NASA Heads up Mt. Everest
Image: A group shot of NASA’s unofficial 2008 Mt. Everest Expedition. This year’s climb will mix in some serious research.
Steve “Ark” Vander Ark takes a deep breath at the foot of the stairs in a lonely, dusky stairwell, then turns and heads up ten long flights of steps – for the eighth time. He’ll repeat this ritual thrice more, for a total of 100 flights of stairs, in the NASA Johnson Space Center building where he works. And to top it all off, he’s wearing a fully-laden backpack.
Why? He’s getting ready to climb Mount Everest.
Why? Because it’s there – and because he wants to do a NASA research project along the way to benefit future space travelers. [More at Science@NASA]
Image: A group shot of NASA’s unofficial 2008 Mt. Everest Expedition. This year’s climb will mix in some serious research.
Steve “Ark” Vander Ark takes a deep breath at the foot of the stairs in a lonely, dusky stairwell, then turns and heads up ten long flights of steps – for the eighth time. He’ll repeat this ritual thrice more, for a total of 100 flights of stairs, in the NASA Johnson Space Center building where he works. And to top it all off, he’s wearing a fully-laden backpack.
Why? He’s getting ready to climb Mount Everest.
Why? Because it’s there – and because he wants to do a NASA research project along the way to benefit future space travelers. [More at Science@NASA]
