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Phil Snyder (AF2M) talking with Dave Ofwono and Chris Geary at theMega Bites cafeteria recently.

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During October and November, youmay have noticed a table set up in theMega Bites cafeteria, near the far rightcashier, with a small group of deter-mined-lookingpeople trying tocatch your eye.

The folksgiving up theirlunch hours werethe hard-work-ing Ames Free-dom To Manage(AF2M) team,who wanted toget the word outabout NASA’sFreedom ToManage (F2M)concept andthought thatAmes’ noon-timerush was a goodplace to start.

“We had two messages we wantedto get across. The first was familiarity, togive people information about the free-dom to manage concept, and the second

was to let people know that NASA Head-quarters’ top brass supports F2M andwould be visiting the center soon toprovide more details,” said Lynda

Haines, systems management and plan-ning execution for the director’s officeand chair of the AF2M team. “The

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From left to right: FloridaFirst Lady Columba Bush,educator astronautBarbara Morgan andNASA AssociateAdministrator forEducation Dr. AdenaWilliams Loston listen in asNASA Administrator SeanO'Keefe announces theEducator AstronautProgram at Hardy MiddleSchool in Washington,D.C., on Jan. 21.

As we mourn our lost NASA familymembers and look for answers to theColumbia accident, we must forge aheadwith NASA’s other missions. Far from

being ‘business as usual’, we will learn,fix the problems and move on as ‘OnlyNASA Can.’

“We have an opportunity here andnow to learn from this loss and renewthe boundless spirit of explorationpresent at NASA's beginning. We willdo this by being accountable to theAmerican people for our failings and,we hope, credible and compelling inpursuit of research, exploration and in-spiration for future generations,” saidNASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe in aFeb. 12 address to members of Con-gress.

Despite the shuttle tragedy, NASA’sEducator Astronaut Program (EAP) con-tinues with strong public support. In thedays following the accident, the EAPoffice received a surge of nominationsand inquiries about the program.

Many teachers have expressed theirdesire for the program to continue. Hereare a few examples of their comments.

“Please, from a personal view as aprogram applicant, DO NOT let the trag-edy of Columbia put a halt to your vi-sion, and my vision, of an educator inspace,” wrote one teacher.

“I know what the crew would haveus do. I'm going right ahead and applyfor the program,” wrote another.

“These events do nothing to change

NASA’s educational mission to inspire moves forwardmy mind about the need for the astro-naut educator. I have three childrenand would still like to pursue this jour-ney.”

“In light of Saturday's tragedy, I'massuming there will be many pressures

to halt this program. Please keep it go-ing. There are many of us who under-stand the risks involved but would loveto have this chance to inspire and en-courage our students to seek careers inscience and space exploration. Mythoughts and prayers are with the NASAfamily as you grieve. Thank you for theamazing work you do!” wrote yet an-other.

The passion of these teachers is onlymatched by the passion of NASA toconduct cutting-edge research and ex-plore the unknown.

According to the many messagesleft on the EAP Web site and the nomina-tions submitted, students understandthe risks but are still inspired. Here isjust a sampling.

“Last week, I wanted to be an astro-naut. This week, I still want to be anastronaut. I could also be a scientist onthe shuttle to help save lives. I know that

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The Ames staff is cordially in-vited to attend the Director’s Dis-cretionary Fund (DDF) poster ses-sion scheduled for Thursday, Feb.27 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The poster session will be heldat the Moffett Training and Confer-ence Center (MTCC), in Building 3,in the patio/showroom/firesidearea.

DDF poster session set for Feb. 27

On Jan. 29, building N239 wasofficially dedicated to Dr. Harold P.('Chuck') Klein.

The dedication ceremony tookplace in the lobby of N239. In atten-

dance were Klein's daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter, grandson andgreat-grandson along with many ofhis colleagues. The event was led byAssistant to the Center Director JackBoyd. Maurice Averner, RichardGrindeland, Richard Johnson, Tom

Building N239 dedicated to Klein

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This is an opportunity to viewsome of the most innovative researchbeing carried out at Ames in a relax-ing, friendly environment. Refresh-ments will be served.

For more information, contactStephanie Langhoff, chief scientist,at ext. 4-6213.

Pierson and Ken Souza spoke abouttheir memories and interactions withKlein at the dedication. All noted theirappreciation of the man and theirgratitude at being able to have had the

opportunity to work with a master ofhis field. During the ceremony aplaque commemorating Klein was un-veiled. The plaque will be perma-nently displayed in the building'slobby as a tribute to Klein.

On Jan. 29, Jack Boyd, assistant to the center director (left), and Stephanie Langhoff, chiefscientist (right), unveiled a plaque in N239 commemorating the work of Dr. Harold Klein.

it has risks, but every job has risks,” “I would like to work for NASA

because I want to serve my country.

Even though there is a chance that Imight die, it would be worth it.”

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefeand Florida First Lady Columba Bushannounced the Educator Astronaut Pro-gram at Hardy Middle School in Wash-ington on Jan. 21, 2003. As of Feb 15, atotal of 4,162 nominations have beensubmitted. California is third in nomi-nations with 353 but second in the num-ber of nominees with 206. The EAP of-fice expects a surge in nominations andapplications as the April 30, 2003 dead-line approaches.

Most nominations are from studentsand have included remarks like: “Myfifth grade teacher knows a lot aboutscience. When she teaches science sub-jects, she keeps me interested in study-ing science,” and “He not only meets therequirements, he’s an intelligent and arespectable man.”

Only a few nominations have hadulterior motives for sending their teacherto space. “Because we hate him andwant him to leave, please take him,”wrote one student prompting the pro-gram office to include “Remember,you’re nominating your teacher for around trip. It’s not one way” on the‘nominate-your-teacher icon’ on theEducator Astronaut Web site.

After an exhaustive six-month se-lection process, the thousands of appli-cants will be narrowed down to 30 to 60individuals who will be invited toJohnson Space Center, Houston, for moreextensive interviews. The Educator As-tronaut Program anticipates three to sixeducator astronauts entering the astro-naut class of 2004 for basic training.With the shuttle fleet temporarilygrounded, the first flight of educator

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astronauts is on hold but when opera-tions resume, they will be ready to ‘In-spire the Next Generation.’

Students and the public who wishto nominate a teacher or teachers orwho would like to apply can do so at theEducator Astronaut Web site at: http://edspace.nasa.gov or by calling (877)332-7876. The NASA Ames recruitment

effort is being led by Tom Clausen of theEducation Office; he can be contacted atThomas.B.Clausen@nasa.gov or by call-ing ext. 4-0978. The Educator AstronautProgram is asking everyone to help getthe word out to potential candidates.The deadline for the completed applica-tions is April 30, 2003.

BY JONAS DIÑO

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Engineer sees bright future for OneNASASince coming to work for NASA in

1995, engineer Karen Vander has seenthe basis for the OneNASA ideals atwork every day. As the executive secre-tary for the Rocket Propulsion Test Man-agement Board (RPTMB), NASA’s deci-sion-making body for the agency’s rocketpropulsion testing, Vander provides thedaily coordination of the board com-posed of NASA staff members fromWhite Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces,N.M.; Marshall Space Flight Center,Huntsville, Ala.; Glenn Research CenterPlum Brook Station, Sandusky, Ohio;and Stennis Space Center, HancockCounty, Miss.

Vander believes the team approachused by the RPTMB is an example ofwhat can work for the whole agency.“The management board is the OneNASA concept,” she said. “The boardworks openly in an atmosphere of trust.Everyone has a say, but the goal is tofind the best match of assets for propul-sion-test programs.”

Karen Vander, an engineer at Stennis SpaceCenter, works diligently to put the OneNASAvalues to work.

Administrator Sean O’Keefe intro-duced the OneNASA concept in De-cember 2002 by asking employees tohelp shape the effort through theirthoughts and ideas. OneNASA will re-quire each employee to consider all de-cisions within the context of what is bestfor the agency rather than for any oneorganization.

“Mr. O’Keefe’s support will helpthe agency achieve the OneNASA goal,”said Vander. “With his leadership andhis knowledge of federal administra-tion, there’s no limit to what we canaccomplish.”

Although Vander sees OneNASAideals at work daily, she says the initia-tive can be fully realized only throughhard work and cooperation. “We’re do-ing it now,” said Vander. “We just haveto strengthen what we have. We have tocontinue to find ways to do our jobsbetter. We have to work as a team.”

Part of achieving the OneNASAgoals will mean overcoming old-fash-

ioned, center-centric ideas. “Eventhough we sit in different states or comefrom different places, we’re still one or-

ganization and we should work thatway,” said Vander. “What center wecome from should be nearly invisible.We all need to be working toward acommon goal to meet NASA’s mission.”

The NASA community can helpfurther OneNASA, said Vander, by be-ing flexible. “We’re going through a lotof changes now. But as long as the com-munication lines keep flowing, that’sgoing to help.”

As OneNASA ideals improve inter-agency cooperation, Vander noted, thepractice also will benefit the agency inits interactions with other federal orga-nizations. “We’re building relation-ships,” Vander said. “We have to buildon our commonalities to strengthen theagency.”

“Karen has risen to meet every chal-lenge we have put in front of her,” saidNASA’s Mike Dawson, assistant direc-tor, Stennis Space Center, who has seenVander put the OneNASA values towork to benefit NASA and its relation-ships with other federal agencies. “Sheis currently leading the developmentefforts of a system to accurately andefficiently track high-valued rocket pro-pulsion-test components to be used innew propulsion system designs and ex-isting propulsion facilities throughoutNASA and the Department of Defense.”

Vander is an engineer in the Propul-sion Test Program Office at Stennis SpaceCenter. Her husband, Maury, is also aNASA engineer.

One of the deficiencies identifiedby OSHA in the VPP review and sub-sequent 90-day letter is the center’sneed to improve management ofchemicals. During 2002, a ChemicalManagement Task Force addressedthis need and made several improve-ments in the procedures for acquir-ing, using and disposing of chemi-cals. For these changes to be effec-tive, all chemical users must imple-ment them.

Beginning this month, the AmesHealth, Safety and Medical ServicesDivision (Code QH) will work withthe chemical users to evaluate theiruse of several highly hazardous com-pounds. A different chemical will bespot checked each month. This willinclude a review of the chemical in-ventory, the hazard/exposure assess-ment, training records and chemicalhandling practices at randomly se-lected locations.

An e-mail will be sent each monthto all employees whose chemical in-

ventory includes the substance beingexamined that month. Five of theselocations will be selected from theinventory listing for the on-site re-view.

Following is a schedule of thechemicals Code QH will check thisyear:

• February methylene chloride• March ethyl ether• April chromium compounds• May formaldehyde• June cadmium• July alpha-napthalene,

ethylene oxide• August benzene• Sept sulfuric acid• Oct toluene diisocyanate• Nov osmium tetroxide• Dec mercury (and organic

compounds)

If you have questions, contact theindustrial hygienist assigned to yourcode.

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Ames develops and demonstrates the ‘hyperwall’ tohelp researchers display, analyze data

NASA photos by Patrick Moran

BY DR. GERALD MULENBURG

AND JULIE JERVIS

The flow field around an aircraft asit soars through the skies; a dynamicmodel of cloud formation; a moleculeundergoing bond breaking in quantum

mechanical fields. All of these complexsimulations are typical examples of howtoday’s supercomputers are generatingmore data than ever before. And, as thequantity of data increases, advances incomputational science have improvedthe quality of that data. A team of NASAadvanced supercomputing (NAS) sci-entists has developed a tool to help re-searchers display, analyze and studythese high-dimensional datasets in moremeaningful ways.

Inspired by the sight of endless pan-els of images displayed on researchers’walls, desks and corridors, the‘hyperwall’ is a seven-foot by-seven-foot cluster of flat-panel screens, eachdriven by its own dual-processor com-puter with a high-end graphics card.The hyperwall provides a problem-solv-ing environment where one can use dif-ferent tools, viewpoints or even differ-ent graphics parameters to display thesame relationships within a dataset.

The hyperwall was developedjointly by members of the Code INRResearch Branch and the Code FM Aero-nautics and Spaceflight Hardware De-velopment Division.

When the computer science researchteam of Chris Henze, Tim Sandstrom,David Ellsworth, Creon Levit and ArtJoly first approached Code FM tech-nologist Dan Gundo about creating aframework to hold 49 flat screen moni-tors in a 7-foot by 7-foot matrix, it seemeda fairly routine task. However, whenasked to make each monitor adjustable

so the entire matrix of 49 monitors couldbe curved both vertically and horizon-tally, it suddenly became much morechallenging. And when requested to

make it capable ofbeing completelyd i s a s s e m b l e d ,shipped some-where to demon-strate it for a con-ference and reas-sembled in justone day, it wentfrom being chal-lenging, to beinghighly creative.

W o r k i n gclosely with the re-searchers, Gundoquickly beganconceptual devel-opment of theneeded frame-work using an in-novative tech-nique developedin Code FM calledprototype-as-de-

sign. Prototype-as-design had provedto be a robustmethod for sup-porting Director'sDiscretionary Fund(DDF) projects. Thedesign quickly pro-gressed, final detailsagreed upon, mate-rials ordered andfabrication beganunder the leader-ship of expert CodeFM craftsman Gar-ret Nakashiki asmaterials arrived.

“There are tworeasons why it wasnamed hyperwall,”Henze explained.“One is to distin-guish ourselvesfrom other visual-ization techniqueslike ‘power-walls,’ using large numbersof flat screens joined together to showjust one big picture; and two, using thisconfiguration allows us to visualizehyper-dimension data.” Henze said anew application for the hyperwall is afull six-dimensional data-set browser,where “the sampling plane can be ro-tated, translated or scaled any whichway in order to scan through all sixdimensions with four- and five-dimen-sional cases as trivial variants.”

The completed unit was delivered

to the researchers for attaching the moni-tors and testing the entire system intheir laboratory in time for the HighPerformance Computing and Network-ing Super Computing 2002 conferencelast November.

Steve Nance of Code FM took on thenext challenge and designed and fabri-cated the necessary shipping crates forthe entire system in only two days. Theresearchers disassembled, crated andshipped the hyperwall to the conferencein Baltimore, where it was reassembledin a single day for the NASA exhibit.When operating, the hyperwall provedto be quite popular among NASA andindustry conference attendees.

This unique, new Ames capabilityis now back in the researchers' labora-tory in Building T27A, assisting scien-tists in evaluating large volumes of com-plex data. A joint Code INR/FM patentdisclosure is in process for the uniquedesign of the hyperwall.

The hyperwall recently was featuredat a technology showcase on communi-cation and computer hardware/soft-ware presented in January by the Girvan

Institute of Technology at the MoffettTraining and Conference Center. Anarticle about the hyperwall appeared inthe fall 2002 issue of Gridpoints, pub-lished by the NASA AdvancedSupercomputing Division, Code IN.

For an online version of the story,see ‘What’s All the Hype? The visionbehind the hyperwall’ at: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Main/Features/2002/Fall/hyperwall.html

David Ellsworth (left) and Chris Henze viewing satellite imagery on thehyperwall.

Chris Henze assembling the hyperwall in Building T27A.

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Following a long illness with mus-cular dystrophy, Dr. Lizbeth M. Kraftdied on Nov. 29, 2002. She will bemissed by many.

Born in Vienna, Austria in 1920,Kraft immigrated to the United Stateswith her family in 1923 and was natural-ized as a citizen in 1929. She completedher pre-college education in publicschools in Schenectady, NY and went onto earn a bachelor’s degree in botanyfrom the New York College of Agricul-ture at Cornell University.

In 1942, Kraft entered the College ofVeterinary Medicine at Cornell and re-ceived her doctor of veterinary medi-cine degree in 1945. In the context of thetimes, Kraft was a true pioneer in theveterinary profession, as few womenwere successful in gaining admission toveterinary schools and fewer still suc-cessfully graduated with the D.V.M./V.M.D. degree.

Following her graduation from vet-erinary school, Kraft worked at a num-ber of prestigious institutions where shespecialized in veterinary microbiology.Early in her professional career, she de-veloped an interest in the diagnosis, pre-vention and treatment of murine(mouse) viruses. While a research asso-ciate at Yale in 1958, Kraft published theseminal paper on the control and natu-ral history of epidemic diarrhea of in-fant mice, a disastrous disease thenprevalent in mouse-breeding colonies.The microbial control concepts con-tained in this publication led to the in-vention of the filter-top for rodent cages

Space architect Gary Martinbriefed Ames personnel in Januaryabout NASA's developing plans forthe next generation of human and ro-botic missions in space.

Martin has been asked to developan integrated space exploration planfor NASA that will guide funding al-locations and new initiative develop-ment in all the enterprises over thenext decade. Mission concepts underconsideration extend human explora-tion beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) andultimately to Mars.

Reporting to NASA's Deputy Ad-ministrator Frederick Gregory and theJoint Strategic Analysis Committee,Martin will lead the space architectteam, composed of representativesfrom all NASA enterprises and cen-ters, to develop the science rationale,mission concepts and science and tech-nology investment strategies that en-able the nation's next steps in space.

(often referred to as ‘Kraft tops’ early intheir use) that have contributed signifi-cantly to the prevention of the transmis-sion of rodent disease organisms sincethen.

Throughout her professional career,Kraft worked for improved standardsof care for laboratory animals and betterstandards of quality for laboratory ro-dents. For her research and advocacyefforts, she received many accolades andawards, including the Griffin award in1972, from the American Association forLaboratory Animal Science (AALAS)and the Charles River Prize in 1981. Shewas recognized as a ‘founder’ of thespecialty of laboratory animal medicine,having been quite active in the estab-lishment of the American College ofLaboratory Animal Medicine, achiev-ing diplomate status in 1961 and servingon the college’s board of directors from1965 to 1970 and as the college’s presi-dent in 1966. Further, she was an earlysupporter of AALAS and served on itsboard of trustees and executive boardfrom 1964 to 1967.

Kraft retired from active veterinaryactivities in 1988 after completing herprofessional career with an 11-year tourof duty as staff veterinarian and researchscientist at Ames. While with Ames, shereceived three achievement awards forher accomplishments supporting NASAbiomedical research programs. Herpublished legacy includes nearly 60publications pertaining to laboratoryanimal science.

In her ‘retirement,’ Kraft emerged

as a respected visual artist, capable ofworking in multi-media. She was anenthusiastic supporter of the art com-munity in the Silicon Valley area and

worked to expand various programsnow enjoyed by the members of thePacific Art League. For her contribu-tions to the arts, Kraft was elected aspresident of the Pacific Art League in1992 after receiving its Elizabeth NortonDistinguished Service award in 1990.

In 1994, she took over the organiza-tion of the local artist community’s an-nual event, ‘Silicon Valley Open Stu-dios’ exhibit, part of a worldwide pro-gram that connects artists, primarilythose living or working in Silicon Val-ley, and art enthusiasts. Working out ofher home, she oversaw the growth of theevent from one with 110 artist partici-pants in 1994 to one with 350 partici-pants in 2002.

Also, largely through her efforts, anon-profit organization, Silicon ValleyVisual Arts, was founded in 1999 andassumed responsibility for the annualopen studios event, assuring its conti-nuity into the future.

Prior to her death, Kraft requestedthat any memorial donations should bemade to the Lizbeth Kraft MemorialFund, Silicon Valley Visual Arts, P.O.Box 60327, Palo Alto, CA 94306-0327 orthe Muscular Dystrophy Association (inmemory of Lisbeth Kraft), P.O. Box78342, Phoenix, Ariz. 85062-8342 (or onthe Web at: http://www.mdause.org/donate). Please specify that contribu-tions should go toward research onmuscular dystrophy.

A memorial service was held onFeb. 1 at the Palo Alto Art Center.

‘Next Steps in Space’ briefing held

Memorial service held for Dr. Lizbeth Kraft

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Space architect Gary Martin at Ames at arecent briefing on NASA’s developing plansfor the next generation of human androbotic space missions.

NASA photo by Tom Trower

BY RICHARD C. SIMMONDS, D.V.M., M.S.DIRECTOR, LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE

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Freedom To Manage visits Mega Bites

BY KATHY BURTON

AND DENNIS GONZALES

continued from front pagepromotion lasted for eight weeks andinvolved about 20 dedicated AF2M teammembers,” she said.

Those who took part termed theeffort a success, with over 50 Ames em-ployees taking AF2M suggestion formsor promising to submit useful sugges-tions.

However, AF2Mers say, enterprisewas required. “Every Wednesday dur-ing burrito and tostada day, we armedourselves with F2M poster boards, leaf-lets and candy to go campaign aboutF2M,” said Dennis Gonzales, Web de-signer and developer for the Documen-tation Technology Branch (Code JIT).Though team members started out sit-ting behind the table, waiting for thehungry crowds to approach so theycould preach the gospel of F2M, he said,“instead, the hungry crowds wentstraight for the cash registers and com-pletely ignored us.”

Gonzales and his teammates de-cided to follow in the footsteps of “thoseguys at the airports wearing orange robesand bells,” by approaching people, hand-ing out leaflets and talking. Fast.

Gonzales says he learned a lot abouthuman behavior that day. “I quicklypicked up interesting signals and whatI call ‘avoidspeak’ body language thatpeople use in order to avoid you,” hesaid. “Many people avoided lookingdirectly at you. Or, they would mutter.‘I'm a contractor,’ or ‘I’ve already heardof AF2M,’ or ‘I’ve already got a leaflet,’or ‘I don't work here.’ Gonzales’ favoritebrush-off was ‘I'll be back.’

Deb Wood, associate director (act-ing) for R&D Services (Code F) also no-ticed techniques Ames employees usedto avoid contact. “People would walkquickly, avoid making eye contact andeven stop going to the cashier on theright,” she said. “But we persevered,and things started to click.”

Phil Snyder, associate director (act-ing) of Aerospace (Code A), found hismost useful method for connecting withpeople was to reach out with the AF2Mmessage to his network of co-workersand people he already knew. “Thatmethod worked beautifully,” he said.“While I was there to inform peopleabout AF2M and solicit ideas, chattingwith old friends turned out to be a wayto break the ice and catch up with long-time friends.”

Snyder found that once he explainedwhat AF2M was about, many peopleimmediately came up with robust ideas,which he volunteered to submit to theAF2M database on their behalf. “Mymessage to people was that AF2M is notabout creating more management con-straints, it’s about removing impedi-ments to efficiency.”

One good suggestion Snyder re-ceived focused on the response of Amesemployees during an emergency and itsaftermath, such as a major earthquakeor a nuclear, biological or chemical at-tack. “The suggestion was to better de-fine the correct response of ordinaryAmes employees, both their level of‘event awareness’ during an emergencyand also the appropriate actions theyshould take in the aftermath,” he said.This suggestion is currently being ad-dressed by Code Q and Code JP, thedivision with emergency services re-sponsibilities, with a response expectedlater in the year.

Those who took part in the cafeteriapromotion found it useful. “Giving upmy lunch break was well worth it if I

was able to get even one person inter-ested in AF2M,” said Gonzales.

“To sum it up, we had a lot of funtalking to colleagues and getting theword out about AF2M,” said Haines.She also said that Ames employees don’thave to worry about having their lunchesinterrupted anytime soon, since no morecafeteria promotions are currentlyplanned. However, she said, there maybe other AF2M promotions in the worksthat will involve Ames’ lunch-timecrowd. She dropped a brief hint, with atwinkle in her eye, “Think McDonald’splacemats!” she said.

To submit a suggestion to AF2M orfind out more about it, visit the Web at:http://af2m.arc.nasa.gov

In January, Bob Javinsky (EASI), con-tractor co-chair of the Ames ContractorCouncil (ACC), presented a check for$1,000 to the Foothill- De Anza Commu-nity College District NASA/Ames In-ternship Program’sscholarship fund.Vice chair DaveAppling of AlliedAerospace andsecretary MarlaArcadi of ELORETalso took part inthe presentation.

“The Contrac-tor Council iscommitted to en-hancing the qual-ity of life at Amesthrough contribu-tions to keyprograms,” saidAppling.

“Our intern-ship program ac-tively engages stu-dents in NASAAmes projects toenhance theirknowledge andcontribute to the NASA mission.” saidValerie Sermon, director of the intern-ship program. The program has pro-vided 3,256 interns since 1971. Today,407 former interns are employed atNASA and 150 interns currently serveNASA Ames.

A goal of NASA Ames is to gener-ate a new work force. The internshipprogram supports this workforce de-velopment mission by providing intern-

ship opportunities that: 1) raise students’level of confidence and competencethrough hands-on experience; 2) expandstudents’ knowledge of career options;and 3) provide valuable work experi-

ence and increase professional exper-tise.

The internship program is currentlyrecruiting new interns for NASA Ames.To sponsor an intern, contact ValerieSermon at ext. 4-5560 or e-mail her at:vsermon@mail.arc.nasa.gov. Positiondescription forms are available onlineat: www.foothillfhda.edu/nasa.

ACC donates to internship program

Officers of the Ames Contractor Council present a $1,000 scholarship funddonation to FHDACCD Internship Program Director Valerie Sermon andintern Esther L. Guardado recently.

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BY JOHN BLUCK

In an effort to help create spacecraftthat can think, NASA and a group of sixcolleges led by Purdue University re-cently met in West Lafayette, Ind., to

officially launch the NASA Institute forNanoelectronics and Computing.

Institute scientists and engineers willcollaborate to work on methods to makeelectronics measured in nanometers--much smaller than today’s components.A nanometer is roughly 100,000 timessmaller than the width of a human hair.Purdue scientists will work with re-searchers at Northwestern, Cornell andYale universities, the University ofFlorida and the University of Californiaat San Diego.

"Innovative technologies developedunder the auspices of the institute willbenefit the U.S. space program for de-cades to come," said Purdue PresidentMartin C. Jischke. "The research alsowill benefit Indiana and society in gen-eral through possible technology spin-offs; and it will provide learning oppor-tunities for our best students, who rep-resent the coming generation of scien-tists and engineers," he added.

“The team based at Purdue will belooking at several novel, unconventionaltechnologies for NASA mission needs,”said Meyya Meyyappan, director of the

Center for Nanotechnology at NASAAmes. The technologies will have appli-cations for commercial systems as well,according to Meyyappan.

A meeting at Purdue was held toformally announce the new NASA insti-tute. Researchers held a series of meet-ings to discuss the new institute andanother new federally-fundednanotechnology effort.

The institute will be based atPurdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center,one of four centers that will be part of therecently created Discovery Park. Thepark will be a complex of facilities thatuse a multidisciplinary approach to de-velop new technologies.

Future computers will make space-craft more autonomous so they can bet-ter function in remote regions of spacewithout the need for human interven-tion, said Supriyo Datta, director of theinstitute and Purdue's Thomas Duncandistinguished professor of electrical andcomputer engineering.

"The research will focus on improv-ing the electronics for NASA space mis-sions, which require lots of computa-

Universities begin new computer institute with NASAtion, sensing, data collection, storageand communication," Datta said. "Thesystem has to be able to respond tounexpected circumstances.”

The ‘brains’ of future spacecraft willbe miniature supercomputers, accord-ing to scientists. "For all decisions to bemade right at the spacecraft, instead ofat mission control here on Earth, re-quires enormous computing power, or-ders of magnitude more than what wehave today," Meyyappan said. "Thesecomputers will have to come in smallpackages, because you can't haul a bunchof mainframes into space."

The institute is one of seven newuniversity research, engineering andtechnology institutes created by NASA.The NASA institute at Purdue will con-tain four major facilities: the BirckNanotechnology Center, the BindleyBioscience Center, the Burton D. Mor-gan Center for Entrepreneurship and ane-Enterprise center.

Technical information about NASAnanotechnology can be found on theWeb at: http://ipt.arc.nasa.gov

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NASA Ames is commemoratingnational African-American HistoryMonth by focusing on the many con-tributions and extraordinary accom-plishments that men and women ofAfrican-American decent have made,and continue to make, as part of animportant component of ourworkforce. We appreciate and payspecial tribute to these individuals fortheir continued leadership, dedicationand outstanding service in the fields ofscience, education, business, politicsand the arts. This year's theme fornational African American HistoryMonth is ‘The Souls of Black Folk:Centennial Reflections.’

African-American leaders and in-stitutions have long distinguishedthemselves. African-American chem-ists, biologists, inventors, engineersand mathematicians have contributedin both large and small ways, and theaccomplishments of the past andpresent can serve as pathfinders topresent and future engineers and sci-entists. Granville T. Woods, electricalengineer, mechanical engineer andinventor, invented the telegram sys-tem in 1887, and is better known for hiscontributions in developing the ‘thirdrail’ concept in mass-transit subway

systems and developing the ‘trolley’system for trolley cars.

In 1961, Ozzie Williams was incharge of developing and producingrocket control systems as a rocket pro-pulsion engineer, and these controlsystems were used in guiding lunarlanding modules during NASA'sApollo moon landing.

African-American NASA astro-nauts such as Ed Dwight (America'sfirst black astronaut) and Dr. Mae C.Jemison, and leaders such as Dr. Mar-tin Luther King Jr., whose legacy ofnonviolence and work to championcivil rights continue to inspire peoplethroughout the nation, are only a fewexamples of many prominent and dis-tinguished African-Americans whohave left their mark in the fields of inscience, public service, governmentand politics.

To celebrate and acknowledge theAfrican-American History Month,there are several events plannedthroughout the Bay Area communi-ties during the month of February.Ames employees are encouraged toparticipate in local community eventsand activities in honor of this specialand important observance.

February is African-American History Month

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If you have any used books, CDs,DVDs or VHS tapes that you are nolonger using, consider donatingthem to the Ames Child Care Center(ACCC) fundraiser.

The ACCC is raising money fornew playground equipment and asa non-profit organization, it can is-sue a donations receipt for your taxes.

Donations can be dropped offacross from Gate 17 at the AmesChild Care Center or pickup can bearranged by contacting Maja at emailmaja@sbcglobal.net or call (650) 988-6993 or Sally at (650) 224-9268.

Got any used CDs?

...Margaret Richardson, in Prepar-ing for the Voluntary ProtectionPrograms, Copyright @ 1999 by JohnWiley & Sons

VPP STAR Tip

The documented job hazard analy-sis breaks down the job, determinesthe hazards that exist or might oc-cur and recommends preventionsor controls.

Kalpana Chawla, one of the astro-nauts who died on Feb 1, 2003, was mycolleague and friend. For several years,

she had the office literally next door tome at Ames. We saw each other everyday. We went to the same seminars. Wewent to the same meetings. We went tothe same parties.

Her specialty was aerodynamicssimulation. I had the pleasure of work-ing with her on several projects. Shetutored me on the techniques I neededto implement ‘overset grid methods’ onthe connection machine (a special kindof supercomputer). She was a leadingexpert on these techniques.

When she was accepted by the as-tronaut corps she left behind, withouthesitation, her career as a computa-tional aerodynamicist at Ames to trainfor spaceflight at NASA in Texas. Iasked her when and if she thought shewould actually fly. She told me it wouldtake a few years but she would fly -because once you are accepted into thecorps, you fly. It would be a wasteotherwise, for the agency and for thetrainees.

She loved flying as well as the sci-ence of flight. She was both a privatepilot and an aerodynamic engineer. Shemade the transition to astronaut afteryears of working for NASA in aerody-namics and after the Challenger acci-dent and subsequent investigation. Sheknew the risks. She accepted them with

absolute enthusiasm and no equivoca-tion. Even before her first shuttle mis-sion in 1997, she had become a hero to allIndians and especially to all Indian girls.

I'm sure she did her job on the shuttlecrew with the same unique blend ofserious intensity and humor that I re-member from her days at Ames. I hadalways thought we would see her comeback to Ames. Perhaps someday as thedirector. Everyone who knew her andindeed everyone in both of her countriesis shocked and in grief. But grief is notthe lasting message. The lasting mes-sage is, I believe, spoken to all the girlsof India and thence to all young peoplein our planetary culture. The message is

Editor’s note: Kalpana Chawla worked atAmes from 1988 to 1993 on powered-liftcomputational fluid dynamics. This is atribute from one of her co-workers at Ames.

A tribute to Kalpana Chawla of the STS-107 crew

BY CREON LEVIT

Kalpana Chawla

that with education, perseverance andconfidence you can achieve your goals,you can realize your dreams, you canachieve singular heroism.

We here have the enormous privi-lege of working together in support ofour planet's first conscious steps into thegreater cosmos. I implore us to honorKalpana and the extent of her dedica-tion by doing what is right--not merelywhat is expedient. Take strength, takeinspiration from her example. She diednot after a life of pursuing her owncomfort but rather in the midst of pursu-ing our highest collective goals.

On Feb. 6, Jack Boyd, executive assistant to NASA Ames' center director (second from left)greets Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller (right) as Tom Moyles, center operations director(third from left) and David Morse, special assistant to the center director, (far left) look on.

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Harry Devoto

The sun rose on the life of HarryJohn DeVoto, born April 11, 1918 in S.

Norfolk, Va. The sun set on his life Jan.2, 2003 in San Ramon, Calif., relinquish-ing his life to lung cancer. His physicalbody succumbed to this disease, but nothis spirit.

He was 84 years old and led a fulland vibrant life. He excelled in manysports; basketball, tennis, golf, sailing,scuba diving, jogging, cycling and ski-ing. He had a zest for life and wasinterested in a great many things, al-ways active in a variety of projects.DeVoto was a man held in high esteemby his family and peers alike. He wasadmired and appreciated and will be sogreatly missed by all those who sharedhis life and knew him.

DeVoto was recruited to work forNACA at Langley Field, Va., while inthe Army Air Force and was transferredto NACA-Ames Aeronautical Labora-tory at Moffett Field, which later be-came NASA Ames. He retired in 1972 aschief of the Graphics and Exhibits Divi-sion. His later years were spent joyfully,filled with genealogy research, travel-ing, sometimes abroad, golfing and, withhis wife, enjoyed their beloved train col-lection.

He is survived and will be sorelymissed by his loving wife, ShirleyDeVoto. He is also leaving his twochildren; his son, Daniel Harry DeVoto,and daughter-in-law Molly ofPleasanton, and his daughter, DonnaMay DeVoto of Tracy. One of his twobrothers, Daniel S. DeVoto of Pittman,New Jersey predeceased him, May 19,2002 at the age of 83 years. His younger

brother, John Edwin DeVoto, is a resi-dent of Wilmington, Del. He is sur-vived by 4 grandchildren: Alissa DeVoto,of Pleasanton; John Lombard of Ft.Benning, Ga.; Dianne Lombard of Den-ver, Colo.; and Michelle Deangelo ofDenton, Texas. He is also survived by

Harry DeVoto, former Ames employee, passes away

The Ames Contractor Council(ACC) was honored recently to presenta special donation to the Ames ChildCare Center (ACCC). The ACCC waschosen by the council as a deservingorganization that improves the qualityof life for employees at Ames. The dona-tion was received with enthusiasm andexcitement, in an-ticipation of the pos-sibilities for its use.

Bob Javinsky ofEnterprise Advi-sory Services Inc.,and ACC contractorco-chair confirms,“NASA Ames Con-tractor Council ispleased to have thisopportunity to helpan organization thatis such a vital re-source to manyNASA Ames em-ployees. We are de-lighted with thefeedback we havereceived from thechildcare center andare excited to be ableto contribute to theoverall success oftheir program.”

“The AmesChild Care Center plans to use the fundsto purchase a digital camera for use inenhancing the teaching styles and op-tions of our staff. This new equipmentwill allow us to improve our recordingand observation techniques as well asgive us another mechanism for staff toencourage early childhood develop-ment,” stated Lisa McNee, ACCC direc-tor. “Generous organizations like theAmes Contractor Council’s help makeour program the best it can be for ourchildren.”

The ACCC provides full-time careand development for approximately 80infant, toddler and preschool childrenof employees at Ames and Moffett Field.The focus is on creating a nurturing,caring environment that enhances indi-vidual growth and encourages groupinteraction. Professionals that are dedi-

six great-grandchildren: Terry, Kirstinand Josh Deangelo, and Ashley, Kaylaand Tristin Lombard. All who knewDeVoto will smile in remembrance ofhim as they hear the echo of him sayinghis familiar ‘Over and Out.’

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ACC supports Ames Child Care Centercated to early childhood developmentstaff the center; many have training anddegrees that target the unique needs ofyoung children. The ACCC has been inoperation since 1985, supported by fa-cilities provided by NASA Ames. Thefunding for the operational expenses ofthe ACCC comes from tuition paid by

the parents. Enhancements to the pro-gram rely upon donations andfundraising.

The center is accredited by the Na-tional Association for the Education ofYoung Children (NAEYC). NAEYC ac-creditation is a rigorous, voluntary pro-cess by which early childhood programsdemonstrate they meet national stan-dards of excellence. This prestigious rec-ognition has been achieved by approxi-mately 7 percent of early childhood pro-grams nationwide. Children's languageand social skills especially benefit fromthe better quality found in NAEYC-ac-credited programs. "This program pro-motes children's success in school aswell as in life," said McNee.

Ames is in the beginning stages ofbuilding a new, permanent facility on a

Making the donation presentation to the Ames Child Care Centerrecently was Bob Javinsky of Enterprise Advisory Services Inc, ACCcontractor co-chair; Dave Appling of Allied Aerospace, ACC vice chair;and Marla Arcadi of ELORET Corp, ACC secretary/treasurer. Receivingthe donation was Lisa McNee, ACCC director; Brad Switzer, ACCCassistant director; Thomas Maier, board president; and Cheryl Quinn,vice-president. From left to right: Marla Arcadi, Lisa McNee, DaveAppling, Bob Javinsky, Brad Switzer, Cheryl Quinn and Thomas Maier.

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Event CalendarAmes Amateur Radio Club, third Thursday of each

month, 12 noon, N-T28 (across from N-255). POC:Michael Wright, KG6BFK, at ext. 4-6262.

Ames Ballroom Dance Club. Classes on Tuesdays.Begin classes at 6:15 p.m. Higher-level class meets at 5:15p.m. Held in Bldg. 944, the Rec. Center. POC: HelenHwang, hwang@dm1.arc.nasa.gov.

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-215,Rm. 212. POC: Tom Maier, ext 4-3643.

Ames Contractor Council Mtg, first Wednesday eachmonth, 11 a.m., N-200, Comm. Rm. POC: Anita Fogtman,ext. 4-4432.

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: bmohlenhoff@mail.arc.nasa.gov.

Ames Federal Employees Union (AFEU) Mtg, thirdWednesday of ea. month, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Bldg. 19, Rm1042. Info: http://www.afeu.org. POC: Marianne, 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: Julieext. 4-4694 or Tony ext. 4-0340.

Ames Model Aircraft Club, flying radio-controlled aircraftat the north end of Parsons Ave. on weekend mornings. POC:Mark Sumich, ext. 4-6193.

Ames Sailing Club Mtg, 2nd Thurs of month, 11.30a.m. -1 p.m. POC: Diane Purcell ext.4-3232. Check Web site forcalender of events at: http://sail.arc.nasa.gov

Environmental, Health and Safety InformationForum, first Thursday of each month, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.,Bldg. 19/Rm 1040. URL: http://q.arc.nasa.gov/qe/events/EHSseries/ POC: Julie Morsellino at ext. 4-6810.

The Hispanic Advisory Committee for ExcellenceHACE Mtg, first Thurs of month in N255 room 101C from11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. POC: Eric Kristich at ext. 4-5137and Mark Leon at ext. 4-6498.

Jetstream Toastmasters, Mondays, 12 p.m. to 1p.m., N-269/Rm. 179. POC: Cathy Payne at ext. 4-0003.

Model HO/HOn3 Railroad Train Club, Bldg. 126,across from south end of Hangar One. Work nights: usuallyFridays, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Play time: Sundays, 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. John (408) 735-4954 (W) or (408) 281-2899 (H).

Nat'l Association of Retired Federal Employees,(NARFE), Join to protect your federal retirement. 1st Fri. ofea. month. S. J. Chptr #50. Mar. 1, 11 a.m., lunch, $6.50,Home Town Buffett, 2670 El Camino, Santa Clara. Prog:Visit by CA State President of NARFE. POC: Earl Keener(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, Rm1096. POC: Mike Liu at ext. 4-1132.

The NASA Ames Fitness Centersponsors a 5K or 2-mile race the thirdTuesday of every month.

The following runners were hon-ored for completing all of the monthlyraces, two Fun Runs and two 10K

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From left to right:Runners honored forFitness Center perfect raceparticipation in 2002were: Susan White,Nancy Dunagan (FitnessCenter manager), MikeRogers and Rick McIlmoil.

Perfect race attendancerecogntion for NASA Ames runners

races during 2002: Susan White,Rodger Mueller, Mike Rogers, ArtJoly, Rick McIlmoil and DennisJespersen. There is no cost for themonthly races. Newcomers are al-ways welcome.

new site. The new facility will havegreater capacity and provide for addi-tional improvements to the current pro-gram.

The Ames Contractor Council wasestablished at this center in 1987 as aforum for contractor and governmentmanagers to address common problemsand issues and to improve responsive-ness to the center’s continually chang-ing needs. Membership is open to allcontractors, subcontractors of any tier,and grant administrators, provided onlythat they have a resident presence atAmes. The council is committed to as-sisting Ames in providing world-classquality products and services that con-sistently meet or exceed all customerspecifications and expectations for tech-nical, schedule and cost performance.

The primary goals of the ACC are toform a partnership between Ames man-agement and contractor managers andimprove the working relationship be-tween the two parties and to activelywork together on management issues ofmutual interest to strengthen the part-nership. The ACC strives to provide anopen forum for innovative ideas thatrelate to the center’s current programsand future developments and help im-prove the general quality of life for allcenter employees. Through an annualawards ceremony, the ACC also pro-vides a forum for centerwide recogni-tion of excellent contractor employeeperformance.

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Exchange Information

Beyond Galileo N-235 (8 a.m. to 2 p.m.)ext. 4-6873

Ask about NASA customized gifts for specialoccasions. Make your reservations for Chase Park

Mega Bites N-235 (6 a.m. to 2 p.m.)ext. 4-5969

Visitor Center Gift Shop N-223(10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) ext. 4-5412

NASA logo merchandise, souvenirs, toys, gifts andeducational items.

Open 7 days a week, 7:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. Ratesfrom $40 - $50.

Vacation Opportunities

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

Lake Tahoe-Squaw Valley townhse, 3bd/2ba. Viewof slopes, close to lifts. Per night $250, two night min.Includes linens, cleaning, propane fireplace, fullyequipped. Call (650) 968-4155, DBMcKellar@aol.com

South Lake Tahoe Cottage w/wood fireplace andhot tub. Rates from $50 to $130 per night. Call (650)967-7659 or (650) 704-7732.

Vacation rental, Bass Lake CA 14 mls south ofYosemite. 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 house inlovely canyon setting. Fully eqpd kitchen. Access topriv. beach. Tub in patio gdn. Halfway between Carmel& Big Sur. $175/night for 2; $225 for 4 and $250 formore,plus $150 cleaning dep. Call (650) 328-4427.

Incline Village: Forest Pines, Lake Tahoe condo, 3bd/2 ba, sleeps 8. Fireplc, TV/VCR, MW, W/D, jacuzzi,sauna, pool. $120/night low season; $155/night highseason. $90 cleaning fee and 12% Nevada room tax.Charlie (650) 366-1873.

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

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

NASA Lodge (N-19) 603-7100

Tickets, etc...(N-235, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.)ext. 4-6873

See daily menu at: http://exchange.arc.nasa.gov

Ads for the next issue should be sent toastrogram@mail.arc.nasa.gov and must be resubmitted foreach issue. Ads must involve personal needs or items; (nocommercial/third-party ads) and will run on a space-available basis only. First-time ads are given priority. Adsmust include home phone numbers; Ames extensions andemail addresses will be accepted for carpool and lost andfound ads only. Due to the volume of material received,we are unable to verify the accuracy of the statementsmade in the ads. Caveat emptor!

Ames Classifieds

Housing

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Car Pool

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All Ames employees are invited to submitarticles relating to Ames projects and activitiesfor publication in the Astrogram. When submit-ting stories or ads for publication, submit yourmaterial, along with any questions, in MS wordby e-mail to: astrogram@mail.arc.nasa.gov onor before the deadline.

Deadline: Publication:Feb. 26 March 2003Mar. 26 April 2003Apr. 29 May 2003

Astrogram deadlines

Ames Public Radio and Phone1700 KHz AM radio -- information

announcements and emergency instructions, whenappropriate, for Ames employees. The emergencyinformation phone number for Ames is (650) 604-9999.

Civil Contractors ServantsNot recordablefirst aid cases 1 4

Recordable nolost time cases 0 0

Restricted workday 0 0cases

Lost workday cases 0 0

Data above is for January 2003.

Safety Data

For sale: 2 bd/2.5 ba townhouse, San José; 2-story w/2 master suites, end unit, 2-car garage, 1,241 sq ft, 1 blockto H280/680, close to Willow Glen area; great condition;$350K. Mark (408) 279-2168.

Quiet 600 sq foot, 1 bd/1 ba cottage in Campbell.Hardwood in living room, fridge, self-cleaning gas range,shared washer/dryer, priv. yard. Cat OK. $1,150/mo.Close to H85 on Virginia Av; cross San Tomas/W. CampbellAve. Call (650) 969-5867.

Sunnyvale, 1 bd aprtment. Large, clean, quiet. Nr FairOaks/H101. Free laundry. $850/mo. Call (408) 988-0880.

For rent, 2bd/1ba house, in Mtn. Vw., near Dana, H85and 237. Student special: $800/mo. Month-to-monthlease. Call (650) 322-0120.

Room for rent in Redwood City. Share w/prof'l femalein 2 bd/1.5 ba twnhs/duplex. $550/mo. includes utils, useof kitchen, laundry on site, priv. yard. Quiet/safe nghbrhd.N/S, no pets. Sec dep. req. Discount for commuters.Diane (650) 365-3690 or e-mail: rubiconjeep@yahoo.com

For rent: room in condo unit. Share unit with prof'lfemale, San José (near Campbell), female pref’d, no pets,N/S, $650/mo. + half utils. Avail. begin. March 24. Call(408) 977-0673 or e-mail at: cecemad93@earthlink.net.

Roommate wanted. 10 mins from Ames and close todowntown. Newer Mt. View townhouse, W/D and DSL.Complex has hot tub and swimming pool. N/S Femalepreferred $630 per mo + 1/3 utils. Call (650) 969-2563.

Mster bdrm w/priv. bthrm. Use of kitchen, liv. rm, W/D, shared w/two male prof’ls. Male/female OK. No pets, N/S pref’d. Month to month; prefer commitment of 6 mos.$650/mo. + $250 dep. + 1/3 utils. (water/garbage paid).Kevin (408) 723-2115 or e-mail: khoward@myway.com

1bd/1ba condo (furnished or not) within short walk toAmes. Resort-style setting. Pool, spa, gym. Full remod. Allnew appliances, paint, carpet, lighting. Gas, water, garbagepaid. $1,250. Must see! Call (650) 804-0860.

Sailboat 1/4 partnership. 25' Pacific Seacraft in FortMason marina (San Francisco). $3,500 or B/O. E-mailsilvanopc@yahoo.com or (415) 828-0513.

Mini motor-home, self-contained. 119K mls, '87 FordEconoline engine. $7,000 or B/O. Runs great. Nds somebody wrk. Email silvanopc@yahoo.com or (415) 828-0513.

Old dining table set. Rattan. Thick 3/8 glass oval top(65" x 42") 4 comfortable cushioned swivel chairs. Bestoffer. Shirley B. (408) 777-0277.

Computer desk plus separate bookcase, birch veneer,like-new from IKEA, built-in keyboard tray and CD rack.$35. Call (408) 295-2160.

TV armoire w/2 drawers plus matching end table w/2drawers, perfect for bedroom, stained honey-color finish,like-new $65. Call (408) 295-2160.

Torso Track exercise equipment. Simple to use,lightweight, easy to store. Works entire abdominal area,back, shoulders and arms. Includes power bar owner'smanual and instruction video. $75. New condition. Call(650) 968-1899 leave message.

Reclining chair, $35; 28 inch square end table, $30;stereo cabinet and speakers, $50; TV stand, $20; 9 cu.ft.freezer, $45; portable ,microwave with table, $25. Call(408) 255-8362.

Loveseat, $100. Recliner, $75. Oak parquet diningtable w/4 chairs, $100. End table and sofa table, $75. Call(408) 865-1157.

Apple Computer, iMac G4 700MHz, 128MB RAM40GB HD CD-RW drive, 15” TFT, “New in the box”. $995or B/O. Call (831) 336-8973.

‘72 Austin Mini. 4 cyl. 1275cc right-hand drive. Anoriginal! White w/teal roof and hood stripes, snrf, gdbrakes/shocks. New: alt, batt, tires, wipers, horn, andantenna. Clear CA title/never needs to be smogged. Greatcondition. $7,900 or B/O. Mike (408) 433-1668.

‘74 GMC 3/4 ton pickup 41K mls on rebuilt 350 motorand 350 trans. Many new parts, $2,400 or B/O. Call (408)615-1420 or (408) 515-2631.

‘76 Ford Ranchero GT. 460, AT, red paint with blackinterior, loaded! Stored many years, needs TLC. Runsgood. $2,450 or B/O. Scott (510) 317-1809.

‘78 JEEP CJ7, 6 cyl, 5 spd, d300 t-case, roll cage, ps.32" tires, 2 1/2" Rancho lift, runs and looks good. Orangepaint with black interior. Comes with bikini top and 1/2doors. $5,250 or B/O. Scott (510) 317-1809.

‘88 Jaguar XJ6 Sedan 4D, very good condition, lowmiles, well maintained. $3,950 or B/O. Call (510) 324-7187 or (510) 304-4487.

‘91 Ford Taurus LX, V6 automatic, high mls., fadedext. paint, interior in gd cond, gd tires and brakes, am/fmcass. Reliable commuter, used synthetic oil since new, newin box OEM spare parts, water pump, fuel pump and drivebelts. Nds new seal on transmission drive shaft. $500. JoseRustia (408)205-2722 or jrustia@aol.com.

‘96 Toyota Camry LE, V6, 134K mls, exc. cond, verywell maintained, records. $5,800. Call (650) 279-2703.

‘97 Honda Civic LX, 50K mls, black, automatic, CD,alloy rims, immaculate cond, very well maintained. Kelly'sBlue value $10,600; asking $8,500. Call (650) 604-1438.

‘00 Chevy Malibu, Black, 26K mls, fully loaded w/ sunand moon roof, tinted windows, under warranty thru 2005,great condition. $10,500 or B/O. Call (408) 910-0374.

‘01 F350 Lariat crew cab dually 4x4 truck. 64K mls on7.3 liter diesel, 6 spd, long bed, super duty. White paintwith tan leather interior. Fully loaded with all options. Lotsof power, includes Hypertech chip. Asking $28,900 or B/O.Scott (510) 317-1809.

Car pool from Pleasanton. Contact Natalio Mingo at:mingo@nas.nasa.gov, or call ext. 4-1776 or DeepakKulkarni at kulkarni@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov or ext. 4-4869.

Beautiful, large solid oak desk (5' X 3') and return withmany drawers. Full ornate vanity panel all sides. Excellentcondition. $300. Can deliver. Call (650) 804-0860.

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Dr. Seth Shostak of the SETI insti-tute will give a non-technical illustratedtalk on March 5 at 7 p.m., about 'Whathappens after contact: Responding to amessage from space.'

The lecture will be given at theSmithwick Theater at Foothill College,located on El Monte Road and Freeway280 in Los Altos Hills.

Shostek, a senior astronomer at theSearch for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence(SETI) Institute in Mountain View, willdiscuss what plans scientists have if theydetect a radio message from an aliencivilization out among the stars. He willexamine how any such messages will beverified (to avoid hoaxes), how the news

How to answer a message from spacewill be announced, how informationfrom the message would be dissemi-nated and how humanity might decidewhether and how to reply.

Shostek is renowned for his abilityto explain astronomical ideas (and theirimplications for society) in everyday lan-guage and is the author of 'Sharing theUniverse: Perspectives on Extra-terres-trial Life.'

The event is free and open to thepublic. For more information, call theseries hotline at (650) 949-7888.

The event is co-sponsored by Ames,Foothill College astronomy program, theSETI Institute and the Astronomical So-ciety of the Pacific.

The Ames Macintosh SupportGroup (MSG) will present a Mac OS Xvendor fair on Tuesday, March 4 from10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the MoffettTraining and Conference Center, inBldg. 3.

During this event, vendors willshowcase their Mac OS X compatibleproducts and display them 'expo-style'in the ballroom while select short-prod-uct presentations will be provided 'semi-nar-style' in the Macon room. The event'sfocus will be on Mac OS X and the soft-ware and hardware offerings for thescientific, programming, graphics andgeneral purpose user communities.

Mac OS X is Apple's UNIX-basedoperating system. It provides an indus-trial-strength, standards-based operat-ing system engineered for stability,scalability and reliability and yet has theease of use that you would expect fromApple. Mac OS X can easily connect toand interoperate with Windows-basedsystems, is Section 508 compliant andoffers numerous new features.

A Web site with additional detailsabout this event, including the currentlist of vendors expected to attend, can befound at: http://msg.arc.nasa.gov/macosx/vendor2003.html For more in-formation contact Julie ext. 4-4694 orTony at ext. 4-0340.

Mac OS Xvendor fair set

NACA Reunion X will be held inCleveland, OH, Oct. 10 - 12, 2003. If youhave not already received your invita-tion, please send your name and ad-dress to:

NACA Reunion X Committeec/o NASA Glenn Research CenterMail Stop 500-31121000 Brookpark RoadCleveland, OH 44135

Attention NACA retireesYou can also call (216) 433-5358

and leave your name and addressand we will get the necessary infor-mation out to you. We look forwardto hearing from you.

-- NACA Reunion X Committee