Mission Update
Watch NASA TV for continuing coverage of STS-110. Go to http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/
nasatv/schedule.html for a schedule of events and times.

Mark your calendars now!
The Space Coast Chapter of Federally Employed Women (FEW) is proud to announce they will be sponsoring the 33rd annual National Training Program to be held at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida, July 22-26, 2002. The theme of this conference is "Magic and Space - Dreams in Progress." FEW is well known for providing professional training programs that provide critical skills for the federal and civilian workforces alike. FEW projects that more than 2,000 women and men from the federal and state government as well as the private sector will attend this event. A trade show runs concurrently with the National Training Program. For more information, visit http://www.few.org or contact Clara Anderson, chair for the NTP, at (321) 861-3554. Workshop information and registration forms are available on the Web site.

The Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Space Coast Chapter Presents. . .
"TRIZ -- A New Tool For Problem Solving" by Jack Hipple, Innovation-TRIZ, Inc., Wednesday, April 17, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the European Corner, Fine Dining Restaurant (on SR 520, to the left of the Merritt Island Mall's main entrance -- same building). Dinner: $18 (choice of 3 entrees). TRIZ (Russian abbre-viation for "Theory of Solving Problems Inventively") is a problem-solving process based on the study of the world's most inventive patents and their inventive principles. (For more information about this process, see the KSC Daily News of April 10.) Hipple is one of the few people in the world trained or certified in all of the major innovation tools such as TRIZ, Edward Debono's Six Hats and Lateral Thinking, and Michael Kirton's KAI methodologies and assessment tools. Reservations are required by Monday, April 15, 2002. Bring a friend! Please call Monica Philippart at (321) 867 2644 or e-mail monica.f.philippart@boeing.com to reserve your place at this innovative and creative event. Also, you can renew your Florida Space Coast HFES membership or apply by downloading a form from the Web site: http://www.scchfes.org. The membership fee is only $25 for the year!

See USA/Environmental -
Booster Retrieval Ships Video
During Environmental & Energy Awareness Week April 23-24, 2002, check out the USA/Environmental Department's display at Tables 8 & 9 featuring a dynamic video of the Booster Retrieval Ships Operations. Several of the USA Divers will be there to answer questions.

Did You Know?
You Can Seal Your Ducts and Save Money -- Many duct systems are poorly insulated or not insulated properly. Ducts that leak heated or cooled air into unconditioned spaces (like crawl spaces) can add hundreds of dollars a year to your heating and cooling bills, so insulating these ducts is usually very cost effective. For cooling ducts, be sure a well-sealed vapor barrier exists on the outside of the insulation to prevent moisture buildup. For more information on other ways to save energy at home, visit http://www.eren.doe.gov/energy_savers/ .