Outreach Opportunities

Outreach Opportunities

Below are some ideas about possible opportunities for outreach. Note that this is just a brainstorm list. Please add your ideas, and we can remove things that no longer make sense.

Online

  • Regularly update the GMAT Blog with project news

  • Start an official email newsletter

  • Start a user-focused blog on highlighting applications from a user perspective (example scripts, etc.)

  • Post more YouTube training videos

  • Get involved answering user questions on the GMAT Forum

  • Where is GMAT being discussed online? Get involved in those discussions.

  • Where do potential users go to talk online? Get involved there.

In person

  • Continue and expand regular training series

  • Present at industry conferences (engineering, software, open-source)

    • AIAA SciTech

    • AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

    • AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting

    • International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques (ICATT)

    • International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD)

    • OSCON

  • Exhibit at industry conferences (engineering, software, open-source)

  • Present at colloquia and seminars

    • 595 Flight Dynamics Seminar

    • SSMO Toolbox

    • AETD Mini-Courses

    • GSFC Engineering Colloquium

    • GSFC Scientific Colloquium ("GMAT for Scientists")

    • GSFC Systems Engineering Seminar ("GMAT for Systems Engineers")

    • STScI Research Colloquium Series

    • Opportunities at other NASA centers (unknown)

  • University outreach

    • UMD ASEN

    • home universities

Materials

  • Common slide template

  • Basic slide package

  • T-shirts, hats

  • Stickers, cards

  • CDs