| President Obama recently addressed NASA workers, | | | | thought about their futures as space explorers and |
| telling them and the nation that he remains | | | | researchers. |
| committed not only to space exploration but also to | | | | Knowing that, literally, the sky is the limit if they earn |
| America's scientific and technological leadership. Briefly | | | | degrees in physics, astronomy, chemistry, |
| reminiscing about his awe and wonder at the Gemini | | | | engineering, and information systems, |
| and Apollo missions of the 1960's, Obama said he | | | | forward-thinking single dads began considering their |
| hopes America's continuing space ventures will inspire | | | | best choices for schools and programs. |
| a new generation of explorers. | | | | Some of America's most prestigious science and |
| Single dads considering college wisely read between | | | | engineering schools are currently recruiting |
| the lines in the President's message, seeing paths to | | | | appropriately qualified students with histories of |
| degrees and well-paid careers opening before them. | | | | economic and social disadvantage, offering handsome |
| As President Obama detailed some of the challenges | | | | scholarships and comprehensive academic and |
| in a mission to Mars, single dads imagined what they | | | | personal support. MIT, the University of California at |
| might accomplish with degrees in chemistry and | | | | Berkeley, and Cal-Tech, the cream of the crop, |
| engineering. As he described America's needs for | | | | especially seek highly motivated applicants with |
| super-powered launch vehicles, ambitious young | | | | proven aptitude in mathematics and the sciences. |
| fathers imagined what they might contribute to | | | | Purdue and Georgia Tech also seek promising young |
| rocket fuels technology and multi-stage rocketry. As | | | | engineers and physicists. And all the top tier schools |
| Obama reminded his audience that America must | | | | assure applicants that money is no object: new laws |
| take physiologists, ecologists, and geologists to the | | | | and budget enhancements assure that all eligible |
| International Space Station, visionary family men | | | | students may attend the schools of their choice. |