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March 31, 2000
Space is focus of public symposium
at Children's Museum
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – NASA space suit engineer Amy Ross, the daughter of astronaut Jerry Ross, will speak about the "Best Dressed Astronauts – The Latest in Mars Wear," during an annual symposium Friday, April 14, at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
The Indiana Aerospace Symposium, sponsored by the Purdue-based Indiana Space Grant Consortium, will begin with an 8 a.m. registration and continue until 5 p.m. All events are open to the public.
Morning presentations will be geared toward the university and business communities, and afternoon sessions will feature talks by students about their projects and research experiences. Ross will speak at 4 p.m.
The Space Grant Consortium, a group of 10 universities and five institutions, works with schoolchildren, teachers, college students, industries and museums to increase the public's knowledge about the science of space exploration. It is one of more than 50 such groups nationwide funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
CONTACT: Dominick Andrisani, (765) 494-5135, dandrisa@purdue.edu
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