CALL IT HIGH DEF FROM THE
HEAVENS!THESE ARE NEW IMAGES
FROM A NEW GOVERNMENT WEATHER
SATELLITE.THEY HAVE FOUR TIMES
THE RESOLUTION OF PHOTOS FROM
OTHER SATELLITES....IT WILL
HELP FORECASTERS PREDICT THE
WEATHER WITH BETTER ACCURACY.
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BETTER WEATHER PREDICTIONS
AREN'T THE ONLY THING FUELING
MAN'S FASCINATION WITH SPACE...
HUMANS HAVE DREAMED OF SETTING
FOOT ON MARS FOR YEARS....AND
TONIGHT, THAT DREAM IS CLOSER
TO REALITY THAN EVER BEFORE!
NEWS 8 ANCHOR SCOTT MCDONNELL
TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT A
CONNECTUCT COMPANY THAT IS
PLAYING A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THAT
MISSION TO MARS.
INSIDE UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
IN WINDSOR LOCKS - (CLIP 1 /
16:16:12) DECADES OF
BREAKTHROUGHS PROTECTING
ASTRONOUTS AS THEY ENTER THE
UNKNOWN.FROM THE APOLLO
MISSIONS AND TO THE MOON.(ONE
SMALL STEP FOR MAN -NATS- )
AND NOW BEYOND - TO THE NEXT
FRONTIER.A MISSION TO MARS.
WHICH MEANS A NEW APPROACH AND
NEW LOOK TO THE SPACE SUIT.
SOTS MATERIAL& GLOVES.NEW.01
/// 13:19:15 THE OUTER LAYERS
ARE VERY TOUGH FABRIC WHICH
REFLECT THE SUNS RAYS AND ALSO
PROTECT AGAINST SCRATCHES AND
MICRO METERORITES - TINY SPECS
OF DUST FLYING AT 10S OR
THOUSANDS MILES AN HOURRAZOR
SHARP SPACE ROCKS AND DUST
EXTREME COLDJUST A FEW OF THE
CHALLENGES DR, GREGORY QUINN
AND THE TEAM AT UTC AEROSPACE
SYSTEMS FACE.SOTS MATERIAL&
GLOVES.NEW.01 /// 13:22:35 THE
GLOVES ARE ONE OF THE MOST
COMPLEX PARTS OF THE SUITFOR
DR. QUINN - A UCONN GRAD - ITS
THIS MISSION TO THE RED PLANET
THAT INSPIRED HIM DOWN HIS
CAREER PATH - SOTS W DR
QUIN.NEW.01 /// 13:00:17 WHEN
I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS
CAPTURED BY THE IDEA OF
HELPING GET PEOPLE ON TO MARS
WHAT WE SEE IN MOVIES MAY SOON
BE REALITYWORK AND PLANNING
FOR THE MISSIONS ARE ALREADY
UNDERWAY - NASA WANTS TO PUT
HUMANS ON MARS BY THE 2030'S
(SOUNDBITE ON TIMETBALE)UTC
AEROSPACE TEAMS ARE WORKING
THROUGH THE ENGINNERING
CHALLENGES - FOR
ONE.......MARS HAS NO WATER
SOTS W DR QUIN.NEW.01 13:05:32
WE NEED TO DEVELOP NEW SYSTEMS
FOR EVAPORTING WATER AND
COOLING THE ASTRONOUT THE
MARTIAN ENVIROMENT HAS TWICE
THE GRAVITY AS THE MOONSOTS W
DR QUIN.NEW.01 /// 13:03:18
THE MARS SPACESUIT WILL HAVE
TO BE MUCH MUCH LIGHTER THAN
WHAT WE OPERATE WITH TODAY
HUMANS WILL NEED TO BE MORE
MOBILE ON MARS - IT'LL ALSO
TAKE ABOUT 8 MINUTES TO SEND
AND RECIEVE MESSAGES FROM MARS
AND EARTH.SO SUITS WILL HAVE
TO BE SUPER COMPUTERS.SOTS W
DR QUIN.NEW.01 /// 13:08:10
WE'LL NEED PROVDE MORE INFO
LIKE CHECKLISTS, TRAVEL
ROUTES, MARS WALK PLANNING
THOSE THINGS WILL HAVE TO BE
DONE LOCALLY SO THE COMPUTING
POWER IN THE SUIT WILL BE MUCH
GREATER THAN IT IS TODAY
CONNECTICUT EMPLOYEES - RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREATEST
JOURNEY OF HUMAN EXPLORATION -
MANKING HAS EVER SEEN.RAISING
TENCHNOLOGY TO NEW HEIGHTSSOTS
W DR QUIN.NEW.01 // 13:16:04
ITS ALREADY DRIVING INOVATION
- DRIVING TECHNOLOGY AND
SCIENTISTS TO DO MORE THAN WE
HAVE EVER DONE BEFOREIN
WINDSOR LOCKS - SCOTT
MCDONNELL - NEWS 8
