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EDITOR’S CORNER

Happy holidays. Hopefully each of you

had a wonderful Thanksgiving. As we

enter the Holiday Season, I’m sure we

all have reasons to be thankful.

The season is an opportunity for re-

flection on family and friends. Maybe,

make that phone call or write that

letter that we have been putting off

all year.

Those of you that have friends or rela-

tives that are shut-ins have an oppor-

tunity to make their lives a little

brighter.

As you are scheduling your agenda

for the holidays, remember that on

December 16, LMMAR is hosting its

annual Holiday Luncheon. Dine and

dance to the music of Dr. Margie

Baker & her group.

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P r e s s R e l e a s e 2

N A S A 4

P r e s s R e l e a s e 5

A c t i v i t y C a l e n d a r 6

Good friends, good food, & exciting raffle gifts, will be the order of the day. See flyer and mail in your check today!

Editor

MEMBERSHIP New Member:

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Ph: (510) 796-4261

Change:

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Any Address Changes You Want Cor-

rected Before Directory Changes Are

Published?

Point Of Contact For Address Changes

And Other Member Concerns:

LMMAR

P.O. Box 3847

Los Altos, CA 94024

[email protected]

Norm Dhom,

Membership Chairman

OLDER AMERICANS HELPED BY

SAFETY NET

Total population in poverty hits

historic high, Census report says by: Brooke Self from: AARP Bulletin

September 16, 2011

While unemployment and underem-

ployment are pushing more Americans

into poverty, government safety net

programs are providing relief to those

65 and older.

According to a U.S. Census report (PDF)

released Tuesday, the number of

Americans living in poverty last year

reached an all-time high — 46.2 million

people or 15.1 percent of the popula-

tion.

For adults ages 18 to 64, the poverty

rate hit 13.7 percent in 2010, up from

12.9 percent in 2009.

But for those 65 and older, the rate

stayed flat at about 9 percent.

"I think this speaks volumes about the

success of Social Security and Medi-

care and how vital these programs are

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L O C K H E E D M A R T I N M A N A G E M E N T A S S O C I A T I O N R E T I R E E S

to the economic well-being of those

65 and older," said Gary Koenig,

AARP director of economic security.

Seizing a lifeline

"Some workers who are having trou-

ble maintaining their jobs are using

their Social Security as a lifeline to

provide much-needed income,"

Koenig said, noting that early access

begins at 62.

"It's not that they are looking for bene-

fits. Their main concern is finding a

job or keeping the job they have and

covering expenses for the next week,

the next month and the next year."

Those 65 and older fared better when

it came to household income. The

Census report noted that since 2007,

the median household income has

fallen 6.4 percent for all age groups

except those 65 and older, which saw

an increase of 5.5 percent.

Americans 65-plus are also more like-

ly to have health insurance, mainly

because they are eligible for Medi-

care. Only 2 percent of Americans 65

or older were uninsured in 2010, com-

pared with 16.3 percent of people 45

to 64 and 21.8 percent of those 35 to

44.

More findings

The Census report, "Income, Poverty,

and Health Insurance Coverage in the

United States: 2010," also found:

The Northeast and the Midwest had

the lowest uninsured rates in 2010.

The proportion of the foreign-born

population without health insurance in

2010 was about 2 1/2 times that of

the native born.

In spring 2011, 5.9 million young

adults ages 25 to 34 (14.2 percent)

resided in their parents' households,

compared with 4.7 million (11.8 per-

cent) before the recession.

Since 2007, the number of full-time

male employees who worked year-

round decreased by 6.6 million, while

the number of fully employed women

declined by 2.8 million.

Of all full-time employees who

worked year-round in 2010, women

earned 77 percent of what men

earned.

Brooke Self is an intern at the AARP

Bulletin.

BRIDGE

Nov 1, 2011 individual duplicate -

1st place – Alex Fucile, 2nd place –

Doug Gordon, 3rd place – Chet Hayes,

and 4th place - Ted Hinshaw

Nov 3, 20011 pairs duplicate -

1st place – Tom Counihan & Jerry

Vaughan; 2nd place – Dave Him-

melblau & Dan Sloan, and 3rd place

– John Parker & Tony Zadel


1st place – Ted Hinshaw, 2nd place –

Doug Gordon, and 3rd place – (tie)

Roger Abegg, Ken Christie & Chuck

Schmidt.

Nov 10, 2011 pairs duplicate

1st place – Roger Abegg & Jimmy

Woo, 2nd place - Ken Christie & Doug

Gordon, and 3rd place – John & Peg-

gy Parker.


1st place – (tie) Alex Fucile and Ken

Christie, and 3rd place – (tie) Roger

Abegg and Doug Gordon.

Nov 17, 2011 pairs duplicate - 1st place

– Chet Hayes & Ted Hinshaw, 2nd place

– Don Kies & Chuck Schmidt, and 3rd

place Ken Christie & Doug Gordon.

Nov 22, 2011 pairs duplicate - 1st place

– Chet Hayes & Ted Hinshaw and 2nd

place – (tie) Alex Fucile & Wilma Trin-

galy and Don Kies & Chuck Schmidt

Nov 24, 2011 No Game. Thanksgiving

Nov 29, 2011 pairs duplicate -

1st place – Chet Hayes & Ted Hinshaw,

2nd place – Dave Himmelblau & Dan

Sloan, and 3rd place –Ken Christie &

Doug Gordon.

PRESS RELEASE

NASA’S Mars Science Laboratory

Lifts Off, Protected by Lockheed

Martin-Built Aeroshell

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., November

26th, 2011 -- NASA’s Mars Science La-

boratory spacecraft launched this morn-

ing from Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta-

tion, Fla. at 10:02 a.m. ET aboard an

Atlas V-541 rocket provided by United

Launch Alliance. The mission’s large

Curiosity rover is encapsulated and pro-

tected in an aeroshell that was de-

signed and built by Lockheed Martin

[LMT: NYSE].

MSL aeroshell video: http://

www.youtube.com/user/

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LockheedMartinVideos?

feature=mhee#p/u/6/OYsezwD_AIs

With its Curiosity rover – built by the

Jet Propulsion Laboratory – the Mars

Science Laboratory mission will seek

to determine whether the Red Planet

was, or still is, habitable for microbial

life. In addition, the mission will char-

acterize the climate and geology of

Mars near its landing site at the foot

of a mountain inside Gale crater.

The aeroshell is a blunt-nosed cone

that encapsulates and protects Curios-

ity during its deep space cruise to

Mars, and from the intense heat and

friction that will be generated as the

system descends through the Martian

atmosphere. Lockheed Martin has

designed and built every aeroshell

flown by NASA to Mars dating back to

the Viking landers.

“This is the biggest most challenging

aeroshell we’ve ever built,” said Rich

Hund, MSL aeroshell program manag-

er at Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Company. “Even though the basic de-

sign draws from the many previous

entry systems we’ve built for NASA,

this mission had many unique require-

ments, mostly centered around deliv-

ering the one-ton rover to a specific

landing site in the Gale crater.”

The aeroshell measures 14.8 feet (4.5

meters) in diameter. For comparison,

the heatshields of the Spirit and Op-

portunity Mars Exploration Rovers

measured 8.7 feet and Apollo capsule

heatshields measured just less than

13 feet. Because of its large size, the

(Continued from page 2) weight of the overall spacecraft, and

the unique entry trajectory through

the Martian atmosphere, the heat

shield was designed with a different

thermal protection system than previ-

ous Mars missions. First used for the

Stardust Sample Return Capsule, the

MSL heat shield is covered with tiles

of phenolic impregnated carbon abla-

tor (PICA). This material will be instru-

mental in protecting the Curiosity rov-

er from the expected 3,500 degrees

Fahrenheit temperature as the space-

craft descends through the Martian

atmosphere on Aug. 5, 2012.

In addition to the aeroshell, Lockheed

Martin’s Information Systems & Glob-

al Solutions (IS&GS) also provided

information technology (IT) support

services to the Jet Propulsion Labora-

tory’s (JPL’s) scientists, researchers

and engineers at Kennedy Space Cen-

ter. Through the JPL Desktop and In-

stitutional Computing Environment

(DICE) subcontract, Lockheed Martin

onsite service technicians and service

desk employees worked around the

clock during the launch window to

provide highly responsive technology

support.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md.,

Lockheed Martin is a global security

company that employs about

126,000 people worldwide and is

principally engaged in the research,

design, development, manufacture,

integration and sustainment of ad-

vanced technology systems, products

and services. The Corporation’s 2010

sales from continuing operations were

$45.8 billion.

More information on the MSL mission

and the aeroshell can be found at:

· About the MSL aeroshell:

http://

www.lockheedmartin.com/

products/

MarsScienceLaboratoryAero-

shell

· NASA MSL fact sheet: http://

marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/

msl/news/pdfs/

MSL_Fact_Sheet.pdf

· MSL Web site: http://

marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/

msl/

MEDIA CONTACT:

Gary Napier, Lockheed Martin Space

Systems Company

(303) 971-4012;

[email protected]

Atlas V-541 launches MSL to Mars

Photo: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance


With the retirement of the space shuttle fleet there is a lot of underutilized space at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. So NASA is making an effort to re-purpose some of these facilities.

The first stage has been competed with the handing off of Orbiter Processing Facility-3 to The Boeing Co. The aircraft and space technology giant will use the space to manufacture and assemble its CST-100 spacecraft. This capsule is intended to be used as a ferry system to the International Space Station.

The move is expected to bring at least 550 jobs to the area by 2015, and potentially many more as Boeing looks to expand operations there.

Senator Bill Nelson (Dem-Fl.) recently commented, "just wait until you see what's coming here to the Kennedy Space Center (Continued on page 5)

NASA Begins Re-purposing Space Shuttle Facilities By John P. Millis, Ph.D, About.com Guide November 15, 2011


in the future in the way of public/private partnerships."

Indeed, this is expected to be just the first phase in the new-look space program with a reliance on not only NASA designed and operated explora-tion vehicles, but a significant role for privates funded space endeavors.

Image Credit: NASA

PRESS RELEASE

Successful U.S. Army /

South Korean Exercises Re-

ly on Lockheed Martin Sim-

ulation Technology

ORLANDO, Fla., November 29, 2011,

November 29th, 2011 -- The U.S. Army

and Republic of Korea Army success-

fully conducted a large-scale, distribut-

ed command post training exercise

with more than 250 participants using

technology developed by Lockheed

Martin.

The Full Spectrum Exercise (FSX) con-

cluded this month, leveraging the

Warfighters’ Simulation (WARSIM)

and the WARSIM Intelligence Model

as the major components of the Joint

Land Component Constructive Train-

ing Capability (JLCCTC) Multi-

Resolution Federation-WARSIM train-

ing system. The test was conducted

for the U.S. Army Program Executive

Office of Simulation, Training and In-

strumentation.

Through WARSIM, battle command-

ers, staffs and units from the U.S. Ar-

my 2nd Infantry Division and South

Korea were able to connect across

numerous locations in Kansas, Virgin-

ia and Korea for the eight-day, 180-

hour exercise. As part of JLCCTC, the

WARSIM program is designed to simu-

late all types of conflict – from major

theater-level operations to stability

and support missions – at the bri-

gade, joint and coalition levels.

“Mission success largely depends on

training together,” said Jim Craig, vice

president of training systems at Lock-

heed Martin’s Global Training and Lo-

gistics business unit. “WARSIM is a

reliable, adaptable system that

makes it possible for commanders

and staff to conduct essential training

exercises that simply couldn’t take

place live because of cost, distance

and logistics.”

In addition to the FSX, the U.S. Army

and South Korea conducted another

exercise with WARSIM, called War-

path II, in October. That exercise

linked more than 200 participants

across Hawaii, Virginia and three sep-

arate locations in South Korea. The

exercise lasted 164 hours and includ-

ed both a low-intensity phase and a

high-intensity, force-on-force phase,

which enabled participants to experi-

ence realistic warfighting scenarios

within a coalition environment.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md.,

Lockheed Martin is a global security

company that employs about

126,000 people worldwide and is

principally engaged in the research,

design, development, manufacture,

integration and sustainment of ad-

vanced technology systems, products

and services. The Corporation's 2010

sales from continuing operations were

$45.8 billion.

Media Contact: Leslie Holoweiko,

(301) 204-2683; email:

[email protected]

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December 2011

Activity Calendar

1. LMMAR Executive Board Meeting. First Monday of each month unless holiday conflict, then second Monday. 9:30 a.m. Bldg. 157-Front Lobby Conference Room.

2. LMMAR Newsletter Mailing Session. Volunteers needed. Second Thursday of each month. 9:00 a.m. Bldg. 157-Litrium. Contact Norm Dhom (408) 732-2742.

3. LMMAR Travel. Cruises and Tours. Contact LMMAR.

4. LMMAR Bridge Card Players. Join the fun! Every Tuesday and Thursday, 12:00 noon. Moved to Sunnyvale Elks Lodge. Contact Chuck Schmidt (408) 253-4965.

5. Lockheed Martin Blood Bank. Second Wednesday of each month. 8:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m. Bldg. 163. LMMAR Contact Norm Dhom (408) 732-2742.

6. Lockheed Martin Toys-For-Tots. Donations Accepted. LM Toys-For-Tots Cookbooks are available: $8.00

Ea. or four for $25.00. LMMAR Contact Patti Voshall (408) 742-7667.

7. Join LMMAR for our Music-filled Dine & Dance Extravaganza at Michaels Shoreline Restaurant for our Holiday Luncheon. The Date is Friday, December the 16th, 2011. Friends are welcome. See flyer for additional information or call Lucille Wilson at (408) 225-9566 or e-mail: [email protected].

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