April 9th through April 12th a gathering of the top world, aerospace leaders take place in Colorado Springs, Colorado to discuss the future direction of the space program. SHADES OF BLUE along with the newly formed Aerospace Education & Future Workforce CO-OP joins the discussion and offers some solution sets to help solve some of the workforce shortage problems. The CO-OP initial partners are The Space Foundation,(MESA) Colorado Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement, Wings Over the Rockies Museum, (COMSTEC) Colorado Math, Science, & Technical Education Coalition, The Challenger Learning Center of Colorado, and Shades of Blue.