Paving the way to the stars: Inclusion and education through space
- Paper ID
59512
- author
- company
National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH); University of Costa Rica; Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y de Arquitectos de Costa Rica (CFIA); Costa Rica Radio Club; International Space University; Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, USAC/CUNOC
- country
Honduras
- year
2020
- abstract
This paper presents the educational component of the Morazan Project, a project for integration of the Central American Nations through collaboration in Space. These is a project lead by honduran institutions that will develop a CubeSat -the first honduran experience in space- by central american professionals. With the intention that the knowledge about the space reaches the greatest number of people, an educational section was implemented in the project that would allow both to disseminate knowledge about the project, the satellite and the space and to create the conditions to develop vocations between children and adolescents that allow continuity of space projects in Honduras. This vision of future is supported by the historical cultural heritage of Honduras and Central America through the inclusion of native peoples and their worldviews. This article proposes both the methodology and the progress of the implementation of this educational program to be implemented in educational centers and indigenous communities.