RocketSTEM Issue #2 - April 2013 | Page 66

Photo: Walter Scriptunas II/Spaceflight Now Photo: Walter Scriptunas II/Spaceflight Now use your help. There is the Sponsor a Shuttle Tile Program. You can have your name displayed on a shuttle tile. Or you could donate to EndeavourLA. Or do something as simple as becoming a member of the CSC. Becoming a member gets you free IMAX tickets, free parking, High-Wire bike rides, wall cliff climbs as well as much more. All things that are more fun than Disneyland, and still cheaper. Hey kids, if you want to make your parents happy, save them some money. A trip to Disneyland for the day, for a family of four - $334 just to get into the park. And it’ s an additional $152 if you want to go to California Adventure on the same day, for which no one has the stamina. Not even kids. The California Science Center, for a family of four $0.00. And if you want a second location, walk down the sidewalk about a hundred feet and you are at the Natural History Museum for half of what it would cost for a single ticket to get into Disneyland. What kid doesn’t like dinosaurs? No kid I want to ever meet. So you can go to Disneyland and spend a lot more money, learn nothing, and enjoy the two hour drive home after a long day, or you can visit downtown LA, spend practically nothing, learn while having fun and possibly be inspired by the world of science. No one ever changed the world by riding through the Haunted Mansion. Science is an indispensable tool for understanding our world. Photos: Brenden Clark 64 64 www.RocketSTEM.org