You, as director of mission control, in completing your mission, have:

• Developed concepts related to space exploration and missions.

• Worked as part of a group.

• Navigated through a web based lesson.

• Researched current and previous space missions.

• Explored training needed, roles, costs, dangers and objectives involved in space exploration.

• Formulated opinions based on your research.

• Used word processing skills to write a persuasive essay in support of your proposed mission.

• Developed an oral presentation of information.

• Designed a future mission into space.

• Used a drawing and painting application to design your mission vehicle and astronaut patches.

• Developed a game that describes the skills and concepts you have developed in this web quest.

Your great efforts are appreciated. NASA is waiting for your skills, knowledge, and ideas. Until then, here is a quote for you to ponder:

Where are the secrets to the universe kept?

 

The answers do not lie in technology.

Technology is but a stepping stone to the next question.

We are fueled by a restless imagination; an endless sense of wonder that has brought our world closer together and led us ever deeper into space.

What we've discovered along the way is that all the secrets to the universe are contained in the boundless reaches of the human mind.

 

Popular Science, May 1998