Southeast Michigan Event: "An Evening with NASA"

USING FILM, HIGH DEF VIDEO, AND THE BEST OF THE BEST IN COMPUTER ANALAYSIS TO SPOT SHUTTLE LAUNCH PROBLEMS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER


Livonia, MI, March 14, 2006

A behind the viewfinder look at how NASA uses high definition video, film and the world's highest performing visual film analysis system to analyze space shuttle launches. Those technologies were key to localizing the cause of the 2003 break up of the Columbia space shuttle.

Brad Lawrence, Computer Science Lead for the United Space Alliance, NASA Kennedy Space Center shares his insights during an "Evening with NASA" on March, 14, 2006. Sponsored by SEMAFX, Detroit MCAI, and the Computer Graphics Technology Department of Schoolcraft College, Lawrence offers an insider's look into how the computer and photographic technologies of today combine to improve the space travel safety of tomorrow.

The presentation, free and open to the public, begins at 7:00 PM at the Vistatec Center at Schoolcraft College in Livonia.

This event is sponsored by: Schoolcraft College, Maximum Throughput, and Right Hemisphere



"An Evening with NASA"
MCAI and Southeast Michigan ACM/SIGGRAPH (SEMAFX) combined March Event

Guest Speaker: Brad Lawrence, Computer Science Lead, United Space Alliance, NASA Kennedy Space Center

How NASA Integrates film, video and computer graphics to further space science.

VistaTech Center, Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

7:00 P.M.

Open to the public

Cost: Free

For more information, visit www.semafx.net/nasa06