael Meenan of New York 1 reported that NASA made arrangements for astronaut Garrett Reisman to speak to students in a Queens afterschool program and from a California school recently. NASA is encouraging young people to think about future careers in space exploration.

"If anyone is going to the moon in 2020 and then Mars in 2030, it's not gonna be me or you. It's going to be someone sitting in an elementary or middle school classroom,” said Frank Scalzo of NASA. “So we're trying to teach the kids to reach for the stars."

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