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"offer opportunities for kids to get involved in the scientific method and solve problems."
   Some high school students involved in the School to Career program, will be trained by both professionals in the computer and electronics industry as well as by UCSD students in the operation and maintenance of the equipment involved in the missions. From there, the high school students will instruct middle school students in the usage of the software. 
   Scripps Ranch High School's Department Head of Science, Byron Asakawa, said the KidSat mission will "provide relevancy to their  (students) career plans and will give them opportunity to work with college students and professionals in a mentoring situation."
   For the pilot phase of this program, the shuttle with the students' cameras will be flown twice a year. The data chosen by NASA for the first mission is in March of 1996. As part of the KidSat project, the pictures taken by the cameras will be compiled into a data base and made available to any Internet user. 
   The idea behind KidSat was born a little over a year ago with scientist Jobea Way at JPL. Dr. Way consulted Sally Ride about the potential of the project. Ride shared Way's great enthusiasm for the project, seeing it as an ideal way for kids to get hands-on experience technologically as well as inspiring them academically. She agreed to cooperate on the project and the two scientists presented their ideas to NASA director Daniel Goldin. After an extremely positive response from Goldin, NASA granted $1 million per year for the pilot phase of this comparatively small project.