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NASA’s Ames Research Center Celebrates 85 Years of Innovation
- Ames Research Center has been a part of NASA, before it existed. The center pre-dates a lot of things. It has an enduring commitment to what’s known by some on-center simply as, “an atmosphere of freedom.”
- Joseph Sweetman Ames, the center’s namesake, described a sentiment that would guide decades of innovation and research, “My hope is that you have learned or are learning a love of freedom of thought and are convinced that life is worthwhile only in such an atmosphere”.
- The spirit and the people it attracted and retained are a crucial part of how Ames, along with other N.A.C.A. research centers, ultimately made technological breakthroughs that enabled humanity’s first steps on the Moon.
- Edward Balaban, a researcher at Ames specializing in artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced mission concepts shared, an atmosphere of freedom means the freedom to pursue high-risk, high-reward, innovative ideas that may take time to fully develop and the opportunity to put them into practice for the benefit of all.
- Balaban’s career at Ames has involved a variety of projects at different stages of development-including experimenting with different ways to create super-sized space telescopes in space.
- Ames researchers over the years, collaborated across science and engineering disciplines with colleagues all over the center, as well as commercial and academic partners in Silicon Valley where Ames is nestled and beyond. This has led to entirely new fields of study and seeded many companies and spinoffs.
- Many researches reflected Ross Beyer believe, There’s not much of a commercial incentive to study other planets but maybe there will be soon. Only with government funding, leading to new scientific discoveries that can broadly benefit all.
- As NASA and private companies send missions to the Moon, they need to plan landing sites and understand the local environment.
- When looking forward to what the next 85 years might bring, researchers shared a belief that advancements can be as expansive as space itself, but like all living things, they need a healthy atmosphere to thrive.
- Balaban offered, “This freedom to innovate is precious and absolutely critical to retain it going forward, to ensure our nation’s continuing vitality and the strength of the other freedoms we enjoy.”
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