NASA Recognizes Ball Aerospace's Weimer for CALIPSO Mission
April 28 2008 - 9:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
BOULDER, Colo., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Aerospace
& Technologies Corp.'s Carl Weimer will be awarded NASA's
Distinguished Public Service Medal during a ceremony May 8, for his
work on the Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
Observation (CALIPSO) mission. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080428/LAM009) One of NASA's
most prestigious honors, the award is presented to select
individuals and groups, both government and non-government, who
have made outstanding contributions to NASA. Weimer served as
Ball's technical manager for CALIPSO, leading development of the
satellite payload. He continues to support the mission as
additional scientific rewards are realized from CALIPSO, including
ocean winds and subsurface measurements for plankton, plant growth
and turbidity. CALIPSO is a mission dedicated to studying the
impact that clouds and aerosols have on the Earth's climate. "This
recognition is an honor for me, and a testament to the outstanding
team efforts that continue to make the CALIPSO mission so
successful," said Weimer. Weimer's award is the highest honor given
by NASA to non-government employees, and is bestowed only when the
contribution is so extraordinary that other forms of recognition
would be inadequate. The NASA award is presented for unusual
initiative or creative ability that clearly demonstrates
substantial improvement in engineering, aeronautics, space flight,
administration, support, or space-related endeavors. This is the
third NASA Distinguished Medal award for Ball employees in the past
three years. Paul Lightsey was acknowledged in 2007 for his
contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope, and Monte
Henderson for the Deep Impact mission in 2006. Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp. supports critical missions of important national
agencies such as the Department of Defense, NASA, NOAA and other
U.S. government and commercial entities. The company develops and
manufactures spacecraft, advanced instruments and sensors,
components, data exploitation systems and RF solutions for
strategic, tactical and scientific applications. For more than 50
years, Ball Aerospace has been responsible for numerous
technological and scientific 'firsts' and acts as a technology
innovator for the aerospace market. Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) is
a supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging products for
beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace
and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S.
government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than
15,500 people worldwide and reported 2007 sales of $7.4 billion.
Forward-Looking Statements This release contains "forward-looking"
statements concerning future events and financial performance.
Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "estimates" and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Key risks and
uncertainties are summarized in filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including Exhibit 99.2 in our Form 10-K, which
are available at our Web site and at http://www.sec.gov/. Factors
that might affect our packaging segments include fluctuation in
product demand and preferences; availability and cost of raw
materials, including recent significant increases in resin, steel,
aluminum and energy costs, and the ability to pass such increases
on to customers; competitive packaging availability, pricing and
substitution; changes in climate and weather; crop yields;
competitive activity; failure to achieve anticipated productivity
improvements or production cost reductions, including our beverage
can end project; mandatory deposit or other restrictive packaging
laws; changes in major customer or supplier contracts or loss of a
major customer or supplier; and changes in foreign exchange rates,
tax rates and activities of foreign subsidiaries. Factors that
might affect our aerospace segment include: funding, authorization,
availability and returns of government and commercial contracts;
and delays, extensions and technical uncertainties affecting
segment contracts. Factors that might affect the company as a whole
include those listed plus: accounting changes; changes in senior
management; successful or unsuccessful acquisitions, joint ventures
or divestitures; integration of recently acquired businesses;
regulatory action or laws including tax, environmental, health and
workplace safety, including in respect of chemicals or substances
used in raw materials or in the manufacturing process; governmental
investigations; technological developments and innovations;
goodwill impairment; antitrust, patent and other litigation;
strikes; labor cost changes; rates of return projected and earned
on assets of the company's defined benefit retirement plans;
pension changes; reduced cash flow; interest rates affecting our
debt; and changes to unaudited results due to statutory audits or
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DATASOURCE: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. CONTACT: Roz
Brown of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., +1-303-533-6059,
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