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