The Florida Recycling Partnership will host the Florida Recycling Summit at
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Monday, May 7. Speakers from NASA
and Northrop Grumman as well as Astronaut Tom Jones, who is slated to be
inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in May, will be part of the
program.
The morning session speakers include Julie Edwards from Northrop Grumman, a
Recycling Recognition Award winner from the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection; Nathan Gelino, NASA Research Engineer in the area
of 3D advanced manufacturing and construction using indigenous and recycled
materials; and NASA¹s expert on food production, Ralph Fritsche, who will
also talk about the Deep Space Gateway and Mars Transit Vehicle. Dr. Gioia
Massa¹s presentation will be about the International Space Station (ISS)
experiments, The Vegetable Production System and Advanced Plant Habitat.
After lunch, participants will have the opportunity to go behind the gates
and access historic launch sites and working spaceflight facilities at the
Kennedy Space Center. Sites will include the Lunar Theatre, the Apollo 11
moon landing exhibit, rockets from NASA¹s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo
programs and Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Registration fee is $75 and includes Summit sessions; admission to the
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex; buffet lunch and tour.
This event is being sponsored by the Florida Recycling Partnership, Waste
Management, Florida Beverage Association, Publix Super Markets,
International Bottled Water Association, Novolex and Keep Florida Beautiful.
For more information, visit www.flrecycling.org or contact Keyna Cory at
[email protected].