Youth Outreach

摘要

The American Astronautical Society (AAS), the networking organization for space professionals that predates the dawn of the Space Age, is in the midst of a youth movement. As it celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, the AAS is pushing hard to attract the 35-and-under crowd, on behalf of both itself and the space industry at large. "These young people have other compelling career choices," says Lyn Wigbels, who is running unopposed for a second two-year term as AAS president. "They don't have to choose space as their field and so we want to bring them in and let them understand what this community is about."