NASA Engineer Speaks to AVID Classes
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On Friday, October 2nd, the 8th grade AVID classes hosted their first guest speaker of the year. Mr. Alan Joynt, an engineer with NASA spoke to the class about how the things they are learning now are laying the foundation for where they will be able to go in the future. Mr. Joynt
Mr. Joynt is a systems engineer working at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL and is currently working on the Ares I rocket. NASA plans on launching this spacecraft in 2020 for the first return to the moon since 1972. Mr. Joynt shared his own journey through college, eventually graduating from Middle Tennessee State University with an engineering degree in 2003, almost 20 years after he started college initially. Students were challenged to never settle for less than their dreams, no matter what bumps come in the road ahead.
During the presentation students got to see a short video outlining NASA's plans for the future moon landing as well as video of an actually shuttle launch. Each student was giving a bag with items from NASA including a mission pin and photos of the last shuttle crew.
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