Living Maths brings STEM to life with NASA astronaut and country-wide tourOctober 4, 2019 By Steve Sherman
'Astronaut' Ariel Jehoshaphat with Dr Don Thomas at the Living Maths Space Tour event at Protea Heights Academy on 12 September. Dr Thomas is a former NASA Astronaut, a veteran of 4 shuttle missions and has logged over 1000 hours in space. Ariel won 'best costume' on the night.(...) In the same way, just because you don’t like doing sums or fractions, you cannot say you don’t like maths — you can only say that you don’t like that part of maths. There are many other parts and this is what we enjoy revealing to students. I will admit, that we need to think outside of the box to win people over and one of those ideas is annual Living Maths Space Tour. I had a dream to bring an astronaut to South Africa and take them to a few cities for public talks and school visits. I wanted to show the glamourous side of STEM by showing the possibilities!
At the start of November of 2017, I hosted former NASA Astronaut, Dr Don Thomas, a veteran of four shuttle missions and an extraordinary speaker. I have worked with Dr Thomas for about 10 years and he is unbelievable with kids and he has a knack for inspiring young people. We spent a few days in Cape Town then we moved up to Johannesburg and then finally ended our space tour in Durban. (...)
https://cjc.org.za/2019/10/04/living-maths-brings-stem-to-life-with-nasa-astronaut-and-country-wide-tour/Don Thomas @astro_DonThomas 2:38 PM · Jul 13, 2020
Happy anniversary to my STS-70 crew members! Twenty-five years ago today we launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-70 mission. Once we got the woodpeckers under control it was smooth sailing!
https://twitter.com/astro_DonThomas/status/1282655704445321217M-3
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4535.msg164046#msg164046The Authentic Stadium Mustard @Stadium_Mustard 1:45 AM · Feb 23, 2024
Congratulations Intuitive Machines/NASA on a successful moon landing! Did you know Cleveland native and astronaut Don Thomas carried Stadium Mustard with him on multiple space shuttle missions making each meal "a fine delicacy" as he recounts in his book Orbit of Discovery.
https://twitter.com/Stadium_Mustard/status/1760828297682763940NASA_SLS @NASA_SLS 6:12 PM · Feb 24, 2018
Astronaut Don Thomas is at @sciencemuseumok today talking to students and Girl Scouts about #NASASLS and
@NASA_Orion and encouraging them to study science, technology, engineering and math!
https://twitter.com/NASA_SLS/status/967447178317914113
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