NASA Daily News Summary For Release: March 24, 1999 Media Advisory m99-058 ***** Summary -- Live Event: Space Exploration at the Millennium -- Video File for March 24: KC-135 Student Experiments (replay) -- Upcoming Media Opportunity: Future of Aerospace ***** There are no news releases scheduled for March 24, 1999. If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will e-mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list. Index of 1999 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html ***** Live Event: Space Exploration at the Millennium March 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST, American University. Event live on NASA TV. Reporters are invited to hear renowned panelists -- including Homer Hickam, the subject of the movie, "October Sky," -- debating humanity's destiny in the cosmos, and see a controversial meteorite containing evidence of possible life on Mars at the "Space Exploration at the Millennium" symposium. In remembrance of Carl Sagan and as part of NASA's 40th anniversary celebration, the event will include a variety of panel discussions. Former and current astronauts will explore the risks and rewards of human exploration, and director of the Planetary Society Lou Friedman and Ann Druyan, wife of the late Carl Sagan, will talk about Sagan's legacy. NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin will be on an evening panel addressing space exploration for a new generation. Contact at American University: Carolyn Jones, 202/885-5935. For a schedule of events: http://www.SPACE2000.org/program.htm ***** Video File for March 24, 1999 NOTE: TODAY'S VIDEO FILE WILL AIR AT 12:30 P.M. and 6 P.M. EASTERN TIME ONLY DUE TO THE SPACE EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM. ITEM 1. KC-135 Student Experiments (replay) Contact at Headquarters: Beth Schmid, 202/358-1760; Contact at Johnson Space Center: Eileen Hawley, 281/483-5111. The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3, 6, 9 p.m. and midnight Eastern time. NASA Television is available on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85 degrees West longitude, with vertical polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0 megahertz, with audio at 6.8 megahertz. The full text of the most recent NASA Video File Advisory can be found at: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt ***** Upcoming Media Opportunity: Future of Aerospace Reporters will have an opportunity to interview aerospace leaders March 26 about centimeter-size helicopters that could take scientific measurements of the atmosphere and "self- transforming" robotic planetary explorers that could adapt themselves to different environments. The interview opportunity will follow a technical symposium, "Grand Visions of Aerospace -- The Next 30 Years," which will examine the challenges and possibilities for revolutionary advances to affect the direction of aeronautical and space development for the next three decades. The symposium is the second of two activities hosted by the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts. The other activity, the Institute's first annual meeting March 25, will showcase very early work --like the helicopters and planetary explorers -- in areas from advanced propulsion to revolutionary systems for exploring planets and the cosmos. Both sessions are open to the public, and reporters are invited to attend. The activities, including the press availability March 26, will take place at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Registration is at 8 a.m. both days, and the sessions start at 8:30 a.m. Contact at Headquarters: Sarah Keegan, 202/358-1902; Contact at Goddard Space Flight Center: Nancy Neal, 301/286- 0039. Full text: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1999/n99-015.txt ***** Contract Awards Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition Information Service Web site.: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html ***** The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish to subscribe or unsubscribe from this list, please send e-mail message to: Brian.Dunbar@hq.nasa.gov ***** end of daily news summary