Space Education Strategy Using Data Obtained by Lunar and Planetary Missions

抄録

Japanese two lunar and planetary missions, Kaguya (SELENE) and Hayabusa (MUSES-C) are returning vast amount of result to the Earth, and these data are planned to open to the public via the Internet. These are considered useful not only for scientists and engineers but also for the educators and students as a “real textbook”. In space education, we can use several methods to facilitate students' interest. Here we describe some of our examples to promote space education. One is the event accompanying with the major conferences, and second is the video program describing the Hayabusa mission with very unique viewpoint, and the third is the website carefully designed for children. However, the application of mission results to the space education has some points which should be specific to these missions. This paper describes our current attempt of these application and future prospects for the promotion of space education.