Washington, DC and Vienna, Austria -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/12/2007 -- The Space Generation Advisory Council, the world's largest group representing youth perspectives on space exploration to the United Nations and national space programs today announced its 2008 annual fundraiser to promote youth participation in space exploration.

The Council runs a number of projects each year to promote space participation amongst youth. These projects include an annual conference taking place in 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland, research projects that report three times annually to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) and a new technical program allowing teams of youth to launch their own experiments to space.

"It is vitally important that youth have a say in the how their own future unfolds as space will play an increasingly important role in their lives," said Alex Karl, Global Chairperson of the Space Generation Advisory Council. "Our programs encourage and foster youth participation around the world in space exploration. There are a lot of important issues at hand, but it is also a lot of fun."

The projects of the Space Generation Advisory Council rely entirely on volunteer contributions and support.

Individuals can contribute by visiting http://spacegeneration.org/donate

The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is a non-government organization with observer status within UN COPUOS dedicated to representing the voice of today's youth on tomorrow's space issues. The SGAC was formed following the 1999 UNISPACE III conference in which 4 youth recommendations were included in the Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development. SGAC has since dedicated itself to the pursuit of these recommendations and to encourage youth participation in space exploration and its applications on Earth.

For more information about the Space Generation Advisory Council, please visit: http://spacegeneration.org/

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Hartford, CT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/23/2007 -- UP Aerospace, Inc. - http://www.upaerospace.com - a Connecticut-based company and world leader in responsive and low-cost space access, has today offered the Space Generation Advisory Council - www.spacegeneration.org - access to low-cost launches for its youth members.

The Space Generation Advisory Council is the leading international body representing youth on all space matters, and its youth members will be able to obtain UP Aerospace's best educational pricing for the launch of experimental packages. Under this offer, an experiment can be flown into space, recovered, and provided back to young experimenters for as little as US$2000.

UP Aerospace's basic "TinySat" container with 182 cubic centimeters/11.1 cubic inches of usable volume and 42.5 grams/1.5 ounces of payload mass will be discounted to US$2000. A similar scale of discount will apply to heavier payloads, with a 70.9 gram/2.5 oz. payload costing US$3000 and a 99.2 gram/3.5 oz. payload US$4000.

In the TinySat mass category UP Aerospace has already launched a number of creative experiments, including sheets of photographic film to capture and record streaks of cosmic rays (including galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles).

The first opportunity for launch will be this fall and youth from around the world are invited to submit experiments for consideration. All submissions and request for further information can be made to up@spacegeneration.org. The Space Generation Advisory Council hopes to obtain funding to allow future launches to free of cost for students and youth in developing regions.

UP Aerospace is a pioneer in low-cost space access. The company's flagship vehicle, the SpaceLoft XL, is designed to launch scientific, educational, and entrepreneurial payloads into space, with an altitude capability of up to 140 miles (225 kilometers). The company conducts its space launches from New Mexico's Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport.

For more information on UP Aerospace, Inc., and its uniquely affordable space-launch capabilities, visit http://www.upaerospace.com or contact UP Aerospace at 1-877-UP-UP-321.

The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is an international non-governmental organization representing youth on matters of space policy and space development to the United Nations and governments throughout the world. SGAC is an observer member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS).

For more information on the Space Generation Advisory Council and to participate in the launch program, visit http://www.spacegeneration.org/space_missions, or email up@spacegeneration.org

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