NASA Ames 2012 Fellow - Dr. Hans Mark

The rank of Fellow is the highest recognition that the NASA Ames Research Center can bestow upon one of its own for a lifetime of intellectual accomplishments. The Fellows are an elite group of Ames people who have built a global reputation for excellence in their scientific and engineering research.

The 2012 Ames Fellow Inductees include Dr. Louis J. Allamandola, Dr. Wayne R. Johnson, Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg and Dr. Hans Mark.

Dr. Hans Mark is a leading expert in the fields of aerospace design and national defense policy. From 1969 to 1977 Dr. Mark served as Director of the NASA Ames Research Center. Under his leadership, NASA Ames developed world-class research in tiltrotor development, supercomputing, computational fluid dynamics, airborne astronomy and led the Pioneer 10 mission to Jupiter and the Pioneer 11 mission to Saturn.

For more information about NASA Ames, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/ames

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[nasaames]

Modmom...thanks for attending the event! Hope you had a good time. One small correction, if you don't mind. While NASA Ames was established in 1958 (that's when Congress created the National Aeronautics and Space Agency) the research center was actually established in 1939 as the second laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and was named for the chair of the NACA, Joseph S. Ames. So, we've been long-time residents of the area! :)

[modmom]

oops i meant Mars :)

[modmom]

NASA is our neighbor :)

we went there today to learn about curiosity's saturn landing.

learned nasa ames was established 1958 - mid century modern

[Unrealistix]

cool... lots of vids... now this is ha I'm talking about... Would AMES please hire a social media expert or agency to expand this to other arenas...

If you did and this is their opening shot its a bloody good one. In the meantime Keep shouting.

Tthere are so many people out there that have no idea who does what with what,, where and when... and we'd all like feedback... The wisdom of the crowd is not a bad thing, you can rely on it.... Galton did!