Hackers started getting jobs doing security. Next well hear from federal and local officials on some of the technologies that can be used to reduce and prevent wildfires across the country. They testified at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing this month. This is just under two hours. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Were here today to take a look at wildfire, to examine our wildFire Management program, the collaboration that is required to reduce risks firefighters, to communities, and resources and some of the emerging technologies that are changing the way that fires are managed. We now well into the 2017 fire season. Certainly a very active one. My friend from montana, i think, is going to share some of what is happening in his state this morning, and i think it is appropriate to recognize the heroic acts of the man and women who fight these fires throughout the season, and to recognize the loss of the firefighter in montana. Senator . Madam chair
This episode traces the evolution of spacesuits beginning with the Mercury Program and looking at a live support system prototype needed for the apollo moon missions. In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon to conduct mans first real exploration of our oldest satellite. It will have been a long voyage , carrying him far from his native land by effort into a strange and airless world. To survive he must carry with , him a bit of his familiar environment. Buyer engineers are designing a spacesuit that will support astronauts on a roundtrip lunar mission. That is coming up today on science reporters. Hello, i am john fitch, m. I. T. Science reporters feeding to you from the moon, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. It is actually a lunar landscape mockup of the lunar excursion module from the Houston Command Center where the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are testing and evaluating the performance of the apollo spacesuit. Manally, encapsulating
Context for todays Public Affairs issues. 1976,rs ago, on july 1, president gerald ford spoke at the opening of the Smithsonians National air and space museum in washington dc. Leading up to the anniversary, reel america is showcasing a series of nasa films. Up next, science reporter suited for space. Half hour nasa tv program, one of 13 produced with m. I. T. And wgbh boston. This episode traces the development of spacesuits, beginning with the Mercury Program and looking at a live support system prototype needed for the apollo moon missions. In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon to conduct mans first real exploration of our oldest satellite. It will have been a long voyage, carrying him far from his native land by effort into a strange native land, planet earth, to a strange and airless world. To survive, he must carry with him a bit of his familiar environment. Engineers are designing a spacesuit that will support astronauts on a roundtrip lunar miss
Can this get any more bizarre . Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with a place on the sand. Reporter there is a little island, its own bit of fantasy, off the gulf coast of florida. Its kind of a Little Paradise here. It is paradise. And it just gets better and better, we think. Reporter Anna Maria Island, where high rise condos are banned, is seven miles of unspoiled white sand, unspoiled houses, unspoiled people, too, most of them. When you come across the bridge, its a whole different life. I mean, yeah, you just come across the bridge and its like ah. It is. Reporter and here is where she found her Little Paradise, too. For it. Sabine musilbuehler. And whether they called her sabina, or as some did, sabine, they all knew her here on the island. Larger than life person. Absolutely. And the minute you met her, you just were drawn to her. I mean, she was just one of those people that you wanted to get to know better. Reporter and even now, looking back on what
Later this year. Two giant Chemical Companies dow and dupont are expected to merge. Combined, the new Dowdupont Company will be worth 130 billion. The Massive Company will spin off into three Smaller Companies one focused entirely on agriculture. Iowa leaders had hoped that company would be headquartered in johnston. Home of pioneer. Channel 13s Reid Chandler has been following this story and joins us now. Reid, today we learned johnston will not get the headquarters for this new ag company, but leaders are still praising the deal theyve reached . Theyre calling it a victory. New ag spinoffs headquarters, but it will be called the Global Business center for the ag company. And the state of iowa is giving dow dupont over 17 Million Dollars to retain research and Development Jobs here in johnston. 5 09 46 you know, we have been named the Global Business center for the seed and the biotech business of the nene merged company. So thats what we really want to be, thats what our strength is.