Alcoa Donates Materials, Engineering Expertise for Mars Habitation Station.Business/Photo Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available Alcoa aluminum might be going to Mars. Alcoa has donated approximately 1,500 pounds of 6061-T6 aluminum sheet and treadplate along with engineering expertise to the Mars Society, an international nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to furthering the exploration and settlement of Mars. The aluminum products were used to produce the skin of the Mars Habitation HABITATION, civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. 2. It differed from a usufruct in this, that the usufructuary might have applied the house to any purpose, as, a store or manufactory; whereas Station (MarsHab), a test facility designed for living on the Red Planet. The MarsHab is the centerpiece for the Mars Society's Mars Analog Research Station Project (M.A.R.S.). "The Mars Society sends teams of scientists to remote places on Earth to simulate what it would be like to live and do research on Mars. Alcoa has always supported human space endeavors, from the beginnings of NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. through today's International Space Station. Supporting this program was a natural extension of that spirit of cooperation," says Ken Forsythe, staff application engineer in Alcoa's Mill Products business, who was instrumental in donating the aluminum products to the organization. The aluminum sheet and plate came from Alcoa's plant in Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city in the American state of Iowa that borders the Mississippi River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 98,359. A 2006 estimate tells that the city had grown slightly to 99,514. . Alcoa products have been part of aerospace since the Wright Brothers and Kitty Hawk Kitty Hawk or Kittyhawk, part of an offshore sandbar on Cape Hatteras, NE N.C., E of Albemarle Sound. Nearby is Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers experimented successfully (1900–1903) with gliders and airplanes. . The Wright 1903 Flyer was powered by an engine whose aluminum crankcase crank·case n. The metal case enclosing the crankshaft and associated parts in a reciprocating engine. crankcase Noun the metal case that encloses the crankshaft in an internal-combustion engine was cast by Alcoa, then known as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company. Since then, Alcoa has developed 95% of the structural alloys which enabled the design of such historic air and space craft as the Junkers F-13, the DC-3, the B-29, today's jumbo jets built by Boeing and Airbus, and the Space Shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. . Beyond materials, Alcoa today supplies aerospace fasteners, cast turbine blades, electrical wiring Electrical wiring in general refers to insulated conductors used to carry electricity, and associated devices. This article describes general aspects of electrical wiring as used to provide power in buildings and structures, commonly referred to as building wiring. , cabin interior components, subassemblies and more. Alcoa's latest contribution is the new high-security FORTRESS(TM) cockpit door, a complete security assembly designed and built by Alcoa. The Mars Habitation Station is currently on display at the Adler Planetarium The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Illinois was the first planetarium built in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest in existence today.[1] & Astronomy Museum in Chicago until September 2. From there it will move to other prominent locations throughout the world, including "Space Rocks", a 70,000 person rock concert that will be broadcast by MTV live around the world from Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas in October 2002, and Paris. It will also travel to a location north of the Arctic Circle this winter for simulation of cold-weather living on Mars. Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses as a single solution to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap(R) aluminum foil, Alcoa(R) wheels, and Baco(R) household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding, closures, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 129,000 employees in 38 countries. Read about the special alloy used for the Mars Habitation Station and other products from Alcoa's Mill Products business: http://www.millproducts-alcoa.com/ The Mars Habitation Station is on display at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago through September 2. Click http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ and go to "new exhibits" for more information. Mars Society web site: http://www.marssociety.org/ Read about Alcoa's latest developments in the aerospace market: http://www.alcoa.com/site/news/features/2002/aero_jump.asp Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.070902/bb8 |
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