We return in Peques and Más to talk about Laura Calvo and María Vilas that were global finalists of the scientific contest Spacelab as we indicated long ago. The girls have now been to the EAC (the European center of astronauts) to explain their project and share a lot of experiences with astronauts and other professionals of the EAC.
I found out because following the @esa_es twitter account last Wednesday, May 16, 2012, annotations began to appear from the astronaut center located in Cologne, Germany. And the young selected participants, finally 21 regional teams from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, were welcomed by Frank De Winne, ESA astronaut and first European commander of the ISS. There was also Zahaan Bharmal, Head of Google Marketing Operations that participated, through YouTube, as one of the organizers.
Y Laura and Maria They were the ones chosen to reproduce the experiment that we have already seen here. In the image, obtained from the ESA Twitter account, they can be seen in action before the rest of the participants. I find an example to follow these girls and I would like to be able to contact them to come to Peques and Más to tell all the experience that has made them travel through the United States and Europe.
In addition, all participants were allowed to visit the astronaut training facilities, they also offered explanations about the European Columbus laboratory, the European ATV automatic vehicle, the Soyuz ships and the experiments carried out on board the ISS. And to end the day, I think they talked with André Kuipers, the ESA astronaut who is circling the Earth in the ISS. An experience that should have been the most didactic for the kids.
I congratulate ESA for the great campaign of diffusion of the science that are realizing and also to the companies participating in the promotion of the contest #Spacelab. And this campaign has proven to be an excellent way to reach future generations of scientists. The challenge is to keep it and even expand the reach by giving more opportunities. I fear that this kind of specialization of knowledge is what our children will have to face in the future, so they better start identifying what they like as soon as possible.
