Reporters Invited To "Dig It" With NASA in Hawaii
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notícias
Get free e-mail news / Receba nossas notícias por e-mail
HILO, Hawaii -- Reporters are invited to field tests of NASA equipment
and concept vehicles that demonstrate how explorers might prospect
for resources and make their own oxygen for survival while on other
planetary bodies. The demonstrations will take place Thursday, Feb.
4, starting at 9 a.m. HST, outside of Hilo, Hawaii.
Journalists will be able to observe and photograph tests of prototype
rovers designed to prospect for ice in craters and systems to
manufacture oxygen from soil. Engineers involved in the systems'
development will be available for interviews.
Reporters should contact Kimberly Land at 757-746-4749
(kimberly.w.land@nasa.gov), or Ashley Edwards at 202-358-1756
(ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov) by Friday, Jan.22, to attend. Access to
the test site requires an escort and a letter of assignment on
company letterhead for credentials.
This second round of Hawaii field tests highlights international
collaboration. U.S., Canadian, and German scientists and engineers
will test concepts for survival, transportation, communication, fuel
production, and construction on other planetary bodies. The Pacific
International Space Center for Exploration Systems, or PISCES, at the
University of Hawaii, Hilo, hosts the collaborative mission.
NASA's In Situ Resource Utilization project develops methods for
explorers to take advantage of resources at potential landing sites.
For more information about NASA's exploration plans, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/
For more information about PISCES, visit:
http://pisces.uhh.hawaii.edu
Source: NASA
