[nabs-l] How is sending Louis Brallie coins into space relivant?

[Bill]

I attended the rocket-on! science academy several years ago and we worked
with several blind nasa scientists.  Nasa is a large organization and does
more then just fly into space.  The relevance is more of symbolism and
publicity.  the point is to bring attention to the braille literacy crisis
to the public at large.  The more people know about the crisis the more who
can help solve it.
Bill

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Aziza C <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>wrote:

> I had never thought about blind people not being astronots... Now that
> I think about it though, considering they can send robots into space,
> why can't we go? I mean, the robot doesn't really see anything, it
> just senses things and stores information... My guess is that blind
> people could sense somethings missed, and with the technology NASA has
> it shouldn't be that dangerous, I mean... besides the normal dangers.
>
> Also, does anyone know if their are any blind people working for NASA
> at all? Anywhere?
>
> I agree with Jim, I don't see the point in sending our coins into
> space, although I do think it's kind of cool.
> Aziza
>
> On 5/13/09, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That's fine, but I've wanted to be an astronaut since I was eight
> > years old, and cane users still need not apply.
> >
> > Joseph
> >
> > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:00:31AM -0400, Kristina Constant wrote:
> >> Hi, My best guess is that through braille literacy children can aspire
> to
> >> do whatever they want in life including working for nasa or doing other
> >> science or math careers.  Kristina Constant
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
> >> To: "NABS mail list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:31 PM
> >> Subject: [nabs-l] How is sending Louis Brallie coins into space
> relivant?
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hello all,
> >>> I don't get why those coins were sent into space. Usually symbolic
> >>> gestures (such as shooting a coin into space) are somehow related to
> >>> the organization or its mission. I really dont see the connection
> >>> between Loius Braille, braille, the NFB, NASA, or space.
> >>>
> >>> Am I missing something?
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>> Homer Simpson's brain: "Use reverse psychology."
> >>> Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
> >>> Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
> >>> Homer: "Okay, I will!"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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