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All,

Some of you may have participated in sessions at recent ASTC Annual
Conferences where our friends at NASA mentioned the possibility of loaning
artifacts to ASTC members (among others) via a proposal review process.
Well, that opportunity has now arrived.  Here are the details:

NASA Rolls Out New Artifact Loan Program With Space Shuttle Tires
 
WASHINGTON -- With the help of the space shuttle program, NASA kicks off a
new artifact loan program for museums, planetariums, and other
organizations. NASA's new Artifact Loan Opportunities Program will help
organizations borrow NASA artifacts for education and outreach purposes. 

The first artifacts available are main landing gear tires from space
shuttles. The space shuttle tires, including some flown on missions, are
available to proposing organizations that NASA determines best meet the
agency's education and public outreach goals.

This new program gives organizations that are not traditionally associated
with the agency the chance to have access to NASA artifacts. The shuttle
tires and future available artifacts represent NASA's many decades of
exploration and discovery.

Organizations interested in proposing uses for loaned shuttle tires should
be external to NASA. Organizations may include, but are not limited to,
museums, schools, and civic groups. The long-term loan of these tires may be
used to educate, inspire or inform the public about NASA's scientific and
technological achievements through art, sculpture, furniture, building
structures, exhibits or other innovative uses of the artifacts. 

The deadline for proposals on this initial opportunity is June 11, 2008.

For information about artifact loan opportunity, visit:

http://artifacts.nasa.gov

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Sean Smith
Director, Government & Public Relations
Association of Science-Technology Centers
1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-6310 USA
202-783-7200 x113  Fax 202-783-7207
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