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Preparing for the Journey to Space
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Presenters:
Dr. Art Poland
Dr. Poland graduated with Honors in Astronomy from the University of Massachusetts
in 1964. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in Astrophysics from Indiana University
in 1969, he joined the staff at the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) of the National
Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado. There he worked on problems
of energy balance and non-local thermodynamic equilibrium in the solar atmosphere.
He also joined the HAO Skylab team to work on the White Light Coronagraph experiment.
He joined the Goddard Space Flight Center research team in 1980 and worked on the
UVSP experiment on the Solar Maximum Mission. In 1986 he became the U.S. Project
Scientist for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, also known as SOHO. From 1999
to 2003 he was the Senior Project Scientist for the Living With A Star Program,
which is designed to study and understand the impacts of the Sun on Earth Systems.
He is currently working in the School of Computational Sciences at George Mason
University developing a graduate degree program in Space Weather.
Dave McKissock
Dave McKissock, an Aerospace Engineer, joined the staff of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center in May, 1983.
Mr. McKissock began his NASA career supporting the development of the electrical
power system for the International Space Station. Early in his career, he conducted
trade studies of various power generation and energy storage options for several
configurations of space station power systems. He spent a year at NASA Headquarters
in Washington, D. C., working in the Space Station Engineering Department. During
the Station redesign, he supported HQ engineering assessments considering utilization
of Russian elements in the Station program, and interfaced directly with Russian
Space Agency engineers brought to Washington to participate in joint discussions
on Station.
Currently Dave is supporting studies for NASA's Exploration program.
Mr. McKissock earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from
Purdue University. His wife is also a NASA Engineer.
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