Wife of Brussels victim establishes Space Camp scholarship in husband's honor (al.com)

Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com By Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com
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on April 04, 2016 at 4:45 PM, updated April 04, 2016 at 4:49 PM

The wife of a Brussels bombing victim hopes to inspire a new generation of space lovers with the launch of a Space Camp scholarship in memory of her husband.

Cameron Cain last week established the scholarship fund to honor 29-year-old Alexander Pinczowski, who was killed March 22 in Brussels Airport with his younger sister, Sascha, as they were boarding a flight to New York City. Cain is the daughter of former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark James P. Cain.

The Space Camp scholarship is a fitting tribute to Pinczowski because he "knew everything there was to know about space," Cain said.

"He could identify all the stars, and he built planetary systems when he was a kid," she said. "He loved Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot' book and would quote passages from it. He would say 'space exploration is what we need to focus on.'"

Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville has more than 700,000 graduates, many of whom pursue careers in science, engineering, medicine, aviation and education. The 34-year-old program allows children ages 9 to 18 to apply for scholarships like the the Alexander Pinczkowski Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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