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Yuri's Night World Space Party graphicYuri's Night 2008

2007 marked the 7th annual Yuri's Night as well as the 20th anniversary of ISU! The 2007 executive team to expanded the impact of Yuri's Night by recruiting and supporting 127 events around the world. This was the largest number of events in the history of Yuri's Night! Other 2007 milestones included: a Zero G flight raffle in Houston, a hangar party at NASA Ames with over 3.000 people, and over 5,000 trees with our new Yuri 'Plant-a-Tree' Mission.

This year we have continued to grow and expand our 100+ events on all 7 continents! The Zero G raffle is back (thanks to Jacobs Engineering) and we have all new clothing created just for Yuri's Night! Although Yuri's Night is not a national "NASA event", we do get a lot of support from employees at various NASA centers. 2008 events are curently planned near:

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Find a party near you--or start one of your own!--at YurisNight.net

Celebrate the anniversary of manned spaceflight on April 12!

 

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At the 2008 NASA Next Generation Exploration Conference 2 at NASA Ames Research Center, two young NASA employees, Nick Skytland and Garret Fitzpatrick gave a powerful presentation called "The Gen Y Perspective"-- a set of charts they had delivered to their center management the week before that made it all the way up to the Administrator's desk. The presentation is online below. Be sure to visit OpenNASA.com to comment on the presentation

 

SGC 2007 logoSpace Generation Congress 2008

" Global Space Congress for Youth Interested in Tomorrow's Space Issues"

The Space Generation Congress (SGC) is the annual meeting of the most active members of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) and its projects and combines work on important projects to the space community with leadership training.

Interested? Go to www.ExplorersWanted.com for more information and to apply to be a delegate.

 
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***The 2008 Moon-Mars Blitz in Washington, DC, was a success! ***

The Space Generation joined the Space Exploration Alliance at the 2008 Space Blitz, Feb 10-12 in Washington, DC. Participants met with Congressional staffers, Senators, and Representatives in over 120 offices to discuss space exploration issues.

Members of the Space Generation made a powerful statement in support of the Vision for Space Exploration. The NASA 2009 budget is under review thanks in part to our efforts!

***Get more information on other legislative issues at http://www.nss.org/legislative ***

 
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Megha Sharma is the representative for the US assisted by Regional Coordinators Rob Guiness (US) and Cynthia Jimenez (Mexico).

Click here for the SGAC North America webpage.

What is a State Representative?
State Representatives (SRs) are individuals from each UN member state who are elected by their peers within the youth space community. The SR represents the views of youth on space issues from their country to the Space Generation Advisory Council. The SR will also enhance cooperation, coordination and communication within the youth and space organizations existing in their States; coordinate the utilization of national youth resources, and harness the enthusiasm and creativity of youth to advance humanity through the peaceful uses of outer space.

What is a Regional Coordinator?
Regional Coordinators (RCs) are individuals elected by the State Representatives (and National Points of Contact) in their respective Geographic Regions to the SGAC Executive Committee. There shall be a total of twelve Regional Representatives, two from each of the six Geographic Regions of Africa, Asia- Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America and South America. The RCs enhance cooperation, coordination and communication within the youth and space organizations existing in their region; coordinate the utilization of regional youth resources, and harness the enthusiasm and creativity of youth to advance humanity through the peaceful uses of outer space.

 
 
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