The International Space Station. Credit: NASA

Sunday, July 15, 2012

NASA MARS PROGRAM OFFICAL DISCUSSES NEW ERA OF SPACE EXPLORATION


WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to a briefing on 
Tuesday, July 10 at 9 a.m. BST at the 2012 Farnborough International
Airshow in Farnborough, England. NASA and industry officials will
discuss the importance of the space program and the role of
cost-efficient product development in the emerging new era of space
travel and exploration.

Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program at NASA
Headquarters, Washington, and Siegfried Russwurm, CEO of Siemens
Industry Sector, Erlangen, Germany, will provide details and answer
questions about the importance of government and industry
collaboration to maximize productivity and efficiency in space
exploration. The briefing will take place the Hendon Room in the
airshow's media center.

Siemens software contributed to the development of NASA's most
advanced planetary rover, Curiosity, which will land on the surface
of Mars on Aug. 6 at 1:31 a.m. EDT. This mobile science laboratory
will assess whether the past or present Martian environment could
support life. The software was used for modeling during development
of the rover.

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