The WeWantOurFuture.org Initiative
Exploration? Does anyone here like to explore?
Humans have been exploring since the beginning of time…
Christopher Columbus
Lewis and Clark
Apollo July 20 th, 1969 Only 12 Humans have walked on the Moon
Space Shuttle – first launch 1981
International Space Station – began 1998
Want to go?
You can! Private Astronauts Private Space Station
Where we’ve been The Moon
One of Our Old Landing Sites
Our Next Landing Site? Planet Mars…?
Robotic Explorers Are on Mars already
Others are further from Home The Cassini satellite took this picture
Furthest from home The Voyager spacecraft has left the Solar System! Voyager was this far away in 1990!
What’s next? It’s up to you! Where should we explore? How will we get there?
Dream Big! Never give up! Ask for help!
VS What are YOU going to do with that power? This computer sent us to the Moon Your phone is smart enough to do this too
The future is whatever YOU want it to be!! Work hard, study hard, and nothing is impossible! The WeWantOurFuture.org Initiative
Yuri Gagarin 1 st Man in Space! April 12, 1961 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Vostok1 mission
Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 April 12, 1981
Yuri’s Night – April 12 Worldwide celebration of first human in space and first Space Shuttle launch Postcard contest