希望者が仲間を募ってエントリー

《つくば座》の活動では《もりや座》の活動と並行して一般参加者の募集を行ったところ、中学校や専門学校など多彩な教育機関がエントリーし、本活動の科学教育としての意義を確認した。《たねがしま座》の活動における種子島宇宙センターに続き、筑波宇宙センターにて本活動のレクチャーやワークショップを経て製作した電波反射器を参加者が任意の地点に配置した《つくば座》の撮影(筑波宇宙センター他、同時に同市内6会場にて)が実施されるなど、日本の宇宙開発の中心であるJAXAとの連携が深まった。筑波大学の学生が本活動にはじめて参加し、後の茨城県内での活動を支えた。


Participants applying in groups

For Tsukuba Constellation, the project invited applications for participation from the public alongside the applications for the Moriya Constellation. A wide range of educational institutions entered, from junior high schools to a vocational school, reaffirming the value of this project for scientific education. Following on from the activities of Tanegashima Constellation at the Tanegashima Space Center, the project held a lecture at Tsukuba Space Center, then had its participants build corner reflectors in a workshop and set them up at locations of their choice (6 sites in the city on top of said center), to be imaged as the Tsukuba Constellation. These activities strengthened our partnership with JAXA, the principal space exploration organization in Japan. This was the first time that students from the University of Tsukuba participated in this project, and they would later support later activities in the Ibaraki Prefecture.

 

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