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NASA TV Show Spotlights Space-Age Spin-Offs
(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, celebrates its
50th anniversary this year.
In five decades, the aerospace agency noted, it has made a big
difference in people's lives, but many of us don't know how.
A new half-hour television program called "NASA 360," produced by
NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., in cooperation with the
National Institute of Aerospace, helps answer that question. "Our goal
is to show how NASA has changed and continues to change all of our
lives in a positive way," said Michael Finneran, "NASA 360" executive
producer. "We do this by examining how technologies developed by or for
NASA are being used in everything from space exploration to everyday
consumer products."
"NASA 360" has a fast-paced feel designed to appeal to the Internet
generation as well as the traditional television audience. It is hosted
by Johnny Alonso and Jennifer Pulley. Alonso has performed in movies
and on television, including in "Dawson's Creek" and "One Tree Hill."
Pulley has appeared in "NASA Connect" and many commercials.
"We're trying to reach younger audiences to excite them about NASA and
its contributions by putting 'NASA 360' on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook
and other web sites," said co-producer Mike Bibbo. "We also want to
make sure people who dont spend as much time on the web can see the
show too, so it's being offered to public TV stations across the
country and Voice of America all over the world," added co-producer
Kevin Krigsvold. For information about TV airings, please check your
local public television station listings.
NASA TV will also air "NASA 360." The first two episodes will run
Monday and Tuesday, Feb 4 and 5, from 8-9 a.m. ET.
Additional showtimes:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html
The most recent episode of "NASA 360" highlights global warming
research, solar technologies and how lithium ion batteries are being
used in a revolutionary electric car. The first episode looked at new
spacesuit research and NASA contributions to cordless power tool
development and snow ski designs.
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/
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