I met Chip Davis, creator of Mannhein Steamroller orchestra, at the National Space Symposium in Colorado a few weeks ago. He loves NASA and loved to hear all about ISS Science. As it turns out, he is working on a few things through his company, Ambience Medical, that are also associated with creating music for supporting crew psychology on orbit. He’s actually been here to JSC a few times to pitch his ideas. I was fascinated with the music he has been creating with regard to a brain component. He is an artist and an inventor and I wish I’d had more time to talk through some things with him before he had to step away for an interview.

 

Today after a long boring meeting that involved the astronaut without a bra, I came back to my desk to a package that arrived while I was out. It’s a box full of his CD’s! What a cool thing! The CD’s are “The Music of The Spheres” (space-type-music), “Fresh Aire 8”, and some samplers from his spin off company, Ambience Medical. I can’t wait to play them in my truck (that is, if Anna will ease up on the current fave Mary Poppins movie for a bit).

 

So. Cool. Now I must reciprocate with a cool box of NASA stuff. I shall begin the collection!

 

I love my job.