Our solution is a cost-effective, flexible science kit that mimics research activities performed on the International space station. This initiative will inspire and educate the youth, with efficient manufacturing techniques to utilize spending in countries impacted by the lack of STEM related funding. The potential of the kit comes from it’s flexibility, there’s hundreds of experiments already developed for the ISS. This number is constantly growing with new technological advancements allowing limitless expansion.

This approach has never been attempted before. Our intention is to portray to the youth that these experiments are related to the exact activities conducted by astronauts flying above. These science experiments will not only educate youth bottom-up about basic levels of scientific testing but inspire them with realistic, hands-on approach, rarely encountered in early levels of education. Neuroplasticity in youth is a widely proven topic, effectively educating children in their younger years, with allowance for gifted individuals to excel past their peers. This must be encouraged in modern education. Our solution will provide experiments that continually spark questions, aided through the wealth of data space agencies supply every year. This will provide an inclusive and equal opportunity to attain STEM education for children across the globe. Accessibility and freedom of information has been restricted to the developed world, as a civilization we need to prioritize our youth without the barrier of entry that comes with expensive secondary education. The majority of youths in this world live in deprivation, it’s a widely known fact human rights advocates fight for but yet, classism and inefficient government funding have kept this generational wealth of knowledge away from nations desperately in need of modern forms of education; Children in communities that lack material and social funding experience the greatest inequalities.

Directing resources to our most impressionable, malleable generations is a crucial step to human advancement. Every child wants to become an astronaut, a common statement proven by questionnaires directed to children around the world. These dreams quickly vanish when faced with educational and financial limitations. The impossible race to become an astronaut is a statistical adventure known to the whole world. If these barriers of education are lessened, the availability of these gifted and talented individuals will eclipse the current rate of technological discovery. Reducing the barrier of entry for education in underdeveloped countries is pivotal to STEM growth. The affected regions are in a dire need of great reform in cost for laboratory equipment, education and quality of life. The world is sitting on the greatest waste of human potential from this socio-economic divide. We intend to change this.

Removing overhead to government donations and funding will vastly increase impact of capital to these developing nations. Before governments allocate extra funds, reforms need to be made to minimize manufacturing cost of educational laboratory equipment. The only comparable solutions to take-home science kits that relate to space education are for profit, priced to exclude struggling communities. In an industry where cost reduction is crucial to reach a worldwide demographic, costs need to be minimal. We plan to produce these kits in a non-profit, open-source scenario where proceeds do not exceed the cost of production and information required for experimentation is accessible to all. Our solution to these unjust inequalities lay parallel with the demand for equal education in these communities. We intend to operate within global availability and will economically prosper through minimal production costs and unlimited demand from the globally unprivileged youth.