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NuSTAR Satellite Approved for Further
Study by NASA
 By Matthew Early Wright
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) satellite may soon
give astrophysicists a new window on the universe. Designed to image
high-energy X-ray radiation, it will capture sharp images of black
holes, supernovae, and galactic nuclei. And if NASA gives the project
final flight approval early next year, it could be in orbit by the end
of the decade.
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Director's Corner
By
Jonathan Dorfan
17 and 8
Minimizing work-related injuries and illnesses is good
management—maintaining the SLAC Family’s health and well-being is an
important collective goal for all of us. In that regard, 17 and 8 are
two numbers that I would like all of you to keep forefront in your minds
this year. These are the maximum numbers of incidents in two
safety-incident categories that have been set by the DOE for Fiscal Year
2005.
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Science Bowl a Great Success
By Nina Stolar
 The first DOE Science Bowl held at SLAC was a tremendous success due to
strong volunteer participation by the SLAC community. A warm SLAC
welcome greeted the 23 teams (one coach/five students) from 14 area high
schools. People came forward from areas throughout the Lab and worked
together seamlessly to master the myriad details for the
tournament-style competition.
This great educational outreach opportunity supports the DOE National
Science Bowl.
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Cosmic Tune-Up: Cosmic Rays Help Prime BABAR
Systems
By Heather Rock Woods
Cosmic rays harmlessly stream through everything on Earth—our bodies,
the scintillator counters in the Visitor’s Center and the
BaBar
detectors.Normally,
BaBar
filters out cosmic rays to
reduce background noise. However, the Collaboration uses cosmic rays to
check out the detectors before starting a new run—and even in the middle
of a long run. Experimenters turned to cosmic rays for extra tune-ups
and tests of new equipment during the unexpected downtime that began
mid-October, just a week before
BaBar
was to start taking data
after a scheduled downtime.
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