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To boldly go - Lindsay learns a lunar lesson
A MAIDSTONE teacher has boldly gone where few science professionals tread – to the Amer- ican space centre and beyond. Lindsay Hobbs donned her as- tronaut suit to undergoing simu- lated space missions, land and water survival tests, coding chal- lenges and jet simulation training at the US Space and Rocket Centre (USSRC), in Huntsville, Alabama. As one of 200 teachers, from 33 countries, selected to join the Hon- eywell Educators at Space Acad- emy Programme, the teacher at St Simon Stock Catholic School, in Maidstone, described the mission as a once-in-a-lifetime trip. She said: “This was the most in- credible, exhilarating and interest- ing professional development program I have ever attended. I was buzzing with excitement the whole time, and I cannotwait to try out some of the activities that we completed at SpaceAcademy inmy classroom.” The programme has been de-
vised to inspire teachers to find new, creative ways of bringing sci-
ence, technology, engineering and maths to life in the classroom. Dr Deborah Barnhart, CEOof the
US Space & Rocket Center, said: “Technology is changing exponen- tially. Things we once held as im- possibilities are reality – we are on our journey to Mars. “Educating the next generation
of leaders and learners is key to global success. “The Honeywell Educators at
Space Academy program unites teachers with exciting tools and methods to change the lives of stu-
dents around the globe.” The USSRC is a world-famous museum operated by the govern- ment of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space programme. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to learn about space in a town that has embraced the space program from the very beginning." Opened in 1970, just after the sec-
ond manned mission to the lunar surface.
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at Mote match FELLOW cricketers and an umpire rushed to the aid of a veteran player who collapsed with a sus- pected heart attack at The Mote ground, Maidstone. They fought to keep him alive
until ambulance medics arrived. Hewas coming in to bowl for the
Kent Over-60s team playing against Sussex Over 60s when he fell to the ground. A spectator said: “I think the
speedy help given by the cricketers was vital to his survival before the ambulance arrived.” The 999 vehicle drove onto the playing area, near to the square where the veterans’ was taking place. The ambulance crew treated the cricketer for about 30 minutes before hewas transferred to a trol- ley and ambulance and taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford. He was soon in the intensive therapy unit and sedated. As Downs Mail went to press, it
is understood that the player was making a recovery. His colleagues rushed to him
and two with cardiovascular knowledge massaged and treated the unconscious cricketer until an ambulance arrived on the playing area. The match was abandoned.
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