For Release: August 28, 1998
Janice Johnson
(757) 864-6123
RELEASE NO. 98-073
DEVELOPMENT ON INFLATABLE SPACE STRUCTURES
Developments in the last two decades have resulted in the
sophisticated structures being built and tested today for use in
space. Dr. Costa Cassapakis will share his knowledge and experience
on the subject at a colloquium at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1 at
the NASA H.J.E. Reid Conference Center. Cassapakis will give a
brief history of space inflatable structures, starting with the
space objects of the sixties, including the Inflatable Antenna
Experiment of two years ago.
Cassapakis performed research work at the Los Alamos Meson
Physics Accelerator and later joined SAIC, where, as a senior
scientist he worked on the development of nuclear particle and
photon radiation gauges for Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation
of Materials. While working the issues for the Neutral Particle
Beam Experiment, he joined L'Garde, Inc., and is currently
president of the company.
A media briefing will be held at 1:15 p.m. in the Wythe Room of
the Reid Conference Center, 14 Langley Boulevard in Hampton. Media
who wish to attend this briefing should contact Janice Johnson at
(757) 864-6123.
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