Green Exploration “Failure to Recycle is Not an Option”

1. Green Exploration “Failure to Recycle is Not an Option”

2. Objectives • Identify: • NASA Green Technology • Student and Educator Opportunities

4. ISS Key Points • ISS is a one-of-a-kind, orbiting laboratory used to conduct science and technology research that improves life on Earth. • Research on the ISS is conducted by a diverse team representing a large international partnership. • The life-improving research,including health, medicine, energy, and technology, conducted on the space station offers a huge return-on-investment for the American taxpayer. • The ISShas been recently designated as a U.S. National Laboratory madeavailable to other government agencies. • With more than 100,000 workers at 500 contract facilities in 37 states, the space station is an economic engine generating business for a significant number of companies within the U.S. and abroad.

5. ISS Success Stories • Bioreactors Advance Disease Treatments - A NASA device used to cultivate healthy cell tissues for ISS and Earth experiments is now enhancing medical research. Treatments developed using bioreactor-grown cells may be used to counter conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and sickle cell anemia. • On-the-Spot Ultrasound Analysis - An ISS experiment led to the development of medical ultrasound diagnostic techniques for long-distance use. Technology created to capture and transmit these ultrasound results over the Internet allows patients from pro athletes to mountain climbers to receive medical attention as soon as needed.A Faster, • Cheaper, Safer Tomato - A soil-less plant-growth experiment that enabled plants to grow healthy without the use of pesticides has enabled the development of a commercial aeroponic system. The sterile environment allows plants to grow disease-free and with 98 percent less water and no pesticides. The accelerated growing cycles can also produce up to six times the amount of tomatoes compared to traditional soil-based growing techniques.

6. ISS Success Stories • Robotics Offer Newfound Surgical Capabilities - Robotics designed for intricate repairs on the ISS find many industry uses, including a minimally invasive knee surgery procedure, where its precision control makes it ideal for inserting a very small implant. • Air Purifiers Eliminate Pathogens and Preserves Freedom - NASA research into sustaining perishable foods for long-duration space missions resulted in the development of an air-cleaning device which eliminates 93.3% of airborne pathogens that pass through it, including anthrax. It also filters out bacteria, mold, fungi, mycotoxins, viruses, volatile organic compounds, and odors. • Life Support System Recycles Water - A water filtration system providing safe, affordable drinking water throughout the world is the result of work done by NASA engineers who created the Regenerative Environmental Control and Life Support System, a complex system of devices intended to sustain the astronauts life on ISS.

7. NASA Spin-offs www.nasa.gov/city/ www.nasa.gov/city/

8. NASA Spin-offs

9. Green Challenge Environmentally Responsible (Green) Aviation High School Student Challenge http://aero.larc.nasa.gov http://aero.larc.nasa.gov/era_high/competitions_high_era.htm

10. Green Challenge Environmentally Responsible (Green) Aviation High School Student Challenge High School Students—Teams or Individuals Two options to enter: May 1, 2010 or December 15, 2010 Write a well-documented essay to describe your ideas for a large commercial air transport vehicle (200 passenger minimum) that will incorporate advanced materials, advanced propulsion systems, including unconventional architectures, non-conventional aircraft designs, produce less harmful emissions, less noise, and greater fuel efficiency than commercial passenger vehicles used in today’s aviation industry. Together with your essay, provide a one-minute video to describe your best idea. The video will count as ten percent of your overall score.

11. www.nasa.gov/education/tfs www.nasa.gov/education/tfs

12. Website

13. In-Flight Downlinks

14. ARISS

15. ISS EarthKAM

16. On-orbit Videos Day In the Life

17. AREE

18. SLI

19. RGO

20. DIME and WING Four teams in the high school DIME competition will be invited to visit NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and operate their experiment in the 2.2 Second Drop Tower. Several additional high school teams will send their experiment to Glenn for the NASA staff to operate. Students in grades 6-9 will compete on WING teams for the opportunity to build an experiment to be operated in the same drop tower by NASA staff.

21. BalloonSAT and S’COOL Competition for high school students to design and build a flight experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, near 100,000 feet altitude, by a NASA weather balloon.

22. WLMR Design Challenge Join the Waste Limitation Management and Recycling Design Challenge and create a Sustainable Water Recycling System for the moon. The WLMR-DC is for students in grades 5-8. The challenge uses real-world scenarios that meet science, technology, and mathematics content standards. Students can participate in a formal, informal or home-school setting.

23. Plant Growth Challenge To date, over 2 million students have participated in this challenge! www.nasa.gov/education/plantchallenge

24. Robotics Website Robotics www.nasa.gov/education/robotics

25. Robotics Website

26. Spacesuits Website www.nasa.gov/education/spacesuits

27. Questions Matthew Keil NASA Johnson Space Center matthew.j.keil@nasa.gov