HAS program offered for Texas students

Our Town column By MARY RAINWATER The Palestine Herald State Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, recently announced the launch of this year’s High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program for Texas students. HAS will enable selected students to explore and become a part of NASA’s plan for space exploration, which will send humans back to the moon, then on to Mars and beyond. After they utilize their math and science skills to complete 10 Web-based assignments during the school year, they will travel to Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston during the summer and use those same skills to help investigate options for sending humans to Mars along side their peers and real NASA scientists and engineers. Eligible students must be: a U.S. citizen; a Texas resident; currently a high school junior; interested in science, math, or... [read full story]