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- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:40:49 -0700
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Carolina Martinez 818-354-9382
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NEWS RELEASE: 2007-121
Oct. 24, 2007
You, Too, Can Be a Scientist for a Day
The Ph.D. can wait for a few years! Students can have the fun of being a NASA
scientist
exploring the universe even before they've finished secondary school by
participating in
the Cassini Scientist-for-a-Day contest.
Launched 10 years ago this month, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided
unprecedented views of Saturn, its rings and moons since its arrival at Saturn
more than
three years ago. Picking out just where the Cassini spacecraft points its
cameras as it
tours the Saturn system is one of the most challenging and exciting parts of
the science
team's job. This year, the Cassini Project will share that experience with
students in
grades 5 through 12.
Team members have picked four possible targets for Cassini's cameras on Nov.
30, 2007.
They're asking students to decide which target's image would be best for
Cassini to
capture.
"Just like real scientists, students will have to decide what makes one target
more
interesting and scientifically rich than another," said David Seidel, who
manages the
elementary and secondary education program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif. "Then they'll have to explain the reasons for their choice."
To participate, students will need to learn about Saturn, its rings and its
moons. Then
they'll have to write a 500-word essay describing the target they chose and why
they want
that particular image.
Entries will be divided into two groups, those from grades 5 to 8 and from
grades 9 to 12.
There will be one winner in each group. The entries will be judged by a panel
of Cassini
scientists, mission planners, and JPL education and outreach specialists. The
deadline for
entries is midnight Pacific Standard Time on Nov. 15, 2007. All participants
with valid
entries will receive a certificate of participation.
Students from the schools with the two winning essays will participate via
teleconference
in a Cassini team staff meeting.
For more information about the Cassini Scientist-for-a-Day contest and entry
rules,
please visit: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientist/ and
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/2007.html .
More information on the Cassini-Huygens mission can be found at:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov, and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini .
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space
Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California
Institute of
Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini mission for NASA's Science Mission
Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and
assembled at JPL.
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