Environmental Tectonics Corporation's NASTAR Center and ISU Partner to Provide Space Education Training Courses
March 26 2009 - 10:08AM
PR Newswire (US)
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., WASHINGTON, and STRASBOURG, France, March 26
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Tectonics Corporation's
(AMEX:ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company) The National AeroSpace Training
and Research (NASTAR) Center and International Space University
(ISU) announced today that they have partnered to create a series
of unique space education and training courses aimed to motivate,
inspire, and educate people from a range of backgrounds and age
groups. Each course will be taught by world-renowned space industry
experts and include hands-on activities in a state-of-the-art
aerospace training facility environment. The ISU/NASTAR partnership
will unveil its first course, Rocket Science 101, on June 24, 2009.
Taught by ISU faculty member and 5-time Space Shuttle crew and
space walker, former NASA Astronaut Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, this
half-day course will include a comprehensive introduction on how
rockets work, propulsion, preparing for space flight (government
and private), how to enjoy your time in space, the impact of space
tourism, and more. While the topic and duration of each course will
vary, each course will provide a truly unique and rewarding
education for all those that attend. Courses will be managed by ISU
expert staff and professors and be held at the NASTAR Center
facility located just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the
U.S. Brienna Henwood, Director of Commercial Business at NASTAR
Center, stated, "We are very excited to take part in shaping these
innovative educational programs. This experience has an appeal for
everyone regardless if you are in high school or a business
executive. The ability to interact candidly one-on-one with an
admired astronaut or other space professional on their most
passionate topic and in a genuine space training facility setting
is a unique once-in-a-lifetime experience." "Coupling ISU's
pre-eminent role in space education with NASTAR Center's impressive
capability in aerospace training offers an unparalleled opportunity
for the general public to 'experience space' in an exciting and
intellectually stimulating way," said Steven Brody, ISU's Vice
President for North American Operations. About ISU The
International Space University (http://www.isunet.edu/), the 'gold
standard in interdisciplinary space education,' is a graduate
school that conducts programs at its central campus in Strasbourg,
France, and at locations around the world. ISU offers a unique core
curriculum covering all disciplines related to space programs and
enterprises -- space and earth sciences, engineering, satellite
applications, policy and law, business and management, and space
and society. ISU also provides short courses for professional
development and life-long learning. Since its founding on the
campus of MIT in 1987, with noted author and visionary Sir Arthur
C. Clarke as its first Chancellor, ISU has graduated more than 2700
students from 100 countries, many now in senior positions with
commercial and government space-related organizations throughout
the globe. About NASTAR Center The NASTAR(R) Center
(http://www.nastarcenter.com/), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Environmental Tectonics Corporation (AMEX:ETC), houses
state-of-the-art equipment and professional staff to support the
training and research needs of the aerospace community, including
military aviation (fixed and rotary wing), civil aviation (fixed
and rotary wing), space travel (government and private) and
research support and data collection. The NASTAR(R) Center's
equipment and programs are highly modular and flexible and can
accommodate a wide range of aerospace training and research
requirements ETC designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew
training systems (aeromedical, tactical combat and general),
disaster management training systems and services, entertainment
products, sterilizers (steam and gas), environmental testing
products, hyperbaric chambers and related products for domestic and
international customers. This press release includes
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Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking
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to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about ETC
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discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended February 29, 2008, in the section entitled "Risks
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made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company. Contact:
Duane D. Deaner, CFO Tel: 215-355-9100 (ext. 1203), Fax:
215-357-4000, ETC - Internet Home Page: http://www.etcusa.com/
DATASOURCE: Environmental Tectonics Corporation CONTACT: Duane D.
Deaner, CFO, of Environmental Tectonics Corporation,
+1-215-355-9100, ext. 1203, or fax, +1-215-357-4000 Web Site:
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