Administrator Charles Bolden interview on Public Radio Internationals The Takeaway

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US 15 year olds rank 21st in Science, 25th in Math.

I was inspired to pursue STEM by family. I credit my grandfather with electronic encouragement - he converted a smokehouse into an electronics lab, filled with vacuum tubes, transistors and wire.

After Apollo, microprocessors were just starting to be put in everything. I built a COSMAC "Elf" computer, from plans in popular electronics.

All these ideas are a click away on the Internet, kids just need someone to guide and mentor them.

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What do we do to get kids attention? We go back to the moon. We go to NEOs. We go to Mars. We watched Apollo because they were accomplishing great deeds. Kids will be inspired by inspirational actions!