Posted May 10, 200520 yr Not that this is a business but hey, it did have an effect on jobs. NASA Glenn loses bid for center Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Becky Gaylord Plain Dealer Reporter NASA Glenn Research Center Monday lost a long, desperate fight to bring a coveted financial and administrative center to Brook Park with 500 new jobs for Northeast Ohio. The prize, worth $230 million over 10 years, will go to NASA's space center in Mississippi... www.cleveland.com To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-5029 Hopefully we get some good news this week, and they keep the 1200 jobs downtown.
August 19, 200519 yr Glenn hoping for hot NASA project Center may run space nuclear program Friday, August 19, 2005 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science Writer If NASA decides later this year to renew and revamp an ambitious project to harness nuclear power for space exploration, Cleveland's Glenn Research Center expects to take over leadership of the program. The prospect, though tentative, is a glimmer of good news for the sprawling Cleveland lab and its more than 1,800 employees. The 64-year-old center has been scrambling to find new niches within the rapidly changing space agency since NASA this year announced major budget cuts in such areas as aeronautics, where Glenn traditionally had excelled... http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/112444397278540.xml&coll=2
October 21, 200519 yr http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1129887726256960.xml&coll=2 NASA's Glenn Research Center is up in the air as to what role it will play in the future of NASA. Prospects range from them being an integral part of the new vehicle's propulsion system to having the center close in 5 years or so. Quite a bit of leeway there, eh? This is certainly not good news, but I hope it serves to get our political leaders working on shoring up support for the center's future and the need for it as a catalyst to breeding a economy with highly educated researchers creating technology spinoffs.
December 28, 200519 yr An article written by KJP for the Brooklyn Sun Journal: House bill could save jobs at NASA Glenn Thursday, December 22, 2005 By KEN PRENDERGAST Brooklyn Sun Journal The NASA Glenn Research Center could avoid a reduction in work force until at least 2007 if a U.S. House of Representatives bill becomes law. Last February, President George W. Bush proposed deep funding cuts that would have meant significant reductions in NASA Glenn staffing and technology-transfer benefits to Cleveland-area businesses. The NASA Reauthorization Act of 2005 passed the House earlier this week, and would prevent big cuts in aeronautics research funding that has benefited NASA Glenn for years. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-10, in whose district NASA Glenn is located, hailed the legislation... http://www.cleveland.com/sun/brooklynsunjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1135273260201470.xml&coll=3
December 29, 200519 yr KJP is certainly having a week isn't he? Is it too late to change my vote for 'Forumer of the Year"?
December 29, 200519 yr No, of course not! :wave: Of course, one week does not a year make (I hate that cliche) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 7, 200619 yr Can NASA Glenn be saved? New director determined to win work for rocket to replace shuttle Sunday, May 07, 2006 Becky Gaylord Plain Dealer Reporter When slicing through the sky, an airplane's wings twitch and shimmy. The jerky dance is choreographed carefully: engineers test materials in simulated flight and predict vibrations before a plane ever leaves the ground. Too much movement leads to flutter - wild vibrations that crumple a plane's metal body and rip off riveted wings as if they're paper. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., the new director of NASA Glenn Research Center in Brook Park, perfected ways to prevent aircraft flutter almost three decades ago as a young doctoral graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now, it's NASA Glenn he must keep aloft. The center could crash if it fails to win a major space project soon.... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-5029 http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1146990915239750.xml&coll=2
May 13, 200619 yr Some good news for a change at NASA Glenn.... http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1147509585181800.xml&coll=2 Glenn wins big space project Money, many jobs expected to follow Saturday, May 13, 2006 Becky Gaylord Plain Dealer Reporter NASA Glenn Research Center got liftoff Friday, winning vital, lucrative space work worth, over the project's life, at least $2 billion and possibly hundreds of jobs. Glenn staff will manage the work on a major element of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, the rocket replacing the space shuttle, which NASA officials want in space by 2012... http://www.cleveland.com/news/wide/nasa0513.gif "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 13, 200619 yr Glenn wins big space project Money, many jobs expected to follow Saturday, May 13, 2006 Becky Gaylord Plain Dealer Reporter NASA Glenn Research Center got liftoff Friday, winning vital, lucrative space work worth, over the project's life, at least $2 billion and possibly hundreds of jobs. Glenn staff will manage the work on a major element of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, the rocket replacing the space shuttle, which NASA officials want in space by 2012... [email protected], 216-999-5029 © 2006 The Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1147509585181800.xml&coll=2
May 13, 200619 yr Noozer! Stop that! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 13, 200619 yr It's all in the mouse. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 14, 200619 yr great news that will partly make up for the jobs lost at glenn, but.... don't all they have to do is get ahold of the plans for the apollo command module and just, um, make it a little bigger? :laugh:
June 5, 200619 yr This from NASA Glenn's website Sally Harrington Media Relations Office 216-433-2037 [email protected] June 1, 2006 MEDIA ADVISORY: 06-028 NASA Presents Exploration Program Update NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will give a NASA Update to agency employees on Monday, June 5, at 1 p.m. EDT, live from NASA Headquarters. The program will be broadcast on NASA Television and will be available on the Internet. Media representatives are invited to view the broadcast at NASA's Glenn Research Center. During this NASA Update, the Administrator will announce the work assignments to agency field centers associated with the Constellation Program for human moon and Mars exploration. The distribution of work will reflect the agency's intention to productively use personnel, facilities and resources from across the agency to accomplish the Vision for Space Exploration. At 2:30 p.m., Administrator Griffin, Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Scott Horowitz and Constellation Program Manager Jeff Hanley will brief the media about the exploration program and the work being assigned to NASA centers. The news conference will be carried live from NASA Headquarters on NASA TV and on the Web. Reporters attending the briefing at Glenn will be able to ask questions. Immediately following the briefing from NASA Headquarters, Glenn Center Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. will speak with local news media regarding Glenn-specific Constellation work assignments and will be available to answer questions. Media representatives planning to participate in any of the events should contact Sally Harrington or the Media Relations Office at 216-433-290l by 11 a.m. on Monday, June 5 in order to be cleared through security. To listen to the Headquarters briefing at 2:30 p.m. on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. For NASA TV information and access to the Public Channel, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
June 5, 200619 yr NASA Glenn wins lead role in spacecraft project Associated Press Monday, June 5, 2006 1:29 PM CLEVELAND (AP)- NASA Glenn Research Center, which has lost hundreds of jobs in recent years, will have a lead role in developing the spacecraft that will fulfill President Bush's goal of returning to the moon. The project is a major economic boost for NASA Glenn, which was struggling to remain viable as the space agency cut its aeronautics research - the center's lifeblood - to pursue Bush's vision of sending people to the moon and Mars... http://dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=190741
June 5, 200619 yr I know it's still early to speculate about the exact number of jobs that will be added or how many of the existing workforce will be reassigned to this new project, but for all those who might be moving here from out of town, I'd hope they'd consider reverse commuting a bit. Live downtown, take the red line to the Brookpark Rd station and catching a short bus out to Glenn. Why not???
June 6, 200619 yr http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/06/nasa.exploration.ap/index.html hmm even CNN picked this one up
June 7, 200619 yr Hopefully now that Glenn has this project, they will continue to be aggressive and leverage it to get more work instead of thinking they are safe.
June 12, 200619 yr From Crain's Cleveland Business, 6/12/06: NASA execs downplay effect on jobs of new vehicle work By BRANDON GLENN 6:00 am, June 12, 2006 A Plain Dealer editorial called it “cause for celebration,” while Crain’s Cleveland Business said it “represented a huge coup.” U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine said it “has the potential to bring … a significant number of jobs to the Cleveland area” and U.S. Sen. George Voinovich said it “will likely have significant workforce impact.”... http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060612/SUB/60609037/1011/rss10&rssfeed=rss10
July 21, 200618 yr From the 7/20/06 Sun Herald: NASA site plans stall City, agency hope to agree on plan to reuse property Thursday, July 20, 2006 By Ken Prendergast FAIRVIEW PARK - An apparent impasse has occurred between the city and NASA Glenn officials on reusing two office buildings the space agency is vacating. However, both sides said they want to continue negotiating. The proposed reuse involves demolishing the two buildings and putting up a new one for a private company that is ready to relocate 450 jobs to it. At the request of the company, city officials would not identify the firm. The redevelopment would help soften the loss of $631,000 in income taxes to the city from the departure of 550 NASA employees and contractors from those buildings, north of Brookpark Road... http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sunherald/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1153414125110040.xml&coll=3
August 16, 200618 yr Cleveland's NASA complex delays pink slips CLEVELAND Workers at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland can breathe easier today. The space agency says it's indefinitely postponing layoffs. In June the center landed the right to manage part of a new space exploration project. NASA Glenn has more than 16-hundred full-time employees. The good news about delayed pink slips could be temporary. NASA must deal with a new emphasis on space exploration and away from aviation research which the Cleveland center has pioneered.
August 16, 200618 yr NASA Glenn has more than 16-hundred full-time employees. that's an interesting way of writing "1,600".
September 3, 200618 yr From the 9/1/06 PD: Glenn set to launch its work on Orion Friday, September 01, 2006 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science Writer NASA's announcement Thursday that aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp. will build a new spacecraft to ferry astronauts back to the moon will launch a flurry of work at Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center. In 10 days, Glenn officials will meet their counterparts at Lockheed's space systems division near Denver to move forward on the center's portion of the $8.2 billion crew exploration vehicle project... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-4842 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1157100409274620.xml&coll=2
September 24, 200618 yr From the 9/14/06 PD: NASA Glenn working to keep power on in space Thursday, September 14, 2006 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science Writer It doesn't look like much, just an oversized trash can crammed full of tanks, pipes and wiring, with a big, bell-shaped nozzle jutting from its bottom. Even its name sounds vanilla plain -- "service module." But if anyone doubts the vital part that the new spacecraft component supervised by Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center will play in sending astronauts to the moon and getting them safely back, remember these six words: "Houston, we've had a problem here!" For more information about Orion, go to www.nasa.gov/orion. For Medical and Science News updated throughout the day: www.cleveland.com/medical. To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-4842 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1158223538298810.xml&coll=2
October 31, 200618 yr By Howard Witt CLEVELAND -- With its heavy cranes, arc welders and steel rolling machines, the nondescript metalworking shop located inside a hangar hard by the runways at Cleveland's Hopkins Airport looks like countless other industrial factories in this rustiest of Rust Belt cities. Way to go Howard. Twit. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 1, 200618 yr EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sensis Corporation is partnering with Federal and local government agencies as well as with leading aviation companies to identify and evaluate promising solutions for the transformation of the National Airspace System (NAS). Air travel is projected to grow substantially, doubling or tripling over the next twenty years. The current NAS must change substantially in order to safely accommodate such demand. Sensis, working with the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, is collaborating with the FAA and the Joint Planning and Development Office to implement a Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) Test Bed to evaluate these potential solutions. Also included are Barco, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and WSI Corporation... Copyright © 2006 PR Newswire. All rights reserved.
November 21, 200618 yr From the 11/3/06 PD: Shuttle astronauts thank NASA Glenn for its help Friday, November 03, 2006 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science Writer Want to see the photos from our trip? Here's an aerial view of Washington, D.C. There's a beautiful shot looking down on the Golden Gate bridge. This is a volcano erupting in Alaska. And that's us taking a walk. Did I mention we're 220 miles in space? Fresh from their 12-day journey to the International Space Station, five astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis crew paid a visit to Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center Thursday. They brought spectacular photos and video from their camera-studded spacecraft, told tales of breathtaking spacewalks high above Earth, and offered heartfelt thanks to the Glenn personnel for developing the advanced electrical hardware the astronauts delivered and installed on the burgeoning orbital outpost... To reach these Plain Dealer Reporters: [email protected], 216-999-4842 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1162546370124470.xml&coll=2
November 21, 200618 yr From the 11/19/06 PD: In NASA Glenn talks, astronaut relives lofty dreams Stint on space station rich with insights Sunday, November 19, 2006 Terry Oblander Plain Dealer Reporter Mike Fincke dreams of flying like a bird - an easy dream for someone who has experienced weightlessness. But when he slept standing up aboard the International Space Station, Fincke dreamed of driving cars back on Earth. The 39-year-old astronaut talked about dreams during two presentations Saturday at NASA's Glenn Research Center. Fincke said he can't remember a time when didn't want to be an astronaut. To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 1-800-683-7348 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1163929707287880.xml&coll=2
December 30, 200618 yr From the 12/3/06 PD: Ares I boosts NASA Glenn Rocket segments put Ohio in the thick of new space program Sunday, December 03, 2006 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science Writer They're making tuna cans at Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center, but not anything like you'd find at the grocery store. These monsters are 18 feet wide, stand taller than LeBron James in a top hat, and tip the scales at 5 tons, even empty. You could park a Ford F150 pickup inside one with room to spare. When they've done their job, soaring to the edge of space, they'll plummet earthward and sink into the Atlantic Ocean the same neighborhood where their fish namesakes swim. The big steel canisters that Glenn workers have affectionately dubbed "tuna cans" actually are rocket segments. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/116513845929880.xml&coll=2
February 6, 200718 yr Glenn has a new master plan. A team of Glenn employees representing several directorates has been working to envision the future of the center. New office buildings, an auditorium and conference area and a public outreach district are included in a draft Center Master Plan to ensure that Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station (PBS) facilities align with the center's mission. "We need to create sustainable, affordable facilities that will enable us to transition for the Vision for Space Exploration while building on our aeronautics heritage," explained Joseph Morris, chief architect, Facilities Division. "The Center Master Planning process aligns our facilities and land to promote and fully utilize our resources." Preliminary Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station concept plans may be viewed on the Facilities Division web site at http://fd.grc.nasa.gov/masterplan.cfm
February 16, 200718 yr NASA Glenn is seeking makeover Cost: $200 million over 20 years Friday, February 16, 2007 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science Writer www.cleveland.com/science NASA's Glenn Research Center would look less like a jumble of Cold War-era buildings and more like a modern college campus or technology park if an ambitious $200 million redevelopment plan wins federal approval. The 20-year master plan proposes transforming the look and layout of the sprawling facility west of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-4842
February 16, 200718 yr If NASA leaders approve the plan, and if money is made available in future NASA budgets, the first building could take shape beginning around 2009. I think those are two big if's.. A year ago they laid off a considerable number of contractors and making threats about RIF'ing civil servants. They've essentially killed all aeronautics research (the first A in NASA) and hard science missions because of the President's directive to go back to the Moon and then to Mars yet he hasn't given them any additional funding (in fact it decreased slightly). Maybe the money comes out of a fund earmarked just for this sort of stuff though, who knows. Anyway it's good for GRC to get any press coverage, it's something they've always struggled with.
April 26, 200718 yr From the 3/1/07 Sun Herald: NASA excites Redevelopment good for Fairview Park Thursday, March 01, 2007 By Ken Prendergast FAIRVIEW PARK Mayor Eileen Patton said she is excited about NASA's plan to redevelop the north side of Brookpark Road with a new education center and offices. But since a full build-out of NASA's redevelopment plan could take 20 years to complete, she said city officials need to keep their enthusiasm up. "We're very excited obviously that we're going to move forward with development of the north side of Brookpark Road," said Patton, referring to the only portion of the NASA Glenn Research Center that's in Fairview Park... http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sunherald/index.ssf?/base/news-0/11727707193390.xml&coll=3
April 26, 200718 yr From the 3/16/07 PD: Glenn lands one more lunar contract Friday, March 16, 2007 Patrick O'Donnell Plain Dealer Reporter The NASA Glenn Research Center has landed another piece of creating the new spacecraft for missions to the moon, this one worth $63 million. NASA Glenn Director Woodrow Whitlow learned Thursday that it will test the vibrations of the engines for the new Orion spacecraft at its 6,400-acre Plum Brook testing facility near Sandusky... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-4818 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1174034466292580.xml&coll=2
April 26, 200718 yr From the 3/22/07 News Sun: NASA maps its future Research center submits 20-year development plan Thursday, March 22, 2007 By Jaime Anton The News Sun BROOK PARK NASA Glenn Research Center wants to modernize its appearance to ensure smoother operation, better collaboration and increased visibility. Glenn officials have submitted a master plan to NASA headquarters that proposes a $200 million redevelopment spanning a 20-year period. If approved in its entirety, the plan would consolidate the main, central campus adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins Airport that is currently scattered among several buildings, grow the center's western campus that borders Brook Park and increase visibility in the northern campus that straddles Brookpark Road in Fairview Park. Buildings would take shape in the next couple of years and be complete in 20 years... http://www.cleveland.com/sun/newssun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1174585103218680.xml&coll=3
July 11, 200717 yr Crain's (www.crainscleveland.com): NASA's Whitlow receives honor By SCOTT SUTTELL 2:37 pm, July 11, 2007 Woodrow Whitlow Jr., director of the NASA Glenn Research Center, has been named the recipient of the 2007 Minorities in Research Science Award by Science Spectrum magazine. The award, also called the Emerald Award, is the top award for African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and Native Americans working in the research sciences, according to a NASA news release...
August 6, 200717 yr Port Authority to help revamp NASA campus Two agencies hope an aviation/aerospace district will take off with transformation By JAY MILLER 4:30 am, August 6, 2007 The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority and NASA Glenn Research Center have agreed to work together on an effort to transform the NASA Glenn campus in a way that would help an aviation/aerospace industry district take flight around the research center and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport... http://www.crainscleveland.com/assets/pdf/CC2442583.PDF www.cleveland.com
August 10, 200717 yr West Shore Sun: (www.cleveland.com) NASA and Port Authority reach understanding Thursday, August 09, 2007 By Ken Prendergast Officials at NASA Glenn Research Center and the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority have reached a memorandum of understanding that will help the space agency develop real estate at its 350-acre Glenn Center. While no piece of real estate is singled out in the agreement, past discussions have focused on redeveloping NASA's North Campus in Fairview Park, on the north side of Brookpark Road. Proposed for that site, overlooking the Rocky River valley, is an office building for NASA contractors working on developing NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle, a new NASA Glenn visitors center and an education center...
August 21, 200717 yr pd (www.cleveland.com): NASA Glenn gets role in new spacecraft design Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Plain Dealer Bureau Washington - Plans moved forward Monday for the NASA Glenn Research Center in Brook Park to help develop a new generation of spacecraft with the awarding of a $51.4 million contract. Benham Constructors LLC of Oklahoma City will build facilities in and around the giant thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky to test the conditions that the next generation of spacecraft are likely to face, starting with the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. NASA Glenn manages the Plum Brook Station... http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1187685293149890.xml&coll=2
September 10, 200717 yr NASA Glenn redesign gets federal approval By Tom Breckenridge September 10, 2007 14:59PM Plans for a $150 million makeover to NASA's Glenn Research Center complex have the go-ahead from NASA headquarters, officials announced Monday afternoon. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/09/nasa_glenn_redesign_gets_feder.html
October 31, 200717 yr pd: Lunar project ensures local NASA jobs for a decade Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Grant Segall Plain Dealer Reporter Thanks to the moon, the tide keeps rising at NASA Glenn Research Center. NASA leaders announced a new round of moon work Tuesday that should keep thousands of high-paying jobs at the Brook Park facility for years to come and boost the region's struggling economy... The once-endangered Glenn center, including the Plum Brook station near Sandusky, will help develop a moon lander, rover and other equipment for Constellation, a program that is expected to return astronauts to the moon by 2020... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-4187 www.cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/news/wide/nasa1031.jpg
March 14, 200817 yr I've seen these things in person, they're pretty cool. Even "just" as a simulator they still have extremely stringent manufacturing spec margins they need to meet, and the equipment to do so is really impressive. In addition to the water jet cutter they have what amounts to a laser guided rolling pin to ensure evenness of the exterior rocket components. Link to PD article NASA Glenn shows off work on Ares simulator Posted by Grant Segall March 13, 2008 17:52PM Categories: Breaking News The simulator under construction at NASA Glenn Research Center in Brook Park will really fly someday. But not very far. The "upper stage simulator" unveiled Thursday will rise about 29 miles high in April 2009, during the first test flight of Ares launch vehicles. These vehicles are supposed to power the Constellation program, taking astronauts to the space station in 2014 and the moon in 2020. Leaders hope to use similar equipment for manned flights to Mars someday...
September 11, 200816 yr NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology Last update: 1:16 p.m. EDT Sept. 10, 2008 CLEVELAND, Sept 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system. A fission surface power system on the moon has the potential to generate a steady 40 kilowatts of electric power, enough for about eight houses on Earth. It works by splitting uranium atoms in a reactor to generate heat that then is converted into electric power. The fission surface power system can produce large amounts of power in harsh environments, like those on the surface of the moon or Mars, because it does not rely on sunlight. The primary components of fission surface power systems are a heat source, power conversion, heat rejection and power conditioning, and distribution... This technology demonstration is being conducted as part of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program. For an artist's concept of a fission surface power system, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/news/pressrel/2008/08-042addm.html For more information about NASA's exploration program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration SOURCE NASA http://www.nasa.gov http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/nasa-developing-fission-surface-power/story.aspx?guid=%7B7970C386-8D09-446F-A3C6-6A685F965359%7D&dist=hppr
July 9, 200915 yr NASA Glenn Research Center taking part in Ohio celebration of first lunar landing Posted by Grant Segall / Plain Dealer Reporter July 08, 2009 17:57PM BROOK PARK, Ohio -- Forty years later, Ohio wants to remind the world that a Buckeye conquered the moon, with help from researchers here. The first lunar landing will be commemorated at NASA Glenn Research Center in Brook Park, home to much Apollo program research, and at the Armstrong Air and Space Center in Wapakoneta, hometown of the first moonwalker, Neil Armstrong. More at: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/nasa_glenn_research_center_tak.html
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