01/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/17/2024 13:10
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Link to video and sound: https://go.hawaii.edu/Uan
WHAT: The University of Hawaiʻi and the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the field of space sciences.
WHO: UH Mānoa Provost Michael Bruno and MDAA Chairman and Founder Riki Ellison.
WHEN: Tuesday, January 17
WHERE: UH Mānoa Hawaiʻi Hall
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
VIDEO B-ROLL:
SOUNDBITES:
Michael Bruno, UH Mānoa Provost (15 seconds)
"This program is one important step towards making Hawaiʻi the nation's center for space-based observation of the Pacific."
Riki Ellison, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Chairman and Founder (13 seconds)
"This will be the first time that we will be able to see everything around us in the Pacific, whether it's movements of fish, ships, planes, agriculture, everything."
Bruno (13 seconds)
"A critical need is to connect our leading-edge research to education and that is a big part of what this program is going to seek to do."