NASA Holds Media Telecon On Development Of Composite Cryogenic Propellant Tanks

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sept. 16, 2011

David E. Steitz 
Headquarters, Washington                                         
202-358-1730 
david.steitz@xxxxxxxx 

Kim Newton 
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville Ala. 
kimberly.d.newton@xxxxxxxx 
256-544-0371 


MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-198

NASA HOLDS MEDIA TELECON ON DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSITE CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT TANKS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on 
Tuesday, Sept. 20, to announce the company that will lead the 
agency's Composite Cryotank Technologies Demonstration effort. 

The selected company will design and manufacture two lightweight 
composite cryogenic propellant tanks. The demonstration effort will 
use advanced composite materials and manufacturing techniques to 
develop new technologies that could be applied to multiple future 
NASA missions, including human space exploration beyond low Earth 
orbit. The Composite Cryotank Technologies Demonstration effort is 
part of NASA's Space Technology Program. 

Participants will be: 
-- Michael Gazarik, director of NASA's Space Technology Program at 
NASA Headquarters in Washington 
-- Robert Lightfoot, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center 
in Huntsville, Ala. 
-- John Vickers, project manager of NASA's Composite Cryotank 
Technology Demonstration effort at Marshall 

To participate, reporters should call 800-369-6087 and use the 
passcode "CRYO." Audio of the call will be streamed live at: 










http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio 


By investing in high payoff, disruptive technology that industry does 
not have today, NASA matures the technology required for its future 
missions while proving the capabilities and lowering the cost of 
government and commercial space activities. 

For more information about NASA's Space Technology Program, which is 
part of the Office of the Chief Technologist, visit: 



http://www.nasa.gov/oct 

	
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