GIANT LEAPS PARTICIPANTS:
WE ASKED
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HOW SHOULD WE OVERCOME
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ON EARTH?
“We should start to think about what is really happening, because if we don’t we are going to be lifeless, like other planets.” JOSH BIALKOWSKI, MIT AEROASTRO GRADUATE STUDENT
“Treat it like we did Apollo — set a goal and keep your eye on it … the future is what we imagine it to be.” LOURDES MAURICE, CHIEF SCIENTIST FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FAA OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
“By using the different branches of engineering to design new, more efficient and self-sufficient ways to lead our lives so as to decrease our harmful impact on the planet.” JACQUELINE SOEGAARD, MIT FRESHMAN
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, IN A SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, APRIL 27, 2009
“Think about new and creative ways to engage young people in science and engineering — like science festivals, robotics competitions, and fairs that encourage young people to create, build, and invent and to be makers of things.”
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