Renee Juhans
Headquarters, Washington, DC                  October 30, 2000
(Phone:  202/358-1712)

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WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

     With the arrival of the first crew, the International Space 
Station (ISS) represents a permanent presence on a continuing 
journey of discovery and a quantum leap in the capability to 
conduct research on orbit.

ISS will provide unprecedented access to the unique environment of 
space, unequaled in capability and unmatched in its potential to 
change our lives.

Scientists, engineers and researchers say the facilities and 
scientific infrastructure provided by NASA are a unique national 
asset which will unquestionably increase in value with the 
establishment of ISS.

For more information concerning the importance of ISS and its 
potential impact on the future of human space exploration, as well 
as the opportunities for continuous research in a number of 
scientific and technological areas, please contact:

Samuel C. C. Ting
Nobel Laureate 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Nuclear 
Science 
617/253-5065

Jean-Michel Cousteau
Founder
Jean-Michel Cousteau Institute
Santa Barbara, CA
949/675-8117

Anthony F. Gilberti, Ph.D.
Past President
International Technology Education Association
800/468-5236

Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
President and Chief Executive Officer
COSI Columbus
614/228-2674 (ext. 3105)

Bobby Alford, M.D.
Executive Vice President and Dean of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
713/798-5906

August F. Witt
Ford Professor of Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
617/253-5303

Simon Ostrach
Wilbert J. Austin Distinguished Professor of Engineering and 
Director
The National Center for Microgravity Research on Fluids and 
Combustion
Case Western Reserve University
216/368-0749

Charles A. Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School 
Chief, Circadian, Neuroendocrine and Sleep Disorders Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
617/732-4011

G. Paul Neitzel
Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
404/894-3242

Gerard M. Faeth
A.B. Modine Professor of Aerospace Engineering and 
Head of Gas Dynamics Laboratories
University of Michigan
734/764-7202
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