…Moon quest brings new hope to NASA
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 11th, 2008 4:34 am by HL
…Moon quest brings new hope to NASA
The unassuming log cabin has long symbolized the American drive to tame and settle the frontier. But if aerospace engineer Robert Howard Jr., age 36, is successful, 21st-century settlers will live in a dwelling that might resemble an oversized balloon or soup can. As manager of the “habitability design center” at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Howard is helping to create a dwelling that could comfortably house four people on the moon for at least half a year. He is one of many NASA employees who will be speaking at this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival (from June 25 to 29 and July 2 to 6, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.), which will commemorate the space agency’s 50th anniversary…
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