UTSA co-sponsors NPR's 'Science Friday' in San Antonio
(Sept. 22, 2003)--Brooks City-Base and UTSA co-sponsored the Sept. 19 broadcast of National Public Radio's "Science Friday" with segments on wind as an energy source and preserving the San Antonio missions. Part of the popular "Talk of the Nation" program, "Science Friday," hosted by Ira Flatow, was broadcast live from Brooks City-Base in San Antonio.
Listen to the program on RealAudio at the "Science Friday" Web site.
Part of Texas Public Radio's "Focus on the Environment" series, the program was sponsored by Texas Public Radio, the San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative (SATAI) Network, the UTSA College of Engineering and DPT Laboratories.
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RSS FeedsPictured from hour two of the broadcast, (from left) host Ira Flatow takes a listener call with panelists Felix Almaraz Jr., UTSA professor of history; Carolyn Peterson, vice president, director of historic preservation and director of design, Ford, Powell & Carson, San Antonio; and Mary Canales Jary, Restoration Associates, San Antonio. The panel included David Vekasy, facility manager, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, National Park Service.
The topic of hour two was "Preserving the Missions," with discussion of ongoing efforts to preserve, protect and restore the structures of the five San Antonio missions. Although many outside of San Antonio are familiar with the Alamo, many do not know about the other missions -- Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan and Espada -- built in the 1700s by the Spanish Catholic church as religious settlements along the San Antonio River.
Nearly three hundred years later, the stone buildings of the missions are showing signs of old age, including leaking roofs, stone erosion, damaged plaster and original frescoes in need of repair.
The first hour's topic was "Wind Power." Better known for its oil wells than wind turbines, Texas is second in the country -- behind California -- in the amount of energy generated by wind power. Panelists took a look at the Texas wind rush and discussed why Texas is investing in wind power and how other states can follow Texas's lead.
Panelists were Walter Hornaday, president of Cielo Wind Power, Austin; Joe Fulton, director of research and environmental management, City Public Service, San Antonio; and Russel Smith, executive director of the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association.