What the Experts Say About the International Space Station

Renee Juhans

Headquarters, Washington, DC

October 30, 2000
(Phone: 202/358-1712)

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With the arrival of the first crew, the International Space
Station (ISS) represents a permanent presence on a continuing
journey of discovery and a quantum leap in the capability to
conduct research on orbit.

ISS will provide unprecedented access to the unique environment of
space, unequaled in capability and unmatched in its potential to
change our lives.

Scientists, engineers and researchers say the facilities and
scientific infrastructure provided by NASA are a unique national
asset which will unquestionably increase in value with the
establishment of ISS.

For more information concerning the importance of ISS and its
potential impact on the future of human space exploration, as well
as the opportunities for continuous research in a number of
scientific and technological areas, please contact:

Samuel C. C. Ting

Nobel Laureate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Nuclear
Science

617/253-5065

Jean-Michel Cousteau

Founder

Jean-Michel Cousteau Institute

Santa Barbara, CA

949/675-8117

Anthony F. Gilberti, Ph.D.

Past President

International Technology Education Association

800/468-5236

Dr. Kathryn Sullivan

President and Chief Executive Officer

COSI Columbus

614/228-2674 (ext. 3105)

Bobby Alford, M.D.

Executive Vice President and Dean of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

713/798-5906

August F. Witt

Ford Professor of Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

617/253-5303

Simon Ostrach

Wilbert J. Austin Distinguished Professor of Engineering and

Director

The National Center for Microgravity Research on Fluids and
Combustion

Case Western Reserve University

216/368-0749

Charles A. Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D.

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Chief, Circadian, Neuroendocrine and Sleep Disorders Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

617/732-4011

G. Paul Neitzel

Professor

The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

404/894-3242

Gerard M. Faeth

A.B. Modine Professor of Aerospace Engineering and

Head of Gas Dynamics Laboratories

University of Michigan

734/764-7202

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