Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery

	2020 ASTRONAUT LACY VEACH DAY OF DISCOVERY Saturday, October 24, 2020 12:00 to 1:30 pm Hawai‘i Standard Time Virtual Worldwide Event
LINKING VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE		+ READ ASTRONAUT BIO

This is the 19th annual celebration and special event honoring the life and legacy of Charles Lacy Veach, who grew up in Honolulu with an interest in science, had a distinguished career in the United States Air Force, and went on to fly two NASA Space Shuttle missions. Astronaut Lacy Veach serves to remind us all that the dreams of today can be forged into exploration and discoveries of tomorrow. While in Hawai‘i, a child once asked Astronaut Veach: "What does it take to become an astronaut?" Veach responded, "You've got to believe in your dreams and you've got to be hard-headed enough to never let them go." Join us for a virtual worldwide event! Program will be posted in September 2020. No pre-registration needed. Click the image below for a downloadable flyer. VIDEO PROMO: https://youtu.be/AXHYkOjk0Hc Educational Resources: Engineers Council at the University of Hawai'i Hardware Science Hawaiian Electric 'Imiloa Kauai Cogition Learning Center (COGS) NASA NextGen STEM Programs NASA Office of STEM Engagement STEM at Oceanit Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation Solar System Ambassadors (SSA) program Thirty Meter Telescope Upcycle Hawai'i
NASA	In 1992 during his second Space Shuttle mission (STS-52, Columbia) Astronaut Veach received a radio message from a student: "What are the similarities and differences between canoe and space travel?" Astronaut Charles Lacy Veach answered, "Both are voyages of exploration. Hōkūle‘a is in the past, Columbia is in the future." Navigator Nainoa Thompson added from the canoe, "Columbia is the highest achievement of modern technology today, voyaging canoe was the highest achievement of technology in its day."	Hōkūle‘a offshore at Makua, 2003 (Ka‘iulani Murphy and Polynesian Voyaging Society)

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