for those local -

-----------JANUARY 9, 2008: LUNA PHILOSOPHIE-- VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM
ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM------------

*WHAT:*The sixth Luna Philosophie will have Tom Cochrane, of NASA Ames
Research
Center, at Yahoo Brickhouse in San Francisco. He will be discussing Virtual
Reality System Engineering Environments for the Space Program.

------------VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE SPACE
PROGRAM------------

Tom Cochrane of NASA Ames Research Center will be at the Yahoo Brickhouse
for
an evening of food, drink, and learning.

[Space is limited, so please RSVP as indicated at Upcoming:
[http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/396833/?ps=5] ]

Building on the tradition of SimCity and SimEarth, engineers at
NASA have built SimStation, SpaceStation:SIM, and SimCEV, virtual
environments for browsing and understanding real human space flight systems
environments. They are also currently developing an architecture trades
viewer,
SimConstellation, for NASA's plans to return to the Moon. Come see demos of
these virtual environments being developed for the space program.

*WHEN:* Wednesday, January 9, 2008 from 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM
6:00-6:30 PM Socializing
6:30-7:00 PM Presentation by Tom Cochrane
7:00-7:30 PM Discussion
7:30-8:00 PM Socializing

*WHERE:* Yahoo Brickhouse, 500 3rd St, in San Francisco
([http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/59350/])

*WHO:* All are welcome, from space professionals to those who are unsure
what
N-A-S-A stands for!

*RSVP:* at Upcoming: [http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/396833/?ps=5]

*CONTACT:* Delia Santiago
([[log in to unmask]]) with any questions.

For more information on NASA CoLab, visit: [http://colab.arc.nasa.gov]

For more information on Luna Philosophie, visit:
[http://colab.arc.nasa.gov/luna]