Atlanta, GeorgiaBy the

Georgia Space Grant ConsortiumTentatively Scheduled for October 26 – November 1, 2008

2008 National Space Grant Director’s Meeting

Poll

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday – from 10/26

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10/27

And the winner is

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday – from 10/26

Welcome packages

One per State

Thanks to Wanda Pierson, Program Manager

Tony Docal, Orbit Inc.

Kennesaw State Univ.

Univ. of Georgia

Georgia State Univ., Clark Atlanta Univ., Spelman College, Morehouse College, ORBIT Education, & SpaceWorks Engineering

State Univ. of West Georgia

Mercer Univ. Georgia

Southern Univ.

Fort Valley State Univ. Armstrong

Atlantic Univ. & Savannah State Univ.

Columbus State Univ.

Albany State Univ.

Affiliate Members

Did you know?

• Atlanta is the home of the World’s

airport

busiest

….Fill-in the blank

Atlanta ranks

for the number of Fortune 500 company headquarters

third

NYC

Houston

Atlanta is the

Most populous metropolitan area in the US

9th

Atlanta is one of

Cities in the US to host the Summer Olympics

3

Stone Mountain to the East of Atlanta is the world’s

Single piece of granite

Largest

Georgia has the

Toll free dialing area in the World

Largest

7,000 square miles

The Atlanta Aquarium Is the World’s

Largest

Martin Luther King Jr. sang with a boy choir at the Premier of

Gone With the Wind

The number of streets in Atlanta named “Peachtree” is

100

The Largest 10K race in the world is

Peachtree Road Race

Atlanta Mottos

“Atlanta is the City too Busy to Hate”

We have plenty of airplanes taking off to get rid of those who don’t feel that way

On an hourly basis

“Atlanta – where everyday is an opening day”

Recall

We have the largest fiber optic cable network

So you may take full advantage of our largest toll free dialing area, to reach

the top of the world

That is, Stone Mountain

Georgia Ranked

In FY-03 NASA’s Obligations

16th

$20,635,548 Or 1.65%

MD, 19.60%

CA, 17.40%

TX, 5.88%

Hotels Under Consideration

• Omni Hotel at the CNN Center• Marriott Hotel – several intown locations• W Hotel • Hilton Hotel • Embassy Suite Hotels

The hotel will be “right off of Peachtree Street”

We look forward to seeing you on Peachtree next year!

2008 National Space Grant Directors’ Meeting

Atlanta, GAA Taste of Georgia Menu

“Georgia Delicacies”Day 1 through 3

BreakfastBiscuits, Grits and Gravy, sockeye ham,

and/or fried fishKrispy Kreme Donuts

Beverages – Coffee and Coke

LunchFried Green Tomatoes

Fried, Fricasseed, or Smothered ChickenMacaroni and Cheese

Bread – Cornbread or BiscuitsBeverages – Iced Tea and Coke

Dessert – Fried Pie

Hors d’oeuvresVidalia Onion Blossoms

Boiled, raw, or roasted peanutsShelled or unshelled pecans

DinnerPan Fried CatfishMashed PotatoesBlack eyed peasCollard Greens

Fried OkraBread – Cornbread or Biscuits

Beverages –Muscadine Wine, Iced Tea and CokeDessert - Peach Cobbler

Coke (includes Cherry Coke, Vanilla Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Orange Coke (Fanta), Daisani Water, Vitamin Water, Odwalla Products but it is all …

Coke)

Iced Tea is Sweet … please don’t ask for unsweetened

Affiliates in Atlanta Metro AreaOf the 17 GSGC members, 8 are in the Atlanta metropolitan

area

• Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) – midtown Atlanta

• Georgia State University – downtown Atlanta• Clark Atlanta University (HBCU part of the Atlanta

University System in Southwest Atlanta)• Spelman College (100% female HBCU and part of the

Atlanta University System in Southwest Atlanta)• Morehouse College (100% male HBCU and part of the

Atlanta University System in Southwest Atlanta)• Kennesaw State University – Kennesaw (north of Atlanta)• Orbit Education-non profit affiliate • SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc., industry Affiliate –

Alpharetta (north of Atlanta)

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Affiliates outside of Metro Atlanta

• Savannah State University• Albany State University• Columbus State University• Armstrong Atlantic State University

(Savannah)• West Georgia State University (Carrollton)• Mercer University (Macon)• Fort Valley State University• Georgia Southern University (Milledgeville)• University of Georgia (Clifton)

Atlanta facts• Atlanta is the only city in North American

that has been destroyed by fire as an act of war

• Delta airlines is Atlanta’s biggest employer• Delta pilots say Atlanta is the “Greenest”

City in the United States• Metro Atlanta is a thriving high tech

business community with more fiber optic cable than any other city in the United States