Space flight presentation May 24

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Space flight presentation May 24
by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio
May 11, 2012
The Kootenai Valley Astronomy Club is sponsoring a presentation that looks at where the United States is as a manned space flight country, how we got here, and some very promising prospects for the future.

Mike Herr worked for 32 years at the Navel Air Warfare Center, China Lake. The "Status of US Manned Space Flight: the ugly, the bad and the good" is free to the public and will be held at the Venture Inn May 24th at 7pm, refreshments at 6:30.

Projects from Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo to the Shuttle will be looked at in terms of what was accomplished and why, the various attempts to replace the Shuttle, as well as the promise of commercial development of space flight.

Herr was the program engineer and manager for the Personal Parachute Assembly used for the Space Shuttle, and helped in the development of the landing system for the Mars Pathfinder and Mars Science Laboratory.

Herr is consulting with NASA on the Orion Project.
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By Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, www.todaysbestcountryonline.com e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net.

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