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N E U R O N - Neurolab Online Project UPDATE # 12 - February 6, l998 PART 1: We're still here! WE'RE STILL HERE!
I've heard from some of you that you've had trouble getting into Quest to the NeurOn Web pages. Unfortunately, there has been a problem over which we have no control that has made connection capricious. I am told that it is not specific to Quest and that it could be storm related. Yeah, go ahead, blame it on El Nino! Please be patient...and keep trying! There's lots happening. We don't want you to miss it. I've been working to make our Photo Gallery on NeurOn picture perfect! You'll see a new section entitled Kennedy Space Center's Pictorial Countdown to Launch (note: at this moment the page takes awhile to open -- heavy even at the thumbnail level). I'll keep working on it. The same pictures in full size only can be found at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/captions/subjects/sts-90.htm but I thought this would help you to get a snapshot view. I also have tried to reorganize the Astronaut Training section to avoid the problem of "weighty pages" by dividing them according to type of training. Your comments for improvement are welcome! Our goal here is to make these pictures as useful and enjoyable to you as possible. Speaking of pictures, has anyone else noticed that there are two "official" logos associated with this mission? I was surprised to find out that the Neurolab logo I had become accustomed to (see: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/background/mission.html) is the logo that represents the science being accomplished during the mission. What actually appeared as the STS-90 logo on the pages of the Kennedy Space Center is the official crew insignia that you will now find at: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/background I still have a lot to learn! And, just when I thought I was feeling comfortable with all the acronyms in the Payloads meetings, this week Brad Berch (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/team/berch.html) said (and I quote) "There is a new procedure out for review from KSC: It's the KSC OMI for the OPF IVT (L0302M)." OK, you figure it out! Actually, when I teased him about it Brad translated (and gave me permission to tell you about it): OMI stands for Operations and Maintenance Instructions OPF is Orbiter Processing Facility IVT is Interface Verification Test L0302M is the number of the document for reference There! That should clear it up! The NASA team here at Ames Research Center has been so helpful. Though their schedules are stretched to the max, they maintain a neat sense of humor, as is evident in the last three entries in Brad's schedule of "Near Term Milestones" presented at the meeting: Launch 4/2 Landing 4/18 Camarillo Hospital* and Betty Ford Applications Due 4/19-4/20 *Mental Health Facility What a team! Til next week, Linda GREAT HABITAT DEBATE UPDATE
What a terrific response! We got some great designs and I've been putting them online as quickly as I can. At this moment we have 23 habitat "blueprints" and several are followed by comments from Chris Barreras. You should know that Chris enjoyed looking at the designs and shared that with the Payloads team at their weekly status meeting. We may be able to talk some of the other experts into commenting on them as well. Designs are continuing to trickle in. I will continue to post them, but getting individual comments on designs received will get more difficult as time goes on. Do take a look: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/events/habitat/designs CHAT SCHEDULE
Thursday, February 19 at 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Pacific Time: Joint NeurOn and Space Team Online Chat with Janis Davis-Street Nutritionist http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/team/davis.html Janis works in the life sciences division at NASA Johnson Space Center. Janis will be featured in the Nutritionist Career Video Segment, and has helped us with some of your questions about food choices on the shuttle. This chat is a part of our special feature of African American NASA team members during Black History Month. Plan to join us! http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/chats/#chatting Watch this spot as we schedule chats associated with the career segments of the WITN video schedule approximately 2 weeks after each video release: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/video/#experiments BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK
Mark your calendars and join us on March 18th at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time
to participate in a multimedia event featuring Dr. Eric Chudler and
Kristi Gustafson's classroom! Join us with your class on the Learning
Technologies Channel as we engage in live projects. The following is a
tentative schedule of events:
Introduction live from NASA Ames Research Center,
Learning Technologies Channel studio.
Greeting and prologue by Dr. Chudler from the
University of Washington
Experiment 1: Join Kristi's class as they perform an
experiment about memory under the tutelage of Eric.
During this time it is anticipated that remote
classrooms will be performing the experiments and
asking questions using Web chat technology. Eric,
Kristi and her kids will be available to answer your
questions in real time.
Analysis of results: Classrooms will calculate their own
students' performance and graph their data and report it
online to Eric, who will explain the outcome and prepare us
for Experiment 2.
Experiment 2: Again, join Kristi's class as they engage in
an activity led by Eric. This experiment will involve some
short demonstrations about how the senses work, to include
the blind spot, depth perception, and sound localization.
Analysis and discussion of experiment 2
Live interaction: Join us in the Chat room to discuss the
hour's events and ask questions.
Visit our Web page to register and prepare the necessary technology and
materials: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/events/baw
[Editor's note: Chris is Payloads Engineer working on rodent hardware to make sure that water, food, air, and "bathroom" facilities are adequate for the rodents flying on Neurolab. Chris chatted with NeurOn students on 2/4/98 and has been evaluating the Great Habitat Debate designs] FINISHING TOUCHES TO RAHF AS EXCITEMENT BUILDS
by Chris Barreras http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/team/barreras.html January 29, l998 We had a good telecom discussion with Mission Management and KSC regarding further plans with our RAHF drinking water system. This telecom was on January 27, 1998. We plan on increasing the iodine concentration in the water in the RAHFs to 45 ppm from 30 ppm. At the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) we will perform one more drain and fill operation with 45 ppm. We will leave our RAHFs half full and top off at L-10 [Launch minus 10] days using the 45 ppm concentration. This will keep the bacteria growth down to acceptable levels. During the mission we plan on monitoring the water capacity in the RAHFs, and we plan for refills during the flight. By the time we fly, the water will be better than what we get out of our faucets at home. I have just finished a thermal report with the assistance of Dave Mayer. He will perform the review and approval and then submit this to Mission Management Office(MMO). This report is done prior to any life science mission, and it tells us what is happening to the heat our hardware is generating. We want to make sure we have good thermal distribution. In addition, we are performing final problem report close outs, otherwise known as Non-conformance reports (NCRs). Prior to any launch we want to make sure these reports are either closed or addressed so that we are not flying any unknown problems or unaddressed problems. My team is also preparing the rodent cages for shipment to KSC and subsequent flight. Included in the preparation is assembling the rodent waste trays, feeders, and final cleaning of the cages. We plan on shipping 26 cages with feeders and waste trays to KSC around the beginning of March. We will perform final cage operations on or about 3/24 to 3/29. Rodent load into the cages for flight is at L-35 [Launch minus 35] hrs where actual cage load into the Spacelab is at L-33 hrs. I failed to mention earlier, while I was at KSC I witnessed the Endeavour night launch. This was quite an experience!! Let me say that we have a strong team here at Ames in support of this project. This is probably the most exciting project I have been involved with. The excitement is starting to build around here as we get closer to the BIG DAY... That's all for now, I have to finish off my paper work items. Live long and prosper.... CB. SUBSCRIBING & UNSUBSCRIBING: HOW TO DO IT! If this is your first message from the updates-nrn list, welcome! To catch up on back issues, please visit the following Internet URL: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/updates To subscribe to the updates-nrn mailing list (where this message came from), send a message to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov In the message body, write these words: subscribe updates-nrn CONVERSELY... To remove your name from the updates-nrn mailing list, send a message to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov In the message body, write these words: unsubscribe updates-nrn If you have Web access, please visit our "continuous construction" site at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron
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