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

July 2005

www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/astrogram/2005/05astrograms.html

On July 12, Deputy Director StanNew berry kicked off an Ames commu-nity retu rn-to-flight (RTF) event in theBldg N-201 auditorium. His talk wasfollowed by special advance showings

of Space Station (IMAX), wh ich d id n otofficially prem ier on DVD until Ju ly 19.

Space Sta t ion , produced byLockheed Martin with assistance fromNASA, provides a jaw-drop ping tourof the next step in sp ace exploration: theInternational Space Station (ISS). High-lights includ ed the stations on-orbit con-struction, plus am azing glimpses of crewmembers as they work, exercise or dorou tine tasks such as getting a haircut ordrinking w ater.

Free popcorn w as also handed out

to the attend ees at the event. Also show nwere short N ASA films (including a fea-tur e on Ames contributions to return toflight), RTF displays and posters fromthe recent workshop on a new entrepre-neurial parad igm for the InternationalSpace Station.

In add ition, in conjunction with themovies, NASA items commemoratingreturn to flight were d istributed to em-ployees. These included p ins, a ribbon,a green RTF bracelet and ph otographs.

Hundreds turn out for return-to-flight event at Ames

NASAphotosbyDominicHart

State Senate hearing held at Ames

Tucked aw ay in25 of these RTFpackets weretickets for a freematinee movieat the MountainView Century16 theaters inMountain View.RTF claim tick-ets were distrib-uted to the en-tire Ames com-munity (civi lse rvants andcontractors) viathe directoratesfor employeesto claim theirsouvenir bags.

Special return -to-flight posters w ere alsodistributed.

On July 12, Ames employees received free popcorn, as well as sodas, waterand NASA items commemorating the space shuttles return to flight.

The IMAX movie Space Station was shown,as well as another feature that included Amescontributions to return to flight, on July 12 atAmes.

NASAphotosbyDominicHart

On July 15, California State Senator Elaine Alquistof San Jose, (left), makes a point about theimportance of nanotechnology as an emergingtechnology in the state's economy. NASA AmesCenter Director G. Scott Hubbard, seated at tablein center of photo above, gives testimony withother experts before the California State Senate'sSelect Committee on Emerging Technology andEconomic Competitiveness.


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A deep appreciation for large,unique structures such as cathedrals,coliseums and bridges has helped oneengineer lead Ames' efforts towardNASA's return-to-flight m ission.

For the past two-and-a-half years,many researchers, scientists and engi-neers have focused on one common goal:return ing NASA's space shuttle to flight.As the program m anager for the return-to-flight efforts at Ames, John Allmenhas been deeply involved in ensuring asuccessful mission.

I make sure everybody has the re-sources they need to get their job don e.I track p rogress and help solve any prob-lems that may ariseI am the maincontact with Johnson Space Center,Allmen explained.

Allmen grew up in Oxnard, Calif.It was a rural community of about50,000 people that primarily deals inagriculture. At least, that is wh at I re-mem ber it as, not sure if it is still like tha ttoday, Allmen chuckles.

While growing up, Allmen noticed

large un ique structures. He was inter-ested in cathedra ls, especially large Eu-ropean cathedrals and how they werepu t together. Through studying placeslike Notr e Dame Cathed ral in Paris, thathe says h as the m ost classic flying bu t-tresses and St. Peters Dome with itshoop-stresses, Allmen was always inawe and inspired by the people whodesigned them.

Ames leading man in our efforts for Return to FlightIn the ear ly 70s, it was th is love of

structures that brought Allmen to Cal-Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he re-ceived his bachelors degree in ar chitec-tural engineering.

In college, I took a course in struc-tural analysis of cathedrals and Romanaqu edu cts. The people of that time fig-ured out things by failures that d evel-oped a ru le of thum b. For example withlarge flying buttresses, what did or didnot fall down. We now know it requiresthe accurate resolution of forces, but itamazed m e how they w ere able to buildthese structures without our currenttechnology, Allmen recalled.

After college, he began w orking forthe Arm y Corps of Engineers in h eavy

construction. "With them, I was helpingthem concrete the world ." From there,Allmen attend ed the University of Cali-fornia-Berkeley for his m aster's d egreein structural engineering and structuralmechanics.

"I had government reinstatementrights because I was on a year leave ofabsence to earn my master's. My wifewas working at San Jose State and so wedidn't want to move back to southernCalifornia. We both really liked it here,so I went to w ork for a structural engi-neer for three months and then found a

job for a civil engineer here at AmesResearch Center. In fact, I didn't evenknow Ames existed before that time."

Allmen began his NASA career in1974 as a facilities engineer at Am es. Hethen transferred to NASA Headquar-ters for a year and a half, and he re-turned to Ames in 1977 to work on themod ifications to th e N ational Full-ScaleAerod ynam ic Facility (NFAC).

During his tenure at N ASA Ames,Allmen has held many titles, rangingfrom construction manager to project

man ager for acoustics on the 40-foot-by-80-foot wind tun nel to assistant bran chand d ivision chief. In recent years, hehas taken on more of the business aspectof various pr ojects. H e also has workedin the areas of new business develop-ment an d developed full cost account-ing algorithm s for the facility.

When asked what he feels is hisproudest professional achievement,

Allmen replied: "Completing the re-building of the NFAC. I had one of thebest construction management groupsof people I've ever had w orking on rebuilding the wind tunnel. There were

outstanding people on the rest of theproject as w ell."

When asked about personal achievements, Allmen mentions that the birthand raising of his children are the big-gest achievements in his life. Allmen isthe proud father of four children: threeboys, two of wh om are happ ily mar-ried, and one who recently graduatedfrom high school. His daughter, theyoun gest of the four, will be a senior inhigh school this fall. He also has twograndchildren.

Allmen is committed to a life ofitness and good health. When he isaway from the office, you may find himat the gym o r on a 40-to-60-mile road ormoun tain bike ride. During the winterhe loves to go skiing. I find eating w eland being healthy creates a lot of posi-tive experiences in my life. It helps tohave a better attitu de abou t life.

For those wh o w ant to lead a healthyand hap py lifestyle, Allmen offers thesewords of encouragement: One needsto ask themselves: What do you wantout of life? How do you wan t to feel?

You might ask, how do you wan t yourclothes to fit? In order to achieve whatyou w ant in life, you n eed to set goals foryour self. A partn er can be essential forencouraging one another and havingfun together.

If you wou ld sit down w ith Allmenyou will notice his love for life, familyand a fulfilling career. H is friends w oulddescribe him as a genuinely nice person

When a sked if he could do it all overagain, whether he w ould p ick engineering as a career, he replied, Instead of

engineering, I'd probably go into teaching, if it paid as w ell. I enjoy teachingbut I think I would probably still be anengineer. It's in my blood and in mypsyche.

BYJENNIFER KREMER

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3Astrogram July 2005

Over 5,000 visitors attended theNASA Am es 'Cosmic Im pacts' eventon July 16, the second installment inits highly successful Family NightEdu cation Series. This was a free, pu b-

lic event. During the evening, morethan 1,600 people crowded the the-ater in the NASA Exploration Center(Bldg . 943A) to hear Scott Sand ford , aresearch astro-phys ic i s t a tAmes , d i scussthe latest resultsfrom the DeepImpact missionrendezvous w ithcomet Tempel 1.During his pre-

s e n t a t i o n ,S a n d f o r dshowed a num-

Thousands attend NASA Ames Family Nightber of 3D imagesof comets and as-teroids on the Ex-p l o r a t i o nCenter's 13-foot-

tall screen. Al-t hough s ched -u l ed t o speak from 7 p.m. to 9

p.m., the crowds were so large,Sand ford started at 6 p.m. and did n otstop un til the last visitors left after 10p.m.

David Morrison, senior scientistat the NASA Astrobiology Institute,

presented NASA's efforts to locateand identify n ear-Earth asteroids thatcould p ose an impact hazard to Earth.

Rusty Schweickart, an Apollo 9as t ronaut , presented the B612Found ation's innovative and excitingplans to demonstrate how impact haz-ards to the Earth could be ad dressedby changing the orbit of an asteroid'spath. Local amateur astronomers setup their telescopes for the public toview impact craters on the moon andother celestial bodies. The event alsofeatured exhibits and hands-on ac-tivities for the entire family.

Ames family nights are sponsoredby the N ASA Ames Edu cation Officeand are designed to engage the com-munity in scientific exploration andto inform the p ublic about N ASA re-search and technology. The next fam-ily night will be held in Septem ber.

Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart atthe recent Ames Family Night.

NASA photos by Dominic Hart


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2005 Length of service awards recognize Ames employeesNASA Ames Research Center ac-

know ledges and recognizes employeeswho achieved their length-of-service an-niversaries for 25 and above years ofservice du ring th e period July 1, 2004 to

Jun e 30, 2005. The contribu tions of theseemp loyees man y years of service to ourcountry and in helping NASA achieveits many goals are greatly appreciated.

Code A - Office of the Director

of Aeronautics

25 Years of ServiceLisa J. BjarkeThomas J. DavisDavid M. DriverDonald A. Durston

Lawrence A. Han dWilliam C. Hor neFrancis J. KmakDan iel B. LeiserDou glas L. LillieVincent M. MeglioHirokazu MiuraRussell A. PaielliWilliam Pen eff Jr.Michael S. Reina thJam es C. RossRobert K. ShipleySteph en C. Smith

30 Years of ServiceDavid O. ChinWilliam A. DeckerNancy S. DorighiLeslie A. Jacob (Retired )Arthu r M. Silva

40 Years of ServiceRichard J. Exberger (Retired)

Code C - Office of the Chief

Financial Off icer

25 Years of ServiceAnthony G. MadularaKevin L. Werner

30 Years of ServicePatricia K. CrooksJimm y Y. FongHarry Tang (Retired)Joseph D. Shields

35 Years of ServiceCharles L. Jackson (Retired)

Code D - Office of the D irector

25 Years of ServiceAlexander Barna Jr.Estelle P. Condon (Retired)William R. Van Dalsem

Code H - Off ice of the D irector of

Human Capital Directorate

30 Years of ServiceLaura A. Shaw nee

Code Q - Office of the Directorof Safe ty, Environmental and

Mission Assurance

30 Years of ServiceCyrus G. Chow

35 Years of ServiceGail P. Pfeiffer

Code E - Office of the D irector of

External Relations and Develop-

ment Directorate

25 Years of ServiceDiane FarrarGregory L. GibbsRobin M. Oran s

30 Years of ServiceJeffrey L. Cross

Code P - Office of the D irector of

Project Management and Engi-

neering Directorate

25 Years of ServiceClaire E. Barskey (Retired)John A . EstradaMichael P. Fred ianiJohn H . GoebelMichael GuerreiroRonald D. JohnsonPeter KittelDouglas R. KrauseFrank M. LarsenJoseph P. LavelleAnnett M. RandallLouis J. SalernoSteven K. SpitzerDavid Wong

30 Years of ServiceThomas N . AikenDavid S. And rewsAnne C. CortezHan na J. DanfouraGilbert K. KojimaMarina D. Laroya-MarquezRichard T. PiquetteMark K. RossiDav id J. Van Sickle

Robert Yee

35 Years of ServiceTom M. WynnHarry Yee

40 Years of ServiceRobert E. Holmes (Retired)Ramsey K. MeluginJohn B. Wallace


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Code T - Office of the D irector

of Exploration Technology

25 Years of ServiceSand ra G. HartDochan KwakJohn R. Lehm anHu gh La MasterGina F. MorelloMichael E. OlsenJud ith M. OrasanuDw ight T. Sand erferHelen M. Yee

30 Years of ServiceSusan C. Nelson

Roger W. Reming tonRobert P. Trent

35 Years of ServiceRandolph L. Kaemmerer

Code J - Office of the Director of

Center Operations

25 Years of Service

Charles W. AdyAud rey A. GuerraWende L. How erSusan D. Parkhu rstEvelyn A. WarrenRoy A. Williams

30 Years of ServiceLewis S. Braxton IIISue J. Laur ie (Retired )Dolores M. MorrisonHen ry W. Remm ers Jr.Daryl S. Wong

35 Years of ServiceLupe M. Velasquez

40 Years of ServiceGeorge E. Tucker

Code S - Offi ce of the D irector

of Science

25 Years of ServiceJam es A. Brass

Michael S. CraigChristine A. HlavkaDaniel G. MorganYvonn e J. Pend letonLeonhard PfisterBruce W. Webbon

30 Years of ServiceWarren J. GoreHelene A. HendriksSteven M. HingDan iel R. KojiroJeffrey D. Scargle

David C. ScimecaRichard E. Youn g

35 Years of ServiceSylvia A. CoxEdw in F. EricksonDonald P. Vand endriesche

The new NASA Ames Child Care Center opened recently.It is located in front of N-201, near the front gate atMoffett Field. For information about the services offeredby the Ames Child Care Center, call ext. 4-5100. Thecenter has a capacity of 116 children. The official grandopening will be Aug. 11.

New Ames Child Care Center opens near main gate

NASA photos by Tom Trower


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A team of researchers recently re-vealed it has discovered the smallestplanet yet foun d orbiting a normal staroutside the solar system, thanks to anew computer program d eveloped u n-

der the guidance of a NASA astrono-

mer.The team studied irregularities in

the motion of two known giant extra-solar p lanets circling th e star Gliese 876and its motion to ded uce the presence ofa third planet in that system, accordingto a scientific paper submitted for pub-lication in th e Astrop hysical Jour nal. Anextra-solar p lanet is a planet tha t orbitsany star other than the sun.

"The mathematical techniques arevery complicated, but suffice it to saythe new compu ter program includ es theinteractions of the planets with one an-other, not just their individual interac-tions with the star," said team memberJack Lissauer, an astronomer at NASAAmes. "Because the interactions of thetwo biggest planets with each other areso large, this effect needed to be ac-counted for in ord er to reveal the exist-ence of the third (smaller) planet,"

Team discovers smallest extra-solar planet yetLissauer n oted.

The newly discovered planet isabout seven-and-one half times moremassive than Earth and may w ell havetwice its radius. One of the two giant

planets orbiting Gliese 876 has a masshalf that of Jupi-ter. The other gi-ant p lane t i smore than twiceas massive as Ju-piter, accordingto astronomers.The red star is anM-type, wh ich isc o n s i d e r a b l ycooler than thesun and about a

third of its mass.The new

com put e r p r o -gram uses 'dy-namical model-ing,' which pre-dicts the motionof p lane t saround a s ta r .This techniqueaccounts for theg r a v i t a t i o n a ltugging of plan-

ets on one an-other."This calculation is done on a com -

pu ter workstation," Lissauer explained."We did the dynamical modeling atNASA Ames and at the University ofCalifornia at Santa Cruz (UCSC) sup-ported by a university/ NASA Amesconsortium agreement," Lissauer added .The California-Carnegie planet searchteam -- led by Geoffrey Marcy, Univer-sity of California, Berkeley; and PaulButler, Carnegie Institution of Wash-ington -- made the observations.

"Eugenio Rivera of UCSC devel-oped the program," Lissauer said. Heguided Rivera, who condu cted h is doc-toral thesis research at Ames withLissauer. "Without this sophisticatedcomputer program, the small, thirdplanet would have taken much longerto discover," Lissauer ad ded .

"We're going to observe this star tosee if we can find ou t more information

about its three known planets, andwhether there may be more d istant planets in that system," Lissauer said. "Weare also going to app ly these techniquesto other stars to attempt to discover

planets even more like Earth," he add edBecause the newly discovered p lanet

orbits the star Gliese 876, it has beendesignated as Gliese 876 d. The star isabout 15 light years from Earth. Theteam is only able to determine theplanet's mass, but not its compositionaccording to Mark Marley of NASAAmes. Marley is not a member of theteam, bu t is one of Lissauer's colleagues

All known p lanets smaller than th enewly d iscovered w orld are solid bod-ies, and those larger are gaseous.

According to the team, data indi-cate that the planet very closely orbitsthe star, a s close as 10 stellar radii, wh ichis less than a tenth of Mercury's orbitabou t the sun . Gliese 876 d zip s aroun dits star every two days.

"This discovery whets our collec-tive appetite for discovery of evensmaller p lanets," Marley said . "This extra-solar planet d etection gives u s confidence that even lower m ass, more clearlyEarth-like planets await discovery byeven more capable ground and space

based techniqu es," he said.NASA's Kepler mission, schedu ledto launch in June 2008, will be able todetect true Earth analogs planets notonly the size of Earth but at the samedistance from their stars as Earth is fromthe sun.

In addition to Lissauer of NASAAmes, the team includ es Marcy, ButlerEugenio Rivera, Steven Vogt and Gre-gory Laughlin, University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz, Calif.; Debra Fisher, SanFrancisco State University; and Timo-thy Brown, N ational Center for Atmo-

spheric Research, Boulder, Colo. Theteam's observations w ere conducted atthe Keck Observatory in Hawaii.

Artist conception of two possible realizations of the newly discovered smallplanet, Gliese 876 d. The planet's mass is about 7.5 times the mass ofEarth, halfway between the mass of Earth and that of Uranus. The image inthe upper left shows the planet as a giant but basically Earth-like, rockyplanet, whereas the one at the lower right shows the planet as a gas/ices-dominated miniature Uranus.

BYJOHNBLUCK


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Filmmakers Geoff Callan (second from left)

and Mike Shaw (third from left) are shownreceiving awards for supporting a NASA Amesscreening of their documentary on the Web atwww.pursuitofequality.com fromrepresentatives of the Ames LGBT Advisorygroup. Lupita Armendariz, deputy director ofthe Diversity and Equal Opportunity Office,which sponsored the LGBT Pride celebrationevent, looks on.

The Ames Safety Commit tee(ASC), established in July 2004, wasthe inspiration of former Depu ty Cen-ter Director G. Allen Flynt. Flynt be-lieved that by working together insafety comm ittees, both contractor an dcivil servant employees could focuson larger safety concerns a ffecting thewider Ames comm unity.

The pu rpose of the ASC is to pro-vide employees with a forum in w hichto recommend and implement im-provements in Am es safety and healthprograms. Membership is open tocivil servants and onsite contractor

employees who m eet monthly to com-mu nicate and exchange ideas and con-cerns about safety issues at the center.Code QH sponsors the ASC and thecommittee chair reports to th e Execu-tive Safety Com mittee.

Vis it t he Web a t h t t p : / / q . ar c. n a sa . go v / q h / s a fe t y co m / AmesSafetyCommittee.php for fur-ther information about the ASC.

Members of the Ames Safety Committee shown here: Top row left to right: Herb Finger, ShelleenLomas, Don Dains, Marian Yee, Tony Damian and John Livacich. Seated row left to right: TerryReichert, Chris Henze, Marilynne Borges, Gloria Hermosillo, Ron Lamica, Al Lyon, Michael Schuh,Cheryl Orth and Maria Eloisa Perez.

Ames Safety Committee helps ensure Ames remains safe

NASA photo by Jon-Pierre Wiens

Filmmakers awarded for supporting Ames documentary

NASA photo by Tom Trower


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In May, the Hispanic Advisory Com-mittee for Employees (HACE) ChairEric Kristich attended and sponsored anENLACE gradu ation at Evergreen Val-

ley College in San Jose, where he recog-nized and reward ed six ind ividu als fortheir outstanding academic record.

As part of HACEs vision of reach-ing out to the younger generation ofLatinos and prom oting the value of math,science and English, HACE was proudto reward these six ENLACE studentswith scholarships.

To receive a scholarship, each stu-dent m ust have m aintained a GPA of 3.0

ENLACE honors outstanding students at Amesor higher , musthave applied forthe scholarship viathe ENLACEcounse lor andsubmitted an es-say on the topicLatinos in scienceand m athematics.Also, a tough se-lect ion processwas condu cted bythe Evergreen Val-ley College (EVC)faculty and AmesHACE membersto select the de-serving stud ents.

ENLACE is aprogram at Ever-green Valley College that h as a m issionto help Chicano/ Latino students in-crease their educational success. EN-LACE provides academ ic classes, coun-se l ing , mentor ing and servesund errepresented Chicano/ Latino stu-dents in San Jose and communitiesnearby.

What does ENLACE mean? EN-LACE is from the Spanish verb en lazar,mean ing to bind or connect, to bring

together or to create community. IsENLACE effective? Yes, ENLACE stu-

den ts are highly successful in ENLACEcourses and in their core curriculumENLACE holds a success rate at 85 percent of their students w ho grad uate.

To participate, students need tomake an app ointment with the ENLACEcounselor. This appointmen t will deter-mine if the student is eligible based onacadem ic assessment such as placementscores.

ENLACE graduates Elizabeth Gomez andFrancisco Alvarado.

From left to right: ENLACE graduates Teodolinda Mendoza, EdeliaLopez, Filomena Reyes and HACE chair person Eric Kristich (notpictured, Percilla Ortega).

NASA aw ard ed Science App lica-tions International Corp (SAIC), Albu-querque, N.M. a contract to supportaerospace systems modeling and simu-lation facilities at Ames.

The facilities include, bu t are n otlimited to the Crew-Vehicle Systems

Research Facility, Vertical MotionSimulator Comp lex and FutureFlightCentral (called the SimLabs).

The SimLabs' primary mission isto provide high-fidelity environmen tsfor simulated flight research and toadvance state-of-the-art of simu lationtechnology.

NASA annnounces aerospace systems modeling selectionThe SimLabs also w ork on air traffic

control/ managem ent to solve the ca-pacity problems of the nations airports.

SAIC will be respon sible for op era-tion, development, maintenance andmod ification of the SimLabs; successfulpreparation and operation of the simu -

lators; collection of research data, asspecified in the task ord er; the continu -ing opera tion and up grad e of facilities.

SAIC also will be responsible fordevelopment, testing an d validation ofadvan ced air traffic management auto-mation tools being developed in theSimLabs.

BYMICHAEL MEWHINNEY

The total estimated cost plus feefor the base p eriod is $28.9 million. Thecontract value, including all awardterms and fees, is $62.1 million. Thebase period is five years and there areaward term incentives for up to anadditional five years. The phase-in

begins July 1, 2005, with full contractrespon sibility starting Aug.1, 2005.

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NASA has as one of its missionspreparing the next generation of explor-ers. As par t of this mission, stud entsfrom across the United States are par-ticipating in the third year of the DE-

VELOP internship p rogram at Ames, an

Earth science, human capital develop-ment effort fund ed throu gh the App liedScience Program in the Earth -Sun Divi-sion at N ASA Head quarters.

In previous years, DEVELOP stu-dents h ave stud ied the risk of West Nilevirus infection in Monterey County,Calif; the spread of an invasive plant

species, tall whitetop, on the PyramidLake Paiute Reservation in Nevad a; thecarbon bud get of the Fremont-WinemaNational Forest in Oregon; and the in-festation of salt cedar (Tamarisk) innorthwestern N evada.

This summ er, a team of DEVELOPinterns is assessing ecological change inYosemite Nationa l Park, chan ge wh ichis increasingly important to park man-agers. Fire has a fun damen tal role inchanging the land scape and affecting anecosystem . Yosem ite's fire histor y isextensive w ith nu merous lightning-ig-

nited fires occur ring every year. Theresearch objective for this project is toassess vegetation change utilizing re-mote sensing techniques at three p ost-fire sites where fires burn ed in the parkin 1989, 1990 and 1996.

Multi-temporal Land sat satellite im-agery is being used to detect changes inforest regeneration. In addition, field-work was cond ucted at selected sites inthe park to d ocument forest stand char-

acteristics. Measuremen ts and estimateswere performed by identifying domi-nan t species, measuring tree height, treediam eter, estimating vegetation percentcover and collecting GPS coordinates.

Remote sensing methods in conjunctionwith the fieldwork will evaluate andquantify reforestation at p ost-fire sites.

Fifteen-meter-resolution ASTERdata will be used to better identify changepatter ns for specific species. The resultsof this study will be presented to re-source managers at Yosemite NP andwill aid th ese man-agers in fire man-agement dec i -sions.

C h e a t g r a s s

( B r o m u stectorum ) is an in-vasive speciescommonly foundon r ange l ands ,pastures and prai-ries in the inter-m oun t a i n wes t .Cheatgrass burnsat high tempera-tures, assisting th espread of rangefires throughout

the Great Basinregion. Germina-tion occurs du ringthe spr ing and fal l , which al lowscheatgrass to establish a firm presencein areas burn ed by wildfires. Manystates in the Great Basin region havebegun tracking th e spread of cheatgrassby m eans of remote sensing.

A DEVELOP student team at Ameshas ru n an accuracy assessment on UtahState Universitys predictive coveragemaps for 2002 as well as producing a2005 predictive coverage map using

MODIS imagery from 2004 for specificdates. These map s prod uced by thestud ents in conjunction with field wor kin Utah w ill help assess the accuracy offield data collected by the SouthwestRegional Gap Analysis Project, a p rojectbeing run in New Mexico, Idaho andUtah to ascertain extent of cheatgrassinfestation in these states.

In the th ird p roject, DEVELOP stu-dent interns at Ames have worked with

the California Integrated Waste Management Board's (CIWMB) SpeciaWaste Division to create a proof-of-concept pr oject investigating the u se of high-resolution satellite imagery for locating

and map ping w aste tire disposal sitesThese sites used as test cases are in theSonoma and San Bernardino regions oCalifornia.

Previous method s for locating w astetire disposal sites in California includ edcontracting California Highway Patroto fly over susp ected sites and take p ho-

tographs, which were georeferencedwith a GPS in post processing, a methodlacking accuracy. The method ologyand/ or outputs generated from analysis of the imagery couple with grou ndtruth evaluation of the analysis couldredu ce the time and cap ital necessary toman age waste tire sites. These siteswh en left un kempt, pose threats of combustion and run the risk of becomingbreeding ground s for mosqu itoes.

The DEVELOP program preparesthe student interns to explore our hom eplanet. The program gives stud ents experience in planning stu dies, executingthose plans, interacting with custom ersfor their prod ucts and h anding off theresults of their studies to their custom-ers and other interested p arties.

DEVELOP interns access ecologicial change in Yosemite

DEVELOP student intern Becky Quinlan from San Francisco StateUniversity discusses a waste tire dump site in Lucerne Valley, Calif., with

a San Bernardino County Special Waste Division waste tire inspector.

BYJAYSKILES

Mindy Syfert, DEVELOP student intern from theUniversity of Denver, takes a GPS reading in apreviously burned area in Yosemite NationalPark.


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Located in the lobby of BldgN-240A is this eye-catching stained glasspanel conceived and designed by theLife Sciences Division community to

honor th e m emories of STS-107 Colum -bia, its crew an d the work of the man y

BYRUDYAQUILINA

The American Institute of Aeronau-tics and Astronautics (AIAA) annou ncedrecently that Bonn ie Dalton, dep uty d i-

rector, Science Directorate, at Ames isthe recipient of the AIAA 2005 JeffriesAerospace Medicine and Life SciencesResearch Aw ard.

AIAA recognizes deputy director for space biology contributionsRecognizing the imp ortance to aero-

nautics and space of scientific endeav-ors in the field of medicine, the JohnJeffries Award was established in 1940by AIAA to honor the memory of the

American p hysician who m ade the ear-liest recorded scientific observationsfrom the air. The aw ard is presented foroutstanding research accomplishmentsin aerospace medicine and space lifesciences.

Dalton, an AIAA Associate Fellow,is being recognized for outstand ing lead-ership of ground breaking flight experi-ments and payloads in sp ace biology forthe past three d ecades. She w as honoredat an evening banqu et in July du ring theInternational Conference on Environ-

mental Systems (ICES), at theATAHOTEL Villa Pamphili, Via dellaNocetta, in Rom e, Italy.

Dalton holds advanced degrees inmicrobiology and managemen t from theUniversity of Montana/ Missoula and

Golden Gate/ San Francisco, respectively. She began her research career atEaton Pharmaceutical LaboratoriesNor wich, NY and joined Ames in 1963

In 1975, she was appointed opera

tions m anager for Viking Mars Groun dLaboratories followed by branch chieffor science payloads operations (man-aging seven Spacelab mission activities)d ivision ch ief for life sciences, SES certification; and dep uty director for Sciencein 2002.

Headquartered in suburban Washington, DC, th e AIAA serv es over 35,000mem bers in 65 regional sections and 79countries. AIAA m embership is draw nfrom all levels of industry, academiaprivate research organizations and gov

ernment an d focuses on emerging technologies in aviation, space and d efenseFor more information, visit the Web atwww.aiaa.org.

New stained-glass panel pays tribute to STS-107 crew

Bonnie Dalton

Stained-glass panel, created in memory of thecrew of STS-107, hangs in the lobby of Bldg.N-240A.

people involved.A number of project people con-

tributed to this design, a young de-signer, Chad Dememters, helped totransform it, and another artist, Pam

Rissman , brough t the p iece to life.The pan el is abou t 5 feet tall with

symbols from the crew patch in clearglass and a representation of Earth.

Seven n arrow yellow stripes rep resenColumbia's crew members and of coursethere is the shuttle outline.

The mem orial stained glass panel isa source of inspiration an d reflection for

the life sciences commu nity as new experiments are readied for shuttle's return to flight.

The Combined FederalCampaign organizationrecently held a meetingat NASA Ames to merge

the Santa Clara/SanBenito counties with thegreater San FranciscoBay area countychapters. Ames DeputyCenter Director StanNewberry, left, is seenhere speaking at theevent.

CFC merges two counties

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Peter Schultz, pr ofessor of geologi-cal sciences at Brow n University and co-investigator for NASA's Deep Impactmission, travels to the Vertical GunRange at Am es to simu late cosmic colli-

sions between planets and roving ob-jects such a s asteroids.To conduct his experiments, Schultz

fires marble-sized beads, even meteor-ites; into sur faces ranging from ice andsand to du st and mud .

The projectiles, which travel morethan 10 times faster than a speedingbullet, make craters of all shapes andsizes.

Schultz studies the collisions andthe craters' sprays of debris, the diam-eter and d epth of depressions to und er-stand the forces that shaped features onplanets such as Earth, Mars and Venu sas well as satellites such as the moon .

Schultz was interviewed in Junewh ile he was at Ames by KGO-AMnews rad io and KCBS-AM news radio.He d iscussed how the range was used tocondu ct tests related to the Deep Imp actmission to Comet Temp el 1.

A projectile hitting a testtarget that simulated thecollision of the DeepImpact spacecraft'simpactor with comet

Tempel 1. The actualcollision was July 4. Thissimulation was conductedat the Vertical Gun rangeat Ames.

Peter Schultz was interviewed in Junewhile he was at Ames by KGO-AMnews radio and KCBS-AM news radio.He discussed how the Vertical GunRange was used to conduct testsrelated to the Deep Impact mission toComet Tempel 1.

Vertical Gun Range at Ames simulates cosmic collisions

Chief of Procurement visits Ames

Tom Leudtke addresses the audience duringhis recent presentation at Ames.

On June 23, the Am es ContractorCouncil sponsored a question-and-an-swer session with Tom Leudtke, chiefof NASA procurement. Leud tke gavehis views on the current and futuredirection of procurement and an-

swered man y questions. Some of thetopics covered includ ed contractor ac-cess to confidential information , smallbusiness, funding, award terms, setfee, enhanced-use leases, update onthe NSSC, the Exploration Initiativeand commitments to the space sta-tion, shuttle operations and CEV.

Photo by P.H. Schultz, Brown University and Jon-Pierre Wiens, NASA

NASA photo by Jon-Pierre Wiens

The NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range.

Photo by Peter Schultz, Brown

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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 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. inBldg. N-262, Rm 100. URL: http://sail.arc.nasa.gov/.POC: Becky Hooey, ext. 4-2399.

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

Fir st aid cases 19 10

Lost-tim e cases 0 4

Recordable cases 3 4

Lost wor kday s 0 83

Restricted du ty days 0 60

Above data is as of 7/ 19/ 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 June 30 2005

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.

As NASA turns its attention topreparing for human travel to themoon and Mars, there are manyhurdles to overcome. This fall, theNASA Exploration Systems MissionDirectorate and NASA Qu est will openthe school year with a challenge tostudents, primarily in grades 5-8, towork with NASA scientists to designsolutions to th ese obstacles.

During October and November,students are invited to join NASA re-

searchers Jennifer H eldman n, WilliamJ. Clancey and Ch ris McKay and oth erleading scientists as they embark on aMars analog study at CaliforniasLassen Volcanic National Park. Bystudying snowfields in the park, sci-entists hope to learn more about thedevelopment an d use of technologiesneeded to help understand and ex-plore the moon an d Mars. They alsowill learn about polar ice caps and th epossible life that could exist there.

"Live interactive Webcasts andcontact with real NASA scientists onthe job provide the opportunity forstudents to fully experience the thrillof participating in actual researchwh ile developing their own solutionsto problems NASA is working on,"said Mark Leon, education d irector atNASA Ames. "We hope this experi-

NASA Quest to study Mars on Earthence will inspire and encourage thestudy of math, science and engineer-ing, as stud ents become a p art of theNASA team exploring the u niverse,"he add ed.

There is no p lace on Earth exactlylike Mars; however, some locationsshare similar characteristics and areconsidered as analogs to study Mars.For example, scientists can stu dy th ebiology, geology and meteorology ofplaces like Lassen Volcanic National

Park to learn more about past andpresent environments on Mars andhow to prepare for human and roboticspace missions.

This NASA Quest Challenge fea-tur es Mars analog research being con-du cted to help d evelop and test tech-nologies that some day will enablescientists to conduct research on lu-nar and planetary surfaces. NASAQuest challenges typ ically span six toeight weeks. The activities are de-signed around problem-based learn-ing and designed to assist teachers byincorporating the content into theiredu cational stand ard's requ irements.

For informa tion about the N ASAQuest Challenge on the Internet, visit:http:/ / quest.nasa.gov/ challenges/marsanalog


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found ads only. Due to the volume of material received,we are unable to verify the accuracy of the statements

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Check web site for discounts to local attractions,http://exchange.arc.nasa.gov and click on tickets.

Information about products, services andopportunities provided to the employee and contractorcommunity by the Ames Exchange Council. Visit theweb site at: http://exchange.arc.nasa.gov

NASA LodgeNASA LodgeNASA LodgeNASA LodgeNASA Lodge (N-19) 603-7100(N-19) 603-7100(N-19) 603-7100(N-19) 603-7100(N-19) 603-7100

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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 areinterested in fostering or adopting a cat.

Tennis and swim family club membership for sale.Location is in Santa Clara near Homestead and Lawrence.Details about the club can be viewed on the Web at http://www.konakaiclub.com/. Sandy or Val at (408) 996-9927or (408) 482-5130. We'll be happy to take you to see theclub as guests.

Four Doobie Brothers tickets for the Mountain Wineryin Saratoga on Thurs. Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. $50 ea. Will alsosell them by the pair. Call (408) 269-4101.

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 and 101. $475 and dep. andshare utils. 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 June 2005 isshown below.

Protective Servicesmonthly activity

Lake Tahoe-Squaw Valley Townhse, 3bd/2baequipped, balcony view, horseback riding, hiking, biking,river rafting, tennis, ice skating and more. Summerrates. Call (650) 968-4155 or [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 to

golf, 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).

West Maui vacation at Kahana Falls, across streetfrom beach. Thanksgiving week 19-26 Nov 05, $630/wk. 1bd/2 ba, w/d, fk. For 2 adults, 0 to 2 kids. Call(650) 962-1314 after Aug 7.

00 Chrysler Sebring JX convertible. $8,750 or B/O.Paul (408) 725-8942.

00 Chevy S-10, 10K miles, mint condition, CD player,camper shell, $12,000 or B/O, Jessica (408) 774-1218.

00 Gorgeous Monaco La Palma , 29-foot Class ALuxury Motorhome Ford V-10 Super Duty F series chassis, 4spd ovrdrive, 30K mls, dual pane tinted windows. Coriancounters, oak cabinets, 5.5 KW generator, ducted roof ac,powered vent, large Norcold elect/gas refrig., elect/gas hotwtr heater, 20 TV, VCR, CD/AM/FM 4 speakers, satellitedish prep, lighted electric step, rear vision camera, A&E

awning, electric brake trailer hookup and 5,000 lb hitchreceiver, hydraulic leveling jacks, 1500 watt Trace inverter,stainless wheel covers, convection microwave, rear queenbed, heated mirrors, power driver's seat, deluxe mintcondition interior and exterior, all neutral colors, 75 gallongas/water tanks, plenty of storage space, 2 years left onextended warranty, always dealer maintained.$39,888(below blue book). Tim Castellano (831) 623-4302 or e-mail [email protected]

Transportation

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astrogram @mail.arc.nasa.gov no laterthan th e 10th of each month . If this datefalls on the weekend or a holiday, thenthe following bu siness day becomes thedead line. If you want a p hotographer tocover an event youre sponsoring, itsvery important that you submit a ser-vice request to the Video and Photo-grap hic Services Group at least 5 days inadv ance of the activity. Every effort w ilbe made to accommod ate your requeswh enever its submitted, but p lease un-derstand that photographers may nobe available for last-minu te requ ests, sobest to plan ahead ! If you h ave questionsabout the Astrogram, contact AstridTerlep at the aforementioned e-maiadd ress or ext. 4-3347. For m ore infor-mation about ph otography or video services, contact Ed Schilling at e-maiEdw ard .M.Schilling@nasa .gov or ext. 41307.


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These new NRP tenants n ow lease office space in Bldg. 19, signing leases commen cing after NASAResearch Park's March op en hou se and on line marketing events.

BluPoint Global - An R & D green technology start-up comp any focused on d istributing digitalmedia and eliminating the need for physical inventory, allowing end-users to convenientlyacquire any type of med ia any w here, any time wh ile creating no p ollution or w aste;

Honeybee Robotics - Creates robots, flight subsystems, automated drills and other machinesdestined for work on Earth, Mars and beyond;

InformArt/GaryAir - Flight instruction, marketing and systems engineering and testing;

Intrynsyx - Software d eveloper, consultant;

Norman B. Houge - Construction engineering, excavating and grading firm located in theSouth Bay area and collaborating on center-wide facility constru ction and en gineering p rojects;

Ozen Engineering - Developer an d consu ltant for ANSYS Engineering software, prov iderof tutorials to eng ineers on ANSYS software;

Pragati Synergetic Technology Inc. - Developer of know ledge-based softwa re;

Western Disaster Center, Inc. - A nonp rofit using app lied research and advan cedcomputer, information and communication technologies to save lives and reduce lossesfrom n atural, environmental, technological and man-mad e d isasters.

NASA Research Park welcomes these new tenants

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