Another example is the distinguished speakers program, featuring a variety ofguest speakers who have distinguished themselves nationally and internationallyas military leaders and statesmen. Each summer, about 90 selected cadets spend six weeks at various Air Force and Department of Defense research facilities around the world under theauspices of the cadet summer research program. The Air Force Academy has installed microcomputers in each cadet dormitory room. This affords cadets a tool to stimulate learning and assist them in mastering the important process of complex problem-solving. The Academy is now playing a leading role in the preparation for the AF spacemission.
Graduates are America's current and future astronauts, engineers andmission support specialists.
Space has always been a part of the Academy curriculum. Since 1965, it hasoffered a major in astronautics, which is America's only accreditedundergraduate astro program. The physics department also offers a major in spacephysics which deals with environmental problems in space. In addition, theAcademy offers cadets an interdisciplinary space sciences major. Graduates also participate in space research.