| Join us for the next Town Hall, where we'll spotlight the achievements of our 2024 University of Chicago Jeff Metcalf Internship Program participants. For the past three years, the NSS has proudly partnered with the Metcalf program, a premier national model for university internships that provides paid, substantive opportunities to over 4,500 students annually across various industries. This year, the NSS welcomed a group of talented interns who focused on groundbreaking space education initiatives.
During the two-week Metcalf Summer Clinic, 13 interns collaborated on three distinct projects:
1. spUN Debate Strategy and Marketing Plan – This project analyzed the low U.S. participation in the spUN Debate Program, providing actionable strategies to increase involvement. The team crafted a marketing plan to promote this educational space debate program globally.
2. International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) – Five students developed a 15-minute digital presentation illustrating a visionary interplanetary transportation network. This network utilizes tethered-lift space elevators and orbital "cycler" spacecraft to facilitate transportation of cargo and personnel between Earth, Mars, and the Moon. The system aims to create a permanent logistics infrastructure, eliminating the need for separate "one-off" missions.
3. NSS Lunar Mapping and Literature Review – This research project focused on finding and documenting archival resources associated with three important photographic lunar atlases. Guided by an intern who worked long-term on the project, the team produced a publishable bibliography and found new relevant resources.
The Metcalf Clinic gave students firsthand experience in space marketing, a small but rapidly growing sector, equipping them with valuable skills for their future careers. They made valuable contributions to the NSS education program, which will benefit students and educators as we work to inspire the next generation to space careers.
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn more about the NSS’s internship impact and space education efforts and register for the town hall using the link below.
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