In order to address the challenge, we developed a revised and internationalized version of the “Teacher in Space” project. We are planning to pick teachers from different countries, in order to represent different cultures and languages which will achieve the target of reaching out to all generations. Every year within the cooperation of space agencies and private space companies, we will send these teachers to low earth orbit, where they will be broadcasting lessons and STEM projects for different age groups. Every year we are planning to send 8 teachers to low earth orbit. We believe that it is a reachable goal since the success of the commercial crew program and its effects on lowering the price of space flight. Also bearing in mind that we have autonomous crew vehicles, the journey will be a lot safer and it will require fewer training sessions for these teachers. We are planning on launching these 8 teachers in pairs. Their lessons and experiment session will be aligned with the important dates which are about the environment and celebrated internationally. These dates will be; March 22 (World Water Day), April 22 (Earth Day), June 5 ( World Environment Day), or June 21 (International Climate Change Day) and September 26 (World Environmental Health Day). We believed that one of the key aspects for our program to achieve its goal of reaching out to all generations, the lessons and experiments should be specially tailored for the country of the teacher and also for the different age groups since they all are very different from each other. We have planned out a framework according to age groups that will be modified in order to fit the differences of countries and their cultures. Our framework for these lectures is as following;

 For toddlers and kids, the lectures will be mostly on the method of STEM projects and storytelling in order to raise their awareness without scaring them about the possible future of our planet and keeping their hopes and dreams alive. Educating toddlers and kids is especially important because it is one of the best ways to reach out to their parents and grandparents.

For teenagers, the lectures will be experimental and interactive with STEM in order to keep their attention alive on the matter. Since most teenagers have a science-related education and an older age, they will be also introduced to more scientific facts, some even being cold-hearted. Teenagers should learn about the problems awaiting them in the future but also they have to learn how to fight with them while raising awareness around their communities.

For young adults and adults, the lectures will be relying on scientific facts while keeping in mind that unfortunately, they are not on the same level of education, thus their lectures will be visual and the teachers should arrange the lecture style according to the average education level of their country. On the other hand, young adults and adults are mostly aware of global warming and its effects on us since they observed them firsthand. So we and many academic researches foresee that this age group will have a chance to impact the future of our planet.

For elders, the lectures are going to be relying on visual data which was collected by many space agencies. This visualized data will be pointing out some compressions about the world which they experienced, the world they are experiencing right now and the world their kids and grandkids will experience. Unfortunately, the best way to draw their attention and actually encourage them to take an action towards global warming is making them feel a little guilty about their past actions and the outcomes we are experiencing today. With the help of their kids and grandkids who are aware of this issue, we believe the elders will finally step up and help us fight with this global threat.

These lectures will be live-streamed on the dates which we have mentioned before. We are planning for these live streams to be aired on the national television channels alongside social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, etc. and also on the websites of  NASA, JAXA, CSA, etc. This way the project will easily reach and alert a very big audience. Even without the educational purposes of these launches, they reach enormous amounts of crowds. For example, NASA estimated that roughly 10 million people watched the launch of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 on various online platforms. As we saw and experienced with Chris Hadfield’s educational videos and the various videos of astronauts of “Christa’s Lost Lessons”, space is the most exciting and motivational thing. We got the chance to be inspired and to gain awareness with these videos. Now it is time to enhance them and use it to save our planet!