한국항공우주연구원

Special lecture 2 to 3 times a month, with the first to be held on Aug. 29th

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said that the Korean astronaut Dr. Yi So-yeon will deliver the first special lecture to the students of Cheongju city, Chungcheongbuk-do at 10:30 on August 29th, 2008.

KARI has arranged this special series in order to effectively respond to increasing requests from schools to hear Dr.Yis lecture. There has been high demand for such a lecture, however Dr. Yi is unable to deal with each request individually due to the demands of her research and other schedules. Therefore this special lecture series has been arranged to accommodate the needs of as many teachers and students as possible.

In the first special lecture, to be held at the Chungcheongbuk-do Student Education and Culture center, about 1,000 elementary, middle, and senior high school students from Cheongju city and Chungcheonbuk-do who are interested in science and space exploration will attend. Korea’s first astronaut will introduce her first hand accounts of her experiences in space, including the process of selection and training astronauts, space flight, returning from space, and the 18 experiments that were conducted while she was in space. She will deliver a message of hope and her dream for the future, under the title ‘Launch your dream into space’

A series of special lectures are scheduled in Daegu, Ulsan and Seoul in September, followed by Jeollanam-do, and Gangwon-do in October, including a special lecture in connection with the Korea Science Foundation. Special region-specific lectures will be held in remoter areas 2 to 3 times a month, in consultation with the Education Offices of each city and province.

These special lectures for students who would like to meet and hear from Dr. Yi will be provided on an ongoing basis, and will be tailored to meet the level of the students, be they elementary, middle or high school students. It will empower students to chart their career path, as well as give them the vision to have higher hopes and bigger dreams. KARI plans to continue these special lectures, in cooperation with municipal, provincial education offices, and the Korea Science Foundation, to provide students a chance to meet and listen to the Korean astronaut, who they otherwise could have only seen through television or other mass media.