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NEWS RELEASES


  SEASONED SPACE VETS CONTINUE TO MAKE MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS



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NEWS RELEASES


SEASONED SPACE VETS CONTINUE TO MAKE MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS

     You can take the rocket scientists into retirement, but you 
can't turn off the inventive skills retired NASA professionals 
carry with them. Retired engineers and scientists who helped make 
history at the dawn of the Space Age are now applying their skills 
to the world of medicine. 

These enterprising space veterans from NASA's Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA, are now helping doctors and 
patients with expertise forged in the world of space technology.


Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Michael Braukus 
(Phone:  202/358-1979)
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:  
Gabrielle Birchak-Birkman (Phone:  818/393-4359)

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-147.txt



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