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Which Super Connector Gets Your Vote?

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What do a “rocket science” tutor, a PhD student in materials chemistry, a robotics coach and a Girl Scouts Troop leader all have in common? They're all Super Connector Search finalists! Vote now for the Connector that inspires you and help the organization they support win a $10,000 grant from Time Warner Cable.

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When I Grow Up, I Want to Be An Astronaut

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When I Grow Up, I Want to Be An Astronaut

How do you know when STEM is cool enough to inspire a young person in your life? When it inspires an adult. Recently, I was invited to attend a “Tweetup” at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia -- the first home to NASA’s astronauts and the oldest branch of the agency. For a full day, myself and 49 other “Tweeters” – an eclectic crowd that included a pilot, a kindergarten teacher, a former planetarium director, an actor-singer and more – were given the chance to tour the NASA Langley campus and scope some out-of-this-world aeronautic and space goods

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