unfilled on Earth? The reply is usually the same old mantra about how we enjoy an enhanced life due to the spin-off developments f rom the space program. The answer is adequate but not compelling . You have personal experience in space. From the heart, what do you believe space exploration means to us? Nelson: It means the quality of ou r lives
here on Earth is better. Look, we can thank the space prog ram for spawning more than 1,300 technological advances - like CAT scans, kidney dialysis machines, and even the artificial heart. And beyond this, ou r space program represents the very char96 Valu eRich Magazine
acter of our people. We Americans, after all, are a nation of pioneers and adventurers. Our astronauts soar to the heavens in pu rsuit of knowledge that can make our world
a better place in which to live. It has been in pursuit of this noble cause for which our explorers risk their lives- and, sadly, 17 of them have made the ultimate sacrifice. R
NASA and Business Development To learn more about NASA incubator projects and procurement, visit NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS), a network of online servers from each NASA field installation to ease vendor access to all NASA acquisitions: NAIS Homepage: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ nais!index.cgi NAIS Frequently Asked Questions: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin! nais! faq.cgi NASA Office of Procurement: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/ office!procurement Business Opportunities with NASA: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov! hq!library! biz.html Senator Bill Nelson's Home page: http://billnelson.senate.gov/