Brazil 2002

World Space Week Report

An exposition was organized in Shopping Center Colinas in Sao Jose dos Campos. The idea is to show to the Sao Jose dos Campos population the spin off from space area. There were some posters explaining World Space Week and about space spin offs, and some stores showed spin offs like tennis shoes that absorb the impact, neoprene diving suit, ribbed swimsuit in sport goods store, the teflon pan, enriched baby food, dehydrated food in supermarket, sports training equipment in sport academy, digital watch and scratch-resistant lenses in stores, on line services in banks, high quality food in the restaurant because we have the remote sensing satellite and weather forecast satellite, that helps the agriculture, games, joysticks and internet games in arcades, etc. The idea was to show that space helps us to have a better life, everyday, everywhere, like a Shopping Center.

The Louis Cruls Astronomy Club participated in the 2002 World Space Week. We received support from Brazsat (Joao Gilberto Vaz) and from schools of our city. The city newspaper and two televisions channels of our region in Brasil helped us to popularize the 2002 world space week. Our Club is located in Campos dos Goytacazes, an inner city of Rio de Janeiro State. Below are photos from our events.