ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Odyssey Spacecraft's Successful Mars Orbit.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2001 TOPIC: The Mars Odyssey spacecraft circled the Red Planet on its first full day in orbit, Wednesday, two years after its last mission and the one before that had failed. The Associated Press quotes retiring NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin as saying, "This embodies the American spirit. We showed we could win after being slammed a few times." The spacecraft's mission is to study the makeup of Mars and search for frozen reservoirs of water, which could help determine if life ever existed there. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Jay Rixse is the vice president of strategic marketing for Emergent emergent /emer·gent/ (e-mer´jent) 1. coming out from a cavity or other part. 2. pertaining to an emergency. emergent 1. coming out from a cavity or other part. 2. coming on suddenly. Information Technology. Mr. Rixse is a retired CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). analyst. He is an expert in space policy, commercial remote sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. , export of space related software, hardware and products. PR: Chuck DeVore Charles S. DeVore (born May 20, 1962) is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing the 70th District, which includes portions of Orange County. (chuck.devore@emergent-IT.com) Dr. Thomas F. Heinsheimer is chief strategist for Steven Myers Steven Myers founded the defense and aerospace consulting firm SM&A (Steven Myers & Associates) in 1982. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Mathematics. He is a pilot, with an Airline Transport Pilot rating. & Associates, Inc. Dr. Heinsheimer has a Ph.D. in atmospheric physics Mr. Dennis L. Mammana is the resident astronomer at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is a science museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow . He has over 25 years of experience in the field. He is the author of six books, hundreds of popular magazine and encyclopedia articles and since, 1992, has written Stargazers, the only nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column on astronomy. 619/238-1233 ext. 759; PR: Cindy Pittman (cpittman@rhfleet.org, 619/685-5743) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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