The new partnership had a new blessing for the new building. NSC Discovery Center Inc. Support was also garnered from the state of Georgia and public and private donors. The continued Army influence, according to MG Peter Cuviello, Chief of Signal in a 1999 interview with Signal , the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association s magazine may steer some children who became interested in math and science through NSC and Fort Discovery to elect a career in technology that coincides with an Army career as well. Getting these young people interested in and involved in math, science and technology is good for the country, good for tomorrow s Army and especially good for the Signal Regiment. The Army s focus understandably is on the physical sciences.
Fort Discovery is one of America s newest and most ambitious science centers.
It offers young students a fun look at technology, and it offers teachers a resource for innovative science and math teaching. Fry leads the NSC-Army side of the house. It s been remarkable that the 20-year evolution of NSC and Fort Discovery mirrors the growth of the Central Savannah River Area and technology throughout the world, including the growth of Fort Gordon into the largest technical training center in the world. Fort Discovery is also homebase to the educational programs and nationwide outreach NSC excels in. The local, regional and national outreach program includes teacher and student workshops, summer camps and partnerships, satellite teleconferences and two traveling trucks that are expandable science theaters.