We woke up to a rainy day which spoiled our canopy tour so we instead headed off to Ad Astra early. Franklin Chang-Diaz developed an idea in college for the plasma motor for rockets and planes during space travel. This company was very interesting because they showed how the idea began and also provided information on what they've done and what they plan to do in the future. I really enjoyed the fact that they have programs for waste management and detection. They have developed so many new ideas and are trying to get the younger generations educated so they can continue to provide more knowledge and progression in their discoveries. This new plasma rocket will save time, energy and help protect the health of the persons who will be traveling. As a part of NASA, they are working together with their department in Houston, Texas to attempt a travel to Mars by 2030. I was very interested in this lecture and was eager to research more on my own. I really appreciated that we were able to see how the plasma motor worked and that he really helped us understand every component in the product. As we left Ad Astra it was time to visit our 2nd home stay family at corral de piedra.
We were greeted by our families with all the little girls in the community performing traditional dances they have been practicing. We were separated in to 2's for each house. Brianna and I were set up together to join our family. We were kind of passed off between 2 different families during this stay, but it was very nice getting to know the both of them. They did not speak any English at all so Brianna and I had to really be confident and spit out as much Spanish as we could. They were very understanding and easy to talk to. They fed us a very interesting meal for dinner which consisted of Cauliflower dipped in eggs and then thrown into some rice. The mosquitoes here are very very very bad and repellent must be worn at all times. It was a very tiring day and we had to get up to hike for 5:30 so we went to bed early.
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