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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

June 2005

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About 400 people participated in the Nano 2005Conference at the Westin Hotel Santa Clara in June.

Approxima tely 400 repr esentativesfrom industry, academia and govern-men t came together for a successful two-day Nanotechnology 2005 conference atthe Westin H otel Santa Clara, Jun e 7 - 8.Scott Budman, NBC 11 technology re-porter and master of ceremonies, along

with a welcoming address by StanNewberry, deputy director of NASAAm es, kicked off the even t.

The plenary sessions includ ed d y-namic and interactive discussions re-lated to nanotechnology as it applies tosemicondu ctor/ electronics, biotechnol-ogy and aerospace / defense. Keynotespeaker Matthew Nordan, vice presi-dent of research at Lux Research, ad-dressed the group on the topic ofNanotechnology Myth and Reality:Separating Commercial Opportunityfrom Hype. He w as followed by key-note speakers Bann y Banerjee and CraigLawrence from international designingengineering compan y IDEO, sharing thetopic of A Cu lture of Innovation.

Day tw o of the conference featur eda business focus starting off with key-note sp eaker Pau l Saffo reflecting on thetopic Risk and Failure the Keys toSuccess. The day conclud ed with ex-pert speakers in the venture capital com-munity and case studies from variousnew companies on how to create a suc-cessful start-up .

The Nano 2005 Conference wasdesigned to bring industry leaders to-gether with NA SA man agers and tech-nologists to discuss potential joint bu si-

NASA Ames pursues business opportunities at Nano 2005ness opp ortunities, said Lisa Lockyerchief of the Technology Partnership Di-vision. We are already respond ing todozens of leads that w ere made at thisforum.

The conference, which w as coordinated by the Technology PartnershipsDivision (Code EP), includ ed an exhibition hall where companies such asmPhase Technologies, NanoBioNexusNanoDynamics Inc. and others displayed their comp any prod ucts and capabilities. Severa l exhibits from NASAAmes also were on display.

For more information about theevent, contact the Technology Partner-ships Division at ext. 4-1754.

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Several members of the news media interviewed attendees at Nano 2005.

NASAphotosbyDominicHart

BYBETSYROBINSON

Scott Budman, NBC 11 technology reporter, served as master of ceremonies during theopening sessions at Nano 2005.


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Astrogram June 20052

NASA scientists solve Mars south pole mysteryNASA scientists have solved an age-

old mystery by find ing that Mars' south-

ern p olar cap is offset from its geograph i-cal south pole because of two differentpolar climates.

Weather generated by the tw o mar-tian regional climates creates cond itionsthat cause the red planet's southern po-lar ice to freeze out into a cap whosecenter lies about 93 miles (150 kilome-ters) from th e actual south p ole, accord -ing to a scientific paper includ ed in th eMay 12 issue of the jour nal Na tur e.

"Mars' permanent south p olar capis offset from its geograph ic south pole,wh ich w as a mystery going back to thefirst telescopic observations of Mars,"said the paper's lead author, AnthonyColaprete, a NASA Ames space scien-tist. "We used a combination of observa-tions, including images from the MarsGlobal Surveyor, as well as computerclimate models to identify the mecha-nisms that control the position of thesouthern polar ice cap. We found thatthe offset is a result of two martian re-gional climates, wh ich are on either sideof the south p ole," he said.

The scientists found that the loca-tion of two hu ge craters in the south ernhem isphere of Mars is the root cause ofthe tw o distinct climates.

"The two craters' unique land scapescreate winds that establish a low-pres-sure region over the p ermanent ice cap

in the western h emisphere," Colapreteexplained.

Just as on Earth, low-pressureweather systems are associated withcold, stormy weather and snow. "OnMars, the craters anchor the low pres-sure system that dominates the south-ern polar ice cap and keep it in onelocation," Colaprete said .

According to th e scientists, the low-pr essure system resu lts in w hite, fluffysnow, which appears as a very brightregion over the ice cap. In contrast, the

scientists also report that 'black ice' formsin the eastern hem isphere, wh ere mar-tian skies are relatively clear and w arm .

"The eastern hemisphere of thesouth pole region gets very little snow,and clear ice forms over the m artian soilthere," Colaprete said. Black ice formswhen the planet's surface is cooling, bu tthe atmosphere is relatively warm, ac-cording to scientists. "A similar process

The south polar cap of Mars as it appeared tothe Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Cameraon April 17, 2000.

The NASA Ames ContractorCouncil (ACC) and NASA Ames se-nior management co-hosted the sec-ond annua l Partners in Excellence re-ception on June 15 in the Am es Explo-

ration Center. Ap -proximately 150civil servants andcompany execu-tives enjoyed anopportu nity to mixand mingle in aninformal setting.ACC Co-Chai rLinda McCahon, ofINFONETIC wel-comed attendeesand discussed thecouncils currentactivities.

ACC Educa-t iona l Out reachCommittee ChairJohn Watkins, ofEASI, shared high-lights of ACC sup -

Left to right: Mark Leon, John Watkins speak with Ames CenterDirector G. Scott Hubbard at the ACC Partners in Excellence event.

NASA ACC and Ames senior managementco-host Partners in Excellence

BYDOREENCOHEN,ACC VICECHAIR

occurs on Earth when black ice formsover highways," Colaprete explained.

Colaprete's co-authors include Jeffrey Barnes, Oregon State UniversityCorvallis; Robert H aberle, also of NASAAmes; Jeffery Hollingsworth, San Jose

State University Foundation, NASAAmes; and H ugh Kieffer and TimothyTitus, both from th e U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Ariz.

BYJOHNBLUCK

port for education projects this year.NASA Ames Center Director G. ScottHubbard expressed optimism aboutthe future of NASA and Ames. Thisyears event was organized by Michael

Swiger of QSS. Itwas once again avery successfulcollaboration forthe Am es civil ser-vant and contrac-tor commu nity.

The AmesContractor Coun -cil meets month lyto discuss issuesand activities thatrelate to contrac-tors and the w ell-being of the Cen-ter.

NASAphotosbyDominicHart

Left to right: Mike Swiger, Ames Center Director G. Scott Hubbard andACC Co-Chair Linda McCahon at the recent ACC Partners in Excellenceevent.


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3Astrogram June 2005

Research funded partly by NASAhas confirmed the existence of liquidwater on the Earth's surface more than 4billion years ago.

Scientists have found that the Earthhad formed patterns of crust formation,

erosion and sedimen t recycling as earlyas 4.35 billion year s ago. Their find ingscame du ring a stud y of zircon crystalsformed during the earliest period ofEarth's history, the H adean Eon (4.5 bil-lion to 4.0 billion years ago).

"NASA is interested in how earlythe Earth had abund ant liquid w ater. Ifoceans form early in a planet's history,then so can life," said Carl Pilcher, seniorscientist for astrobiology at N ASA Head -quarters. "Learning how early oceansformed on Earth will help us under-stand where else oceans and perhapseven life may h ave formed in this solarsystem and in planetary systems around

other stars.""This work p rovides d irect evidencethat the Earth was probably habitablewithin a hundred million years of itsformation," said Bruce Run negar, d irec-tor of the NASA Astrobiology Institute(NAI) at NASA Ames, which providedsome of the study's fund ing.

Published in the May 6, 2005, edi-tion of Science, the research was con-ducted by T. Mark Harrison of the Re-search School of Earth Sciences, Austra-lian National University, Canberra andthe Un iversity of California, Los Ange-les; and E. Bruce Watson of the Dep art-ment of Earth and Environmental Sci-

ences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-tute, Troy, N .Y. Field research w as com-pleted in Western Au stralia's Jack Hills,wh ich p reserve a record of the H adeanEon.

Watson and H arrison devised a newmethod of determining the temp eraturesat which the rocks formed. The teamextracted and examined more than50,000 zircons, crystals abou t the w idthof a human hair, which have been ex-posed through natural erosion in theJack H ills. From the 50,000 zircons, onlya couple of hun dred were older than 4.2billion years. Measuring the tempera-ture at which the rocks melt gives an

indication of the conditions in whichthey formed."Rocks formed as a result of the

thermal energy from meteorite impactswou ld be bone dry and m elt at greaterthan 900 degrees Celsius," said H arrison."In contrast, our study has found thatHadean rocks melted at a consistentaverage tem pera ture of 690 degrees Cel-sius. Water, which is a very powerfulcatalyst, must h ave been p resent in verylarge amou nts for rocks to melt at sucha relatively low temperature."

This discovery supports the pro-

NASA scientists confirm liquid water on early Earthposal by Harrison's group four yearsearlier that a heavy oxygen isotop e sig-nature in the Hadean zircons is evi-dence for liquid water at or near theEarth's su rface by 4.3 billion year s ago.

The NAI, foun ded in 1997, is a part-

nership between NASA, 16 major U.S.teams and five international consortia.

NASA software detects Java bugs

NAI's goal is to promote, conduct andlead integrated mu ltidisciplinary astrobiology research an d to train a new generation of astrobiology researchers.

For more information about the N AIon t he I n t er ne t , v is it h t t p : / /

nai.arc.nasa.govBYNICHOLAS A. VERONICO

NASA scientists recently announcedthe release of free software that w ill findbugs, or defects, in Java compu ter code.

The new softwa re, Java Path find er,is classified as open source software.Open source software is compu ter codethat scientists make publicly available,often at no cost, so u sers can freely uti-lize and modify it. Java is a computer

language that software developers fre-quently use to w rite programs for com-pu ter networks such as the Internet.

Java PathFinder is a program thathelps people find bugs in other pro-grams, said John Penix, a computerscientist at NASA Ames. PathFinderruns the program u nder test through alot of trials, and tries to find a test thatwill cause the progr am to fail.

NASA Ames is providing JavaPathFinder as open source code at nocost to p eople who w ould like to use it,according to Penix. This will enableother people to help us improve the

PathFinder software, he said. NASAwill benefit from the improvements.Were doing this so we can leverage th eopen-source commun ity, he add ed.

The Java Path find er work is part ofan effort to develop tools and methodsto identify and eliminate software er-rors in NASAs increasingly complexand mission-critical software systems,according to David Korsmeyer, wholeads Ames Intelligent Systems Divi-sion.

Java Pathfinder w as used to d etecinconsistencies in the executive softwarefor the K9 Rover at NASA Ames,Korsmeyer said . The K9 rover is a sixwheeled, solar-powered rover developed jointly at Ames and NASAs JetPropulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena

In add ition, computer scientists usedelements of Java Path find er to developver i f i ca t ion computer code for

Livingstone 2 softwar e, a diagnosis system now flying on the EO-1 spacecraftand an example of the kind of autonomysoftware that will be crucial to futureNASA missions, Korsmeyer said.

Were continuing to d evelop softwa re-testing technologies, said Pen ixNASA has a lot of software, and it isdifficult to get it right; so we w ant to takeadvantage of all the work that is goingon out th ere and incorporate it into ourtools, he explained .

According to scientists, if PathFind erfind s an error in a Java ap plication, thesoftware checker reports th e w hole pro-

cess that leads to the bug. Unlike a nor-mal debugger, Java Pathfinder keepstrack of every step the software checkertakes to find a d efect, Penix noted.

PathFinder already has been enhanced an d tested by several universities and companies, Penix said. N owadditional universities can add morefeatures to PathFinder, he said, d escribing how providing Java Pathfinder tothe computing world could benefitNASA. Pathfinder is in its sixth year ofactive d evelopment.

NASA Ames scientists are offeringJava Pa thFinder on a Web s i t e

SourceForge.net located at http :/ /sourceforge.net/ index.phpOpen Source Technology Grou p Inc

owns SourceForge.net. Its parent company is VA Software Corporation, Fremont. PathFinder is available und er theNASA Open Source Agreement, an opensource license approved by the non-profit Open Sour ce Initiative on the Webat ww w.opensource.org Java is a trade-mar k of Sun Microsystems.

BYJOHNBLUCK

Java computer code screen.

NASA photo by Dominic Hart


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Presidential Rank ofMeritorious Senior Professional

Meyya Meyyapp an

The 2005 Presidential Rank andNASA Honor Awards Ceremony forAmes Research Center was h eld on June8. The awards were presented to 23employees who have been selected forindividual award s and to the managersof the 13 grou ps that have been selected

for the NASA Group AchievementAward . The names of the honorees arelisted below.

This years new est award is the OneNASA Peer Award in the category ofCenter Best. The On eN ASA PeerAward Program w as created to encour-age OneNASA-like behaviors across theagency.

One N ASA Peer AwardCenter Best Award

Thom as L. Roellig

Public Service Medal

Angela M. BoyleEsther L. HillLiam Pedersen

Group Achievement Award

Advan ced Air Transportation Tech-nologies Project Team

Ames Research Center Human Re-sources Team

Ames Research Center Return ToFlight Space Shuttle Program Sup-port Team

Aviation Data Integration SystemTechnology Development Team

Exploration Technology DirectorateOutreach Team

Intercontinental Chemical Transport

Experiment-North America ScienceTeam

Joint Ames/ Langley Distributed Air/Ground-Traffic Management Simu-lation Team

Livingstone on Earth Observing-1Team

Multi-Center Traffic ManagementAdv isor Developmen t and Test Team

Project Colum bia Team

STS-107 Life Science Payload Team

University Affiliated Research Cen-ter Source Evaluation Board Team

X-37 Wing Leading Edge ThermalProtection System Project Team

Exceptional Service Medal

Jane K. BabiczChristine N. GongDean A. KontinosSusan D. ParkhurstWilliam Thigp en

ExceptionalAchievement Medal

Robert Key Dismu kesMichael P. Fred ianiDavid HollenbachDolores M. MorrisonKarlin R. TonerJoseph D. ShieldsHanwant B. SinghMy H. Trang

Exceptional EngineeringAchievement Medal

Banavar Sridhar

Outstanding Leadership Medal

Jam es A. BrassLeroy S. Fletcher

Gary C. Jahn sDavid J. KorsmeyerCharles A. SmithHu y K. Tran

Presidential Rank of

Meritorious Executive

Estelle P. Cond onThomas J. Moyles

Ames holds 2005 Presidential Rank, NASA Honor Awards ceremon

Meyya Meyyayappan, center, received thePresidential Rank of Meritoriuos SeniorProfessional award at the recent NASAHonors ceremony.


Every NASA center (includingHeadquarters and the Jet PropulsionLaboratory) recently selected the first

OneNASA center best award recipi-ents. These award s recognize individu-a l s and teams who demons t ra teOneN ASA behaviors of decision-mak-ing for the common good, collaborat-ing to leverage existing capab ilities andstandardizing to achieve efficienciesagency-wide.

Information about the 11 center-best recipients and their outstandingachievements is available on theOneN ASA Web s it e a t : h t tp :/ / ww w.onenasa.nasa.gov/ TRIBUTES/Award_winners.htm

OneNASA Best of the Best peer awardsThe agency-wide OneNASA

team reviewed the 11 cand idates andselected Melvin Ferebee, of Langley

Research Center, as the agency Bestof the Best aw ard recipient. Ferebeewas recognized for his role in creat-ing the Systems Analysis Consor-tium . Langley Director Roy Bridgesaccepted the award on behalf ofFerebee during the Agency HonorAward s ceremony in Ap ril.

Ferebee's award features a m apof the United States highlighting allthe NASA centers, signed by all 10center directors and the NASAdeputy administrator.


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The editors of Hispanic Engineerand Information Technology m agazinehave nam ed N ASA Ames engineer Dr.Jolen Flores to its 50 Most ImportantHispanics in Technology and Businesslist for 2005.

Flores, chief of the Aircraft ProjectOffice at NASA Ames, was selected forthis year's honor on the basis of hisman y years of leadership in technologyand his contributions to the Hispaniccommunity.

"It is very reward ing on a personal

level to be recognized for ones accom-plishm ents. But it is an even bigger th rillto know how this reflects on the hardwork, the teamwork, that drives us atNASA to overcome the manychallengesand meet our mission goals, Flores said.The challenges consum e and excite usat work su ch that we rarely have time tostep back and savor our achievements. Ithink this award demonstrates that ifyou work hard and as a team, the re-ward s will follow on their own ."

"I am very prou d an d gratified thatJolen Flores' outstand ing leadership an dtechnical contributions have again beenrecognized," said N ASA Ames Director

G. Scott Hubbard . "As an accomplishedengineer, he continues to be an out-standing role model to our country'syouth."

This honor simp ly confirms w hatyou already know: that your years ofachievement and hard work have mad ea positive change in your professionand you r comm unity, wrote magazinepu blisher and CEO Tyrone D. Taborn ina letter to Flores announ cing h is selec-tion.

Flores holds bachelors and master'sdegrees in mathem atics and a d octoratein engineering science/ mechanical en-gineering from the University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley. He began his career atNASA Ames in 1981 as a research scien-tist in computational aerodynamics.Flores received the Outstanding Tech-nical Achievement Award in Govern-ment from the Hispanic Engineer Na-tional Achievement Aw ards Corp., LosAngeles, and Techn ica magazine in 2003.

Hon orees are chosen for the maga-zines annual list on the basis of theiroutstanding work in technology andtheir leadership of the institutions atwhich they are employed. The list in-cludes many of the nations highest-

NASA Ames engineer honored by hispanic magazineachieving Hispan ic executives, manag-ers and researchers in indu stry, govern-ment and academia. These wom en and

men have d emonstrated leadership on abroad front, not only in the w orkplace,but in their communities as well, ac-cording to the magazine. Each yearshonorees serve as role mod els to youngpeople, and the hon orees' accomp lish-ments are offered as examples of theimportant contributions made on a regu-lar basis by the thousand s of Hispanics

in technology-related jobs.The honorees will gather on Sept

16, 2005 in Baltimore, Md., for a collo-q u i u m a n dawards dinneras par t of the Mi

norities in Re-search SciencesConference, acareer development and employee recognition event forminorities in theareas of re-search scienceand technology

This yearshonorees a refeatured in them a g a z i n e sApri l/ May is

sue, which isdis t r ibuted toengineering colleges and uni-versi t ies withhigh Hispanicenrollments; toHispanic engi

neering, information technology andscience pr ofessionals; and to h igh-levegovernment and industry policy mak-ers and executives across the coun try.

For more informat ion abouHispanic Engineer & InformationTechnology magazine , go towww.hispanicengineer.com

Scott Sandford of the Ames As-trophysics Branch has been selectedas a p articipating scientist in Japan'sHayabusa (Falcon) mission, follow-ing a comp etitive selection by N ASA.

Hayabu sa (formerly M USES-C),a samp le return mission to an aster-oid, was launched in May 2003. InSeptember 2005, the spacecraft willrendezvou s with the asteroid Itokawa,where Hayabusa will spend fivemonths gathering topographic andrange information about the asteroid'ssurface.

Hayabu sa will fire a small bulletinto the asteroid's crust, and a cone-shaped funnel on the p robe will scoopup soil and rock fragments kicked up

by the imp act. The samp le will be car-ried back to Earth in a capsule insidethe probe. No p robe has brought backextraterrestrial samples since theAmerican and Russian moon pro-grams of the late 1960s and ea rly 1970s.

Sandford will participate in the

preparations for sample return andapply his expertise in organic mol-ecules and isotopes in the su bsequentscience analysis of the samples. Thismission participation is a naturalcomplement to his role in Stardust, aNASA probe that collected samplesfrom comet Wild-2 in early 2004 forretur n to Earth in Januar y 2006.

Sandford chosen for Hayabusa mission

BYNICK VERONICO

BYANNSULLIVAN

NASA Ames engineer Jolen Flores recently chosen by Hispanic Engineerand Information Technology magazine as one of the 50 Most ImportantHispanics in Technology and Business for 2005. He is seen here in a labworking with a thermal imaging system in infrared.

NASAphotobyDominic

Hart


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From left to right, the Galileo scholarship winners are: Jenny Liu (Albany High School); AmitaSeshadri (American Senior High School, Fremont); Lauren Finzer (Miramonte High School,Orinda); Mary Jacklin (Will C. Wood High School, Vacaville); Xiao-Yu Fu (Middle College HighSchool, El Cerrito); Jocelyn Chin (Mountain View High School); Stephanie Swenson (WoodsideHigh School, Redwood City).

NASAphotobyDominicHart

The San Francisco Section of theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics andAstronau tics (AIAA), along with NASAAmes, aw arded Galileo Memorial Schol-arships to three Bay Area high school

seniors at an awards banquet held inMountain View on May 26, 2005. Thescholarship recipients includ ed JocelynChin (Mountain View High School),Lauren Finzer (Miramonte H igh School,Or inda) , and Stephanie Swenson(Woodside High School, Redw ood City).Award amounts ranged from $500 to$1,000.

In add ition to the aw ards ceremony,recipients were treated to a presentationby Dr. David Des Mara isprincipal in-vestigator of the NASA Ames Astrobi-ology Instituteentitled The Mar s Ex-ploration Rovers: Following the Wa ter.

Des Marais presented evidence gath-ered by the Mars rovers that suggestslarge quantities of surface water cov-ered Mars northern hem isphere duringits early history.

The scholarship recipients were se-lected from almost 150 applicants basedupon their superior academic perfor-mance and their nu merous extracurricu-lar accomplishments. Two weeks priorto the aw ard s selection, several scholar-ship finalists were invited to Am es for aday-long visit. Among these impressivestudents were two children of current

Ames employees: Mary Jacklin is thedaughter of Stephen Jacklin (of CodeTI), and Stephanie Swenson is the daugh-ter of Harry Swenson (of Code AV).Ames personnel provided tours of sev-eral facilities and laboratories, includ-ing the arc jet facility, the Unitary w indtunnel and the robotics lab. The stu-dents also got to try their hand at land-ing the space shu ttle in the vertical mo-tion simulator.

The majority of the scholarship fi-nalists were female. Its exciting to seemore and m ore young w omen poised tomake an impact on the future of science

and engineering, said Fanny Zuniga,chair of the Galileo Scholarship Com-mittee.

The Galileo Mem orial Scholarshipwas established jointly by Ames and theSan Francisco Section of AIAA to com-memorate the crew w ho perished in theGalileo I aircraft accident on April 12,1973. The Galileo I was a Convair 990,operated by Ames as an airborne labo-ratory for research in aeronautics, astro-nau tics, astronomy and Earth observa-

Galileo scholarship winners for 2005 announcedtions. Any Bay Area high school seniorwh o intends to pu rsue a career in engi-neering, math ematics, or the physical ornatu ral sciences is eligible to app ly. Thescholarships are merit-based, and the

selection p rocess is extremely rigorou s.The standard s app lied are more selec-tive than those of any university in thecountry, said Galileo scholarship

sommittee member Eric Mueller. Se-

lecting the finalists and the eventuawinners is a grueling process, but itsinspiring at the same time. The scholarship program is currently funded andadm inistrated by AIAA and is in critica

need of both volunteers and financiadon ors to remain viable. For more infor-mation, refer to the AIAA San FranciscoSection Web site at www .aiaa-sf.org.

BYKATHLEENSTARMERAND TODD FARLEY

On May 26, Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice arrived atMoffett Federal Airfield. Shespoke in San Francisco on May27. Here she is greeted by AmesLewis Braxton.

Secretary of State visits Bay Area



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In 1997, during routine testing,NASA Ames discovered an unusual

polychlor ina ted b iphenyl (PCB) ,Aroclor 1268, in the storm dr ain settlingbasin. Subsequent samp ling program sdetermined in 2002 that Hangar Onewas the source of Aroclor 1268. As aresult of the h igh levels of PCBs pr esentin the Hangar One building comp onents,Han gar One was closed to human use asrequ ired by the Toxic Substan ce ControlAct (TSCA).

In 2003, the Nav y completed an in-

terim control measure, know n as a time-critical removal action (TCRA), for theshort-term p rotection of hum an healthand the environment. This method in-cluded app lying a specialized coating tothe exterior surface of Hangar One toseal the materials on the building sur-face for a period of three to five years.How ever, recent samp ling ind icates thatPCBs continue to escape into the envi-ronm ent. This could be PCBs from theinterior of the hangar, and/ or as a resultof the weathering of the coating. As thelife of the temporary sealant nears itsend, the Navy must now consider ac-tions to address the imminent th reat to

hum an health and the environment fromthe PCBs in Hangar On e. The availableoptions to address the problem couldhave an adverse effect on the hangarshistoric properties.

Han gar One was designed and bu iltby the Navy at Moffett Field in 1932 at acost of $2.25 million. At 1,133 feet lon g,308 feet wide and 198 feet high, HangarOne was the second tallest building inthe South Bay. It was constru cted as thenew home for the dirigible Macon, thelargest aircraft in the world at th e time.

Although intended to house the USSMacon, the h anga rs eight acres of clear

floor space were designed u ltimately tohouse airships of nearly twice the vol-um e of USS Macon. The Macon com-pleted its maiden voyage across theUnited States to Sunnyvale, arriving withmu ch fanfare on Oct. 15, 1933 after a 70-hou r flight from Lakehurst, NJ. The

Macon was housed and maintained inHangar One.

Tragically, Macons sister ship, theAkron, crashed w ith the loss of all hand s,including A dm iral William A. Moffett.On May 17, 1933, the facility landingfield w as renam ed Moffett Field in honorof the admiral. On Feb. 12, 1935, theMacon shared the same fate as the Ak-ron, crashing into the w ater off of PointSur, California. Only two peop le were

killed, but it marked the end for the newbase and its huge hangar. Governmentofficials began to doubt the worth ofsuch vehicles and deemed them obsolete. In 1935, the facility w as tur ned overto the Army for use as a primary train-ing center.

From 1935 to 1942, the base rem ainedunder Army control and became thehome for the 82nd Army Observationand the 9th Airbase Material squadron sFollowing the bom bing of Pearl Harbo rthe site reverted back to a naval base inApr il of 1942. Over the years, Han gar 1provided space for m aintenance of aircraft, training facilities and offices forboth the Army and Navy u ntil its transfer to NASA Ames Research Center aspar t of the base closure in 1994. Mosrecently, Hangar One housed the MoffetField Historical Society Museum andwas u sed as a display space for air showsopen houses and various commerciaand pu blic functions un til its closure in2002.

To learn more about the Navysplans for Hangar On e, you are invited toattend one of the u pcoming pu blic meetings.

Restoration Ad visory Board (RABmeet ing on July 14, at 7:00 p.m . to 9:00p.m. in Mountain View City Hall

An op en hou se will be held Au g. 185:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Ames in Bldg943, in the Space Station Room.

A p ublic meeting is set for Sept. 14from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at NASAAm es, in Bldg . 943, Eagle Room .

BYSTACYST. LOUIS

NASA Ames, Navy planning next steps for Historic Hangar One

The Environmental Forum

Topic: Hangar 1 ActivityPresented by:Sandy Olliges, deputy director, SafetyEnvironmental and Mission Assur-ance OfficeTom Anderson, NEPA/ conservationcompliance manager, ISSiDate: July 7Time: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.Location: Building 221, Room 155POC: Stacy St. Louis, ext. 4-6810

USS Macon enters Hanger One.


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It must be summer -- the student interns are here!

Eleven higher education programssummer interns are seen here withtheir mentors and higher educationprograms staff, Division Chief (Acting)Mark Leon; program administratorBrenda Collins; program coordinatorMaricela Varma; and programassistant Karisa Gonzales. The internswill be at Ames for 10 weeksconducting research and scientificexperiments.

Germanys Minister of Science tours Ames

Professor Peter Frankenberg, left, the Baden-Wrttemberg Minister of Science,Research and the Arts in Germany, visited Ames with his wife and fellow scientistsrecently. He toured the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) with Hans PeterRoeser, Eric Becklin and Ed Erickson, SOFIA facility scientist and former KAOprincipal investigator.NASA photos by Dominic Hart

NASA photo by Astrid Terlep


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The 2005 Recycling an d Affirm a-tive Procurement and Pollution Pre-vention Workshop took place recentlyat NASA Ames.

Keynote speakers includ ed JamesLeatherwood, division director of theEnvironmental Managem ent Division

NASA photo by Tom Trower

Recyling workshop held at Ames

at NASA Headquarters, and KarlRbago, group director, Clean andRenewable Energy, at the HoustonAdvan ced Research Center.

For further information, visith t t p :/ / n a s a r e cy c le s .n a s a .g o v / rapworkshop2005.htm

Workshop participants during the recent recycling and affirmative procurement and pollutionprevention workshop at Ames.

Thieves know that dumpster div-ing is the quickest and easiest way tosteal comp any secrets or personal iden -tities. Trash bins can hold any thing fromexecutive itineraries to detailed bu dgetsto personal phone nu mber lists. At Ames,this type of sensitive information is im-properly discarded in the hundreds ofpounds on a weekly basis. As Amesevolves into a more open campus, thisissue will only grow in importance.

ACI/SBU/OPSEC TerminologyThe federal government uses the

term Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU)to identify non-classified sensitive in-formation. At Ames, we strive to pre-vent the d isclosure of such d ata by iden-tifying it with the N ASA designator Ad-ministratively Controlled Information(ACI). Both ACI and SBU describe un-controlled/ unclassified information andactions that reflect an organ izations ca-pabilities, activities and intentions.

Operations Security (OPSEC) is,among oth er things, a method for iden-tifying ACI/ SBU. Consider the follow-ing th ree OPSEC criteria for recognizingACI/ SBU:

1. Information that provides anorganizations profile or behavior pat-tern by describing how activities arenormally cond ucted;

2. Information that shows a devia-tion from an organ ization's normal p at-tern of condu ct or profile; and ,

3. Information that points to areaswh ere a potential adversary should fo-cus its collection capabilities.

Some general indicators of ACI/SBUinclude:

agenda and location of an eventor m eeting;

restrictions on event attendan ce; itineraries and hours of operation; arrival/ departure time and place; staff comp osition or

organization charts; activity intensity includ ing

nu mber of personnel andvolume of comm un icationstraffic;

emblems and acronyms thatidentify organizations and

their activities; budgetary/ financial data; phon e lists; and standard operating procedures

Any on e of the above items can pro-vide an adv ersary with potentially dam-aging insight into our internal opera-tions. Consider a scenario wherebysimple budgetary data could provideinformation on wh at security hardw areis planned for p urchase or maintenance.An arrival and departu re log of techni-

Proper handling of sensitive informationcal consultants would provide furtherindication of where the hardw are is des-tined and for w hat pu rpose.

Event informat ion ident i fy ingspeakers and attendee clearance require-ments explains to evil-doers where an

organizations focus and concerns lie.Moreover, it could p rovide a mean s forobtaining copies of speakers presenta-tions.

Management charts and p hone listsprovide rich opportunities for trackingthe comings and goings of an organiza-tion. For example, an a fter-hou rs call toan executive may p rovide informationin the voicemail greeting on their w here-abouts and the duration of their timeaway from th e office.

What can be done:Protect the dissemination of ACI/

SBU information by iden tifying it to re-cipients w ith an ACI cover sheet (NASAForm 1686). Also, consider placing afooter on sensitive documents w ith nar-rative similar to the label in the box tothe right.

Keep sensitive information awayfrom open traffic areas and in a p rotec-

tive folder or d esk draw er. Dispose ofoutdated , unnecessary ACI/ SBU in ashredd er never place ACI/ SBU in a

bin for recyclable paper.For more information abou t OPSEC

and ACI/ SBU, contact Ames PhysicaSecurity at ext. ext. 4-1783 or visit theWeb at: http:/ / www .opsec.org/ who/Al so v is it www .fa s .o r g / sgp / c r s/RL31845 .pd f ; and / o r h t t p : / /www .aau.edu/ research/ Info.pdf andhttp:/ / www .loc.gov/ rr/ frd/ pdf-files/sbu.pdf

Information contained hereinis the property of NASA Ames Re-search Center is subm itted in con-fidence and is privileged and ex-empt from disclosure by the U.S.Government und er paragraph (b)of the Freedom o f Informa tion Act(5 USC 552) and subject to 18 USC1905.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION -LIMITED DISTRIBUTION

BYLEUVASQUEZ


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David Edward Reese Jr., died May24 of an embolism, in Honolulu, HI atthe age of 80. The death was abrupt,gentle and efficient - words that de-scribe h is life.

Born in Southern California onMarch 9, 1925, Reese graduated fromCalTech w ith a m asters degree in aero-nautics and he worked briefly in thesouth before coming north to join theNACA team, wh ich later became NASA.He loved his 30 years at Ames and toldmany stories about H arvey Allen -- andall the test pilots, all the people withwhom he so enthusiastically worked.He was also project manager for one ofthe early entry p robe technology effortsthat paved the way for understandingthe entry of bodies into planetary atmo-spheres.

After retirement from Ames, heearned another masters in health ser-vices management and took an adm in-istrative internship at Kuakini MedicalCenter in 1982, later joining the staff as

Ames has a new internationaltravel coordinator . Mary Williamshas joined the Internationa l ServicesTeam.

Williams took the position va-cated by Maureen Weller upon herretirement in April. With a coup le ofyears of experience working w ith in-ternationa l visitors, a strong d esire tomake the p rocess run sm oothly, anda healthy sense of hum or, Williams isan excellent fit as the principalgatekeeper.

Just a rem inder, if you are part ofthe internationa l travel process (trav-eler, travel order preparer and/ orassociate gatekeeper), then you willneed to familiarize yourself with theprocess and your team. Check thet r ave l Web s it e a t h t t p :/ / travel.arc.nasa.gov for all the curren tforms, requirements and contacts

you should need.If you have questions about

Ames international travel process,check t he Web a t h t t p :/ / travel.arc.nasa.gov; contact the asso-ciate gatekeeper for your d irectoratea t h t t p :/ / t r ave l. a r c.na sa .gov / gatekeeper s.html; e-mail the Am esinternat ional t ravel coordinator(pr inc ipa l ga tekeeper ) a [email protected]; or callher at ext. 4-4439.

Dr. Sylvia Earle, scientist, explorer, author, oceanographer, diver, entrepreneur and eternalromantic, presented a director's colloquium on the subject of Sustainable Seas in May inthe main auditorium (N201). Earle is the former chief scientist of the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She is a leading American oceanographer whohas spent more than 6,000 hours underwater. During the colloquium, she discussed herdiving adventures and the changes that mankind has unleashed on the planet's seas. Thestory is detailed in her book Sea Change, a Message of the Oceans.

Former Ames employee David Reese passes on

director of prod uctivity man agement.Retiring again at age 65, he volun-

teered as systems adm inistrator at theInternationalTravel Update

David Reese Jr.

NASAphotobyTomTrower

Former NOAA chief scientistpresents colloquium at Ames

local Multiple Sclerosis Society. Help-ing man y offices, churches and group swith their computer and bookkeepingsys tems , he earned a Governor ' sKilohana Award for being an outstand

ing volunteer. He lived a fruitful life.He is survived by his wife, Marydau ghters Susan and Karen; sons Davidand Kevin; and stepsons Ted, Mike andJay Pecot; and 14 grandchildr en. Services were held at the Church of theCrossroad s in Hon olulu on May 31. Inlieu of flowers, donations may be mad ein Reese's memory to The H onolulu Symphony or Church of the CrossroadsThere also w ill be services in Palo Altolater this summ er.


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A team of high school students hadthe unique opportunity to conduct itsown authentic space biology researchon one of the state-of-the-art ground-based hypergravity facilities at Ames

du ring one week in May.The team of five high school stu-dents from Troy, Mich., named theCentrifu-Gs, won th e nationa l Hyp er-G contest, a new Exploration Systemscontest managed by the Life SciencesDivision at Ames. After winning thecontest in January, the team conductedcontrol experiments with the help ofscience and engineering advisors fromAmes in preparation for its visit to thefacility. After cond ucting control experi-men ts at its school with the help of theirteacher, the team ran its experiment atAm es using th e 8-foot centrifuge.

Centrifu-G team m embers stud iedwou nd healing in the flatworm Planaria(genus Dugesia), wh ich has man y physi-ological systems in common with hu-man beings. This species is also a com-mon classroom specimen. Students h y-pothesized that flatworms exposed tohyp ergravity wou ld experience a slowerrate of regeneration.

"Studying the combined processesof wound healing and gravity stress inthese tiny an imals may provid e clues asto how wou nd s will heal in space or onthe surface of Mars or the m oon, wh ere

gravity is less," said Jeff Smith , assistan tchief of the Am es Gravitational ResearchBranch and lead scientific advisor forthe H yper-G competition.

The student team is currently ana-lyzing its data and seeing a trend thatexposure to hyp ergravity actually m ayhave increased regeneration in the flatworms.

It looks like the worms that werespun on the centrifuge regenerated fasterthan th e controls. This is the opp osite ofour hypoth esis. We learned th at sciencedoes not always work out the w ay youplanned , but you can still get interesting

results, said team m ember Charlie Lin,a sophomor e at Troy High School.

During the students' visit to Ames,they also were able to tour many of thefacilities at Am es and meet w ith scien-tists involved with research on u pcom-ing flights. The studen ts also met astro-nau ts Yvonn e Cagle and Janice Voss.

This experience was so amazingfor us. We were able to do our experi-ment, visit all kinds of facilities and

meet astronau ts. That was so cool, saidteam m ember Shirley Zhan g, a jun ior atTroy High School.

This competition and student ex-periment w as the realization of a d reamof BJ Navarro, ou treach man ager for theLife Sciences Division and assistant ch iefof the Science Payloads OperationsBranch. She sough t for many years tofind a w ay to give high school studentsan opp ortunity to condu ct authentic re-search.

I wanted to bridge the gap betweenthe scientific process that stud ents learn

in school and r eal-wor ld research. Start-ing a competition that em ulated the p ro-cess that scientists go through to useNASA facilities seemed like the bestway to do this. I wanted to target highschool students to influence their pur-su it of scientific and technical careers incollege, said Navarro.

The Centrifu-G team entered thiscompetition in Septem ber 2004 by sub-mitting a letter of intent. The team then

High school students conduct space biology research at Ames

submitted an experimental prop osal inDecember 2004. The Cent rifu-G teamwas one of 27 from 15 states that su bmit-ted a p roposal to the competition. Basedon the novelty of the experiment and th erelation to current space biology researchthe team was chosen as the winner by apan el of jud ges from Am es.

During the student experiment atAmes, their edu cational advisor, a biology teacher from Troy High Schoolhelped to guide them through the scientific process, while learning about hand son methods in biology, physics andmathematics as they relate to NASA'sexploration biology research

The best par t of this entire experi-ence is knowing that this will greatlyimpact the students' futures, perhapseven inspire them to want to pursuespace studies," said Rebecca JohnsCentrifu-G team advisor and a biologyteacher at Troy H igh School.

The Centrifu-G high school team members, seen here with astronaut Janice Voss, back row, thirdfrom left, recently conducted their own space biology research at Ames.


BYNICKIRAYL


12/16


NASApho

tosbyJimTaylor

After the ceremony, students involved with Rockit Science, one of the groups that received agrant, demonstrated one of the hands-on projects they participate in as part of theprogram.

Michelle McGurk, director of communications and

marketing for the Community Foundation SiliconValley, presents one of several grants made possible bythe Edgerton family during a recent ceremony held atAmes.

Community grants have NASA rootsThe Community Foundation Silicon

Valley was very p leased, but a bit mystified,when they r eceived a check for $1.2 millionfrom the estate of Louise Edgerton withinstructions to assist children in pursuingtheir interest in comp uters, science, space,flight and related fields. They had no ideawho Mrs. Edgerton was, or why she leftthem th is unique gift.

A bit of internet sleuthing led them toGlenn Bugos of the Ames History Officewhere it was discovered the Edgerton s latehu sband, Millard, w orked as a contractor atAmes for a num ber of years.

Millards career spanned a variety ofareas at Ames, including the Vertical Mo-

tion Simulator, the SETI project and the FliteCobra helicopter team. He also createdopp ortun ities for schoolchildren to connectto the space shuttle astronauts by rad io.

The Edgerton endowment was usedby the Comm un ity Foun da tion Silicon Val-ley to create the Edgerton Fund for YouthMath and Science Education. Am es hosteda ceremony in th e N ASA Exploration Cen-ter on May 18, where the first grants fromthe fund were awarded to seven localnonprofits.

Ames Center Director G. Scott Hubbard (right) greets Dutch ambassadorBoudewijn J. van Eenennaam, who visited Ames in June for a tour of the

center. Accompanying him were his wife, Jeltje, the Dutch Consul GeneralDavid A. H. van Iterson, and local representatives of the Dutch embassy,Bart Sattler and Anouschka Versleijen.


Dutch Ambassador visits Ames


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The Ames Systems Management Of-fice (SMO) w as established by the d irec-tor to imp rove the effectiveness and ef-ficiency of the Cen ters pr ojects. Sincethis time, the SMO has interacted withmany p rojects and has docum ented nu-

merous lessons learned to share withthe rest of the Center. These lessons canbe read in their entirety on the SMOsWeb site at http:/ / smo.arc.nasa.gov/ .

The following is a sum mar y of les-sons learned concerning the imp ortanceof developing m utu ally sup portive cen-ter-to-center relations . This is a chal-lenge m ade especially d ifficult since theagency has a long and storied historywith m any chapters associated w ith oneCenter or anoth er. Therefore, efforts tobuild u pon these successes can lead tocompetition and rivalries which, whilein the m ain can be healthy, can also leadto trouble if not managed prop erly.

The project corresponding to thislesson learned was part of a programmanaged out of a different center. Dueto historical and existing rivalries, com-petition and cultural differences be-tween the centers, the project manager(PM) had difficulty devoting time to theprojects technical issues since most ofher time w as spent smoothing over cul-tural and personnel conflicts betweenher m ulti-center constituents. Realizingthe risk this environment posed to theproject and the drain it put on her re-sources, the PM developed a plan toensure that the project maintained anaffable and effective relationship withthe progr am office. The major comp o-nents of this plan focused on key per-sonnel selections, funding allocations,face-to-face meetings, frequent comm u-nications and basic bridge building ac-tivities.

Throughout the process of develop-ing this relationship, the following fourlessons learned were noted . First, aprojects relationship with and attitudetoward non-home center personnel, pro-cesses and cultures m ay be as significantan issue as any that are techn ical. In fact,if not managed properly, this issue cantake up the majority of a PMs time.Second, personnel with antagonisticviews toward other centers can u nd er-mine the su ccess of the p roject if placedin a p osition requiring center-to-centercommu nications. Third, in order to dem -onstrate and strengthen close ties withother centers, it may be preferential, ifnot necessary, to direct some projectresources and key responsibilities toother centers. This allocation of re-sources may not be understood or ap-preciated at th e PMs hom e center; there-fore an effort should be mad e to high-light and communicate the best inter-ests of the project. Fourth, the use of

Third place Natures Yellow Carpet in theMaking by Faten Mansour

BYDONALD MENDOZA

Lessons learned in project management, systems engineeringreward s and other incentives can d am-age mor ale if they are n ot given in a fairand u nbiased m anner.

Based on her experiences forging agood relationship w ith the pr ojects out-side constituents (external to Am es), the

following four recommend ations w eremad e. First, pr ojects shou ld plan forand hold team -building exercises, face-to-face meetings and frequently sched-uled comm un ications with all center-to-center principals. Second, tactical andstrategic placement of personn el havingsignificant communications with their

Contest winners capture natures beautyIn celebration of Earth Day 2005,

employees centerwide submittedph otos to the Environm ental ServicesOffice that they felt creatively re-flected this years Earth Day themeof Sustainability, the term used to

non-home center counterparts shouldbe based on a persons capability to buildpositive relationship s and act in the bestinterest of the pr oject. Third, resourcesshould be placed with those originations that have the most potential to

contribute to the p rojects goals even ithat organization resides at another center. Last, the project should be especially sensitive to the contributions mad eby other organ izations and p ractice diligence and fairness in hand ing out p raiseand reward s for work that is well done

describe hu manity's desire to nou risheconomic growth and environmentalhealth for the long term.

Attend ees of the Earth Day infor-

mational fair at the Mega Bites Cafselected th eir favorite photos.

First place Silent Singerby Nancy Bilderback

Second place Lost by Joel Lachter


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Events Ca lendar

Ames Amateur Radio Club, third Thursday of eachmonth, 12 noon, N-T28 (across from N-255). POC:Michael Wright, KG6BFK, at ext. 4-6262.

Ames Ballroom Dance Club. Classes on Tuesdays.Beginning classes meet at 5:15 p.m. Higher-level classmeets at 5:50 p.m. Held in Bldg. 944, the Rec. Center.

POC: Helen Hwang at [email protected], ext. 4-1368.

Ames Bowling League, Palo Alto Bowl on Tuesdaynights. Seeking full-time bowlers and substitutes.Questions to sign up: Mike Liu at ext. 4-1132.

Ames Child Care Center Board of Directors Mtg,every other Thursday (check Web site for meeting dates:http://accc.arc.nasa.gov), 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., N-210,Rm. 205. POC: Cheryl Quinn, ext 4-5793.

Ames Contractor Council Mtg, first Wednesday eachmonth, 11 a.m., N-200, Comm. Rm. POC: LindaMcCahon, ext. 4-1891.

Ames Diabetics (AAD), 1st & 3rd Weds, 12 noon to1 p.m., at Ames Mega Bites, Sun room. Support groupdiscusses news affecting diabetics. POC: Bob Mohlenhoff,ext. 4-2523/e-mail at: [email protected].

Ames Federal Employees Union (AFEU) Mtg, thirdWednesday of ea. month, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Bldg. 221,Rm 104. Guests welcome. Info at: http://www.afeu.org.POC: Marianne Mosher, ext. 4-4055.

Ames Mac Support Group Mtg, third Tuesday of ea.

month, 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m., Bldg. N262, Rm 180. POC:Julie ext. 4-0340.

Ames Model Aircraft Club, flying radio-controlledaircraft at the north end of Parsons Ave. on weekendmornings. POC: Mark Sumich, ext. 4-6193.

Ames Sailing Club Mtg, second Thursday of ea.month (Feb through Nov), from 11.30 a.m. -1 p.m. in thespecial events room in the Ames Visitor Center in N-223.

All are welcome. POC: Jeff Smith, ext. 4-2586.

Environmental, Health and Safety InformationForum,first Thursday of each month, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30

a.m., Bldg. 221/Rm 155. URL: http://q.arc.nasa.gov/qe/events/EHSseries/ POC: Stacy St. Louis at ext. 4-6810.

The Hispanic Advisory Committee forExcellence HACE Mtg, first Thurs of month in N255room 101C from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. POC: EricKristich at ext. 4-5137 and Mark Leon at ext. 4-6498.

Jetstream Toastmasters, Mondays, 12 p.m. to 1p.m., N-269/Rm.179. POC: Becky Brondos at ext. 4-

1959, [email protected] or Bob Hilton atext. 4-1500, [email protected].

Nat'l Association of Retired Federal Employees,(NARFE). Former and current federal employees. Youronly contact with Congress. Join to protect your

federal retirement. Chptr #50 will then meet on thefirst Fri. of each month at HomeTown Buffet, 2670 ElCamino (at Kiely), S. Clara, 11 a.m. lunch. POC EarlKeener (408) 241-4459 or NARFE 1-800-627-3394.

Native American Advisory Committee Mtg,fourth Tues each month, 12 noon to 1 p.m., Bldg. 19,Rm 1096. POC: Mike Liu at ext. 4-1132.

Safety Data

Civil ContractorsServants

Not recordable,first aid cases 17 9

Record able nolost-time cases 4 4

RecordableLOST-TIME cases 0 0

Lost wor kday s 0 0

Restricted du ty days 0 82

Data above is as of 06/ 14/ 05. Maybe subject to slight ad justm ent in th eevent of a new case or new inform-ation regard ing an existing case.

NASA -Ames Occupational

Illness -Injury D ata for Calendar

Year-to-Date 2005

Jan. 1, 2005 May 31, 2005

NASA scientists collaborate with Russians

BYNICHOLAS A. VERONICO

NASA scientists are collaborating

with Russian colleagues in an effort tolearn more about cell growth in space.

At the invitation of the RussianAcademy of Sciences' Institute of Bio-medical Problems, investigators fromNASA Ames are participating in pre-and post-flight science experimen ts de-signed to examine gravity's relationshipto biological processes. The experimentswere launched May 31 aboard the Rus-s ian Foton-M2 miss ion f rom theBaikonur Cosmod rome in Kazakhstan,and were recovered 16 days later wh enthe capsule returned to Earth near theborder between Russia and Kazakhstan.The Europ ean Space Agency and a nu m-

ber of other sp ace agencies also are co-operating with Russia on this mission."We have a rich history of highly

prod uctive research carried ou t on Rus-sian unm anned spacecraft over severaldecades. We are pleased to be workingwith ou r Russian colleagues in supp ortof the Vision for Space Exploration,"said Terri Lomax, deputy associate ad-ministrator for research at NASA head -quarters, Washington.

"Our collaboration with the Insti-tute of Biomedical Problems and theexperiments aboard the Foton space-craft will help us understand how themicrogravity environment affects live

organisms," said Eduardo Almeida,NASA Ames principal investigator forboth the gecko cell growth and ribbednewt tissue regeneration stud ies.

Stud ies condu cted with sp ecimensflown aboard the Foton-M2 mission willexamine cell growth and morp hologicaltissue changes in geckos, cell prolifera-tion and tissue regeneration of ribbednewts, gene expression and neural re-adaptation of snail vestibular cells toEarth's gravity, and spaceflight's effectson genetic structu res in bacteria.

"This is a unique study and a u nique

opportunity to collaborate with ourRussian counterparts," Almeida said.

The two other American p rincipalinvestigators, Ames researcher RichardBoyle, and Barry Pyle of Montana StateUniversity, Bozeman , wh o are cond uct-ing separate stud ies, have been instru-men tal in facilitating the scientific goalsof the Foton-M2 mission. Boyle is theAmes science lead for Foton-M2 and isworking with investigators at Russia'sInstitute of Higher N ervous Activity andNeurophysiology to study the neuraland biochemical respon ses of snail sta-tocyst receptors, wh ich p lay essentiallythe same role as a hum an's inner ear in

giving balance cues, fol lowingmicrogravity exposu re. They w ill inves-tigate the process of re-adaptation toEarth's gravity an d h ow this affects co-ordination in the brain and nervous sys-tem.

Pyle is participating in an experi-ment stud ying the transient and perma-nent effects of spaceflight on geneticstructu res of the bacteria Streptom yceslividins. Mike Skidmore, the NASAAmes-based p roject manager, is teamedwith his deputy, Marilyn Vasques, tocoordinate all aspects of the Americanpar ticipation in this internationa l Foton-M2 flight.

"We know that long-term spacetravel results in a loss of bone and m usclemass. Our participation in the Fotonmission will allow us to accura tely quan-tify the rates of cell growth in wholeanimals using nu cleotide analog mark-ers. The results from this study will beused to test our theory that gravity givesa signal for cells to grow, and that itpromotes stem cell-based tissue regen-eration," said Almeid a.

Ames emergencyannouncements

To hear the centerwide statusrecording, call (650) 604-9999 for in-formation annou ncements and emer-gency instructions for Am es employ-ees. You can a lso listen to 1700 KHzAM rad io for the sam e information.


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Housing

MiscellaneousThe Ames Cat Network needs help finding homes for

cats trapped at Moffett. They range from feral toabandoned/lost pets. Tested, altered and inoculated. CallIris at ext. 4-5824 if you or someone you know are

interested in fostering or adopting a cat.Large rabbit cage w/water bottle and litter box for

sale, $30. Azi (650) 740-3671.

17 foot Boston whaler, 1972 hull, 1991 65 hpevinrude, stainless side and bow rails, depth sounder, downriggers, bimini top, galvanized shoreline tilt trailer. $5,900.Call (650) 369-05798. E-mail: [email protected]

4 bd/2 ba Sunnyvale house for rent, $2,400/mo.,negotiable. Cupertino school district, nice neighborhood.1,800 sq. ft. hardwood floor, quite back yard. Small petOK. Avail. July 1. Call (408) 718-9728 for details.

Good sized room in 4 bd/2 ba home, excellent, quietMtn View area close to Ames. Washer, dryer, microwave,wired for cable modem. Tidy person and nonsmoker. Easyaccess to Ames, 85, 237, & 101. $475 and dep. and shareutils. Avail. Sept. 1, possibly sooner. Call (650) 964-1900.

Security/Law Enforcement Activity

Fire Protection Activity

A statistical summary of activi-t ies of the Protect ive ServicesDivision's Security/ Law Enforce-

ment and Fire Protection Servicesunits for the month of May 2005 isshown below.

Protective Servicesmonthly activity

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fully equipped. Call (650) 968-4155,[email protected]

South Lake Tahoe cottage w/wood fireplace, hottub. Rates $50 to $130 per night. Call (650) 967-7659or (650) 704-7732.

Vacation rental, Bass Lake, 4 mls south of Yosemite.3bd/1.5 ba, TV, VCR, MW, frplc, BBQ, priv. boat dock.Sleeps 8. $1,050/wk. Call (559) 642-3600 or (650) 390-9668.

Big Sur vacation rental, secluded 4bd/2ba housein canyon setting. Fully eqpd kitchen. Access to priv.beach. Tub in patio gdn. Halfway between Carmeland Big Sur. $175/night for 2; $225 for 4 and $250

for more, plus $150 cleaning dep. Call (650) 328-4427.

Tahoe Donner vacation home, 2 bd/2ba. trees,deck. Access to pools, spa, golf, horseback riding,$280 wkend, $650 week. Call (408) 739-9134.

Pine Mountain Lake vacation home. Access togolf, tennis, lake, swimming, horseback riding, walk tobeach. Three bedrooms/sleeps 10. $100/night. Call(408) 799-4052 or (831) 623-4054.

Incline Village: Forest Pines, Lake Tahoe condo, 3bd/2ba, sleeps 8. Fireplace, TV/VCR/DVD, MW, W/D,jacuzzi, sauna, pool. Walk to Lake, close to ski areas.

Visit Web page for pictures: http://www.ACruiseStore.com. $120/night low season,$155/night high season (holidays higher) plus $156cleaning fee and 12% Nevada room tax. Charlie (650)366-1873.

Disneyland area vacation rental home, 2 bd/1ba.Nearing completion completely remodeled w/new

furniture. Sleeps 6 (queen bed, bunk beds, sleepersofa). Air hockey and football tables. Introductoryrate $600/wk, once completed rate will be $1000/wk.Security deposit and $100 cleaning fee required. Call(925) 846-2781.

Ski Park City Utah, NASA Ski Week XIV, Feb 5 - 12,2005. Space limited. E-mail Steve at [email protected] or call (408) 432-0135.

New York, 5th Ave. One fully furnished bedroomin 24 hour security bldg. overlooking WashingtonSquare Park, $1,000/wk or $3,000/mo. negotiable.Call (650) 349-0238.

Paris/France: Fully furnished studio, 5th Arr, LatinQuarter, Notre Dame and Ile-St. Louis., $1,400/wk.negotiable. Call (650) 349-0238.

Santa Cruz townhouse, 2 bedrooms plus study, 2baths, decks, totally furnished, 3 blocks from beach,available July, August, September; $1,600 per month.Call (831) 423-5777 (H) or (831) 277-8476 (C).

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NASA, entrepreneurs developing biotechnology plan for ISS

NA SA, space service prov iders, scientists and business executives met inSanta Clara on June 21 and 22 to evalu-

ate the business case and feasibility of anew entrepreneurial paradigm with afocus on biotechnology for the Interna-tiona l Space Station (ISS).

Until recently, the business casefor commercial endeavors on the ISSwas n ot compelling, said N ASA Am esCenter Director G. Scott Hu bbard . Butrecent information shows that the spaceenvironment and the ISS may offer animportant, and as yet und eveloped, newintellectual property arena for biotechEmerging launch ind ustries, adv ancesin biotech, improvements in automa-

tion and innovative concepts for returning samples from space offer new op-portunities to solve the throughp ut prob-lem that has been the major imp edimentto space biotech development.

A formal report from the w orkshopwill be presented to N ASA Ad ministrator Mike Griffin by mid-July, 2005.

NASA photo by Jim Taylor

Shown at a question-and-answer opportunity at the conclusion of the successful ISS EntrepreneuralParadigm workshop are (left to right) Lynn Harper, scientific lead for integrative studies at NASAAmes' Astrobiology and Space Research Directorate; Ames Center Director G. Scott Hubbard; Dr.Cheryl Nickerson, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane University's HealthScience Center; Bruce Pittman, Profit Engineering and the Silicon Valley Space Club; and AlanMarty, executive-in-residence at the venture capital arm of JP Morgan Partners.

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