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HUNTSVILLE CHAPTER CHAPTER - Jun 23, 2009 |
The chapter welcomed David Weeks from the COLSA Corporation as the distinguished speaker for the June meeting. Weeks is a support provider to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's technical center and an adviser to NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program. He discussed "Nano-Satellites for the Warfighter." He described the program challenges in developing and demonstrating the feasibility of nano-satellites when providing direct support to the on-the-ground warfighter. The program's goal is to provide low-cost space assets that are responsive to the warfighter for time-critical information. The chapter recognized Isaac Detrinidad for his fourth win of the chapter's War Veterans' Scholarship. He is a student at Purdue University who is working on solid rocket motors at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, through NASA's Propulsion Academy. Candace Stokes was named Regional Young AFCEAN for the Montgomery Chapter, and Bethany Johnson was named as a National Science Fair Winner. |
Event Photographs: |
Vic Budura (l), chapter president, presents David Weeks, COLSA Corporation, with a special token of appreciation. Weeks served as the guest speaker in June. |
In June, Isaac Detrinidad (r) is recognized for his unprecedented fourth win of the chapter's War Veterans' Scholarship by Budura. |
Rick Tuggle, chapter scholarship chairman, honors Bethany Johnson, a winner in the National Science Fair, a program supported by the chapter. |