Alcoa Earnings Top Estimates After Gains at Aerospace Segment

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Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, reported third-quarter profit that surpassed analysts' expectations after higher earnings from one of its divisions that turns the metal into auto and aerospace parts.

Net income was 2 cents a share, compared with a 13-cent loss a year earlier, the New York-based company said in a statement today. Earnings excluding one-time items were 11 cents a share, beating the 5-cent average of 17 estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Sales fell to $5.77 billion from $5.83 billion, exceeding the $5.63 billion average estimate.

Alcoa's so-called downstream divisions -- which make rolled, forged and extruded aluminum products -- have accounted for a growing proportion of the company's revenue in the past year. They're the focus of efforts by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Klaus Kleinfeld to capitalize on rising demand for high-tech aluminum components in the latest generation of cars and commercial aircraft.

"The end-markets for aluminum remain healthy and growing," Anthony Rizzuto, a New York-based analyst at Cowen & Co. who has a hold rating on the stock, said in a note before the earnings were announced. Auto and aerospace markets "will be the primary drivers of the aluminum industry over the next decade."

After-tax operating income from the company's engineered products division, which supplies aerospace companies Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS, rose to $192 million in the third quarter from $158 million a year earlier.

While earnings at the downstream businesses have improved in 2013, earnings at its primary-metals unit, the company's largest by revenue, have come under pressure from a decline in metal prices.

Alcoa, typically one of the first U.S. companies to report quarterly earnings, was removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Sept. 10 after 44 years. As well as the drop in its share price so far in 2013, Alcoa's credit rating was cut to junk by Moody's Investors Service in May.

Aluminum futures on the London Metal Exchange averaged $1,845 a metric ton in the quarter, down 13 percent from a year earlier. Global output has exceeded demand for a ninth straight year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It traded at $1,758 in June, almost a four-year low.

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Amphenol Aerospace High Speed Solutions Develops Hermetic and Feed-Through ARINC 801 Fiber Optic Assemblies

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SIDNEY, N.Y., Oct.8,2013 /PRNewswire/ --Amphenol Aerospace (APH), a global leader in interconnect technologies, now offers hermetically sealed assemblies and bulkhead feed-throughs in the ARINC 801 circular connector format for fiber optic interconnects. These assemblies are designed for aerospace applications demanding a high level of environmental and pressure sealing. Using processes and materials originally developed for Amphenol's industry-leading hermetically sealed electrical connectors, these fiber optic assemblies can achieve sealing rates in excess of 1X10^-5 He/sec. They are available in all standard shell size/insert arrangements for multi-mode (50/125um and 62.5/125um) and single-mode optical fiber.

These assemblies are available in two designs: Sealed assemblies customer specified optical sub-assemblies (fiber type, length, lead terminations) are installed into the connector and the back of the connector is sealed. Bulkhead feed-through a panel mounted, double-ended jam-nut receptacle with pin-pin contacts

Amphenol supplies the full line of ARINC 801 connectors in shell sizes ranging from 11 to 25 and fiber counts from 2 to 32. ARINC 801 termini are available in multi-mode, single-mode, and single-mode APC versions. All ARINC 801 connectors and termini are fully compliant with industry specifications and have been tested to the most stringent aerospace requirements. Amphenol also maintains full-service cable assembly facilities to design and fabricate any type of fiber optic cable harness from simple jumper cables to multi-branched harnesses.

Jared Sibrava, Director of Amphenol Aerospace's High Speed Solutions Division says, "The combination of hermetic assemblies and feed-through connectors to our ARINC 801 portfolio provides discriminating solutions for our customers as they integrate fiber optics into platforms for Commercial Aerospace and Defense applications."

Contact Information: Joseph Ingold Fiber Optic Product Manager (607) 267-0699 jingold@amphenol-aao.com

Jared Sibrava Director Amphenol High Speed Solutions (607) 643-1845 jsibrava@amphenol-aao.com

About Amphenol Aerospace As one of the largest developers of interconnection technologies for the military and commercial aerospace industries, Amphenol Aerospace Operations (AAO) provides OEMs worldwide with rugged, high quality products that withstand the harshest environments.

AAO provides complete interconnect solutions for a wide array of markets. AAO designs, manufactures, and supplies circular and rectangular, electronic, board level, fiber optic, EMI/EMP filter connectors, as well as PCBs, backplanes and integrated systems.

AAO is headquartered in Sidney, N.Y. with other facilities located in New Hampshire, Toronto, Mexico and China. AAO is a division of Amphenol Corporation, headquartered in Wallingford, CT, one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world, with 2012 sales topping $4 billion.

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Liebherr-Aerospace at the NBAA 2013 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition

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Liebherr-Aerospace is participating in this years NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, which takes place from October 22 to 24, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA). On stand No. C11407, the company will present its expertise to customers, operators and partners from around the world exhibiting equipment for business jets and helicopters from all its product lines, i.e. flight control and actuation systems, air management systems as well as landing gears. Amongst others, a cooling pack, components of the Learjet 85 flight control system, the Global Express nose landing gear and a humidification system that can be installed in various types of aircraft will be on display.

Liebherr-Aerospace in the Americas supplying and supporting the business aviation industry

Liebherr-Aerospace has built a solid reputation through successful partnerships with business aircraft manufacturers and operators all over the world. Its product range for the business aviation industry comprises equipment for various types of jets and helicopters. Determined to gain further ground in this market, the company also provides enhanced product support and tailored services as well as strategically located warehouses.

As a great number of business aircraft are not only built but also operated in the Americas, Liebherr-Aerospace has several production and customer service facilities on these continents. In the United States, Liebherr Aerospace Saline, Inc., based in Saline, Michigan, offers component repair services, technical support and spares distribution, and operates liaison offices in Seattle, Washington, and in Wichita, Kansas in close proximity to its customers. In the Canadian city of Laval near Montreal, Liebherr-Aerospace operates a customer service facility, providing technical, logistics and engineering support. Moreover, Liebherr Aerospace Brasil Ltda. in Guaratinguet (Brazil) manufactures parts for Liebherrs flight control and actuation systems, landing gears, and air management systems, and supports Brazilian customers through a liaison office in the city of So Jos dos Campos.

Liebherr-Aerospace is a leading supplier of systems for the aviation industry

Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS, Toulouse (France), is one of ten divisional control companies within the Liebherr Group and coordinates all activities in the aerospace and transportation systems sectors.

Liebherr-Aerospace is a leading supplier of systems for the aviation industry and has more than five decades of experience in this field. The range of aviation equipment produced by Liebherr for the civil and military sectors includes flight control and actuation systems, landing gear and air management systems. These systems are deployed in wide-bodied aircraft, single aisle and regional aircraft, business jets, combat aircraft, military transporters, military training aircraft, civil helicopters and combat helicopters.

Liebherrs aerospace and transportation systems division employs over 4,400 people. It has four aviation equipment production plants at Lindenberg (Germany), Toulouse (France), Guaratinguet (Brazil) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia). These production sites offer a worldwide service with additional customer service centers in Saline (Michigan/USA), Seattle (Washington/USA), Wichita (Kansas/USA), Montreal (Canada), So Jos dos Campos (Brazil), Hamburg (Germany), Moscow (Russia), Dubai (UAE), Singapore and Shanghai (Peoples Republic of China).

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Aerospace workers get dirty for a good cause

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They produce complicated aerospace and defense products. They can handle a few dirty windows and paint brushes.

More than 40 employees from the UTC Aerospace Systems Wheels & Brakes in Troy rolled up their sleeves and donated many hours of their time to help clean and improve the Rec Center in downtown Troy.

The workers washed windows, painted walls and benches and helped with other needs as part of a community service project.

"This is a way to give back to the community," said James Wharton, president of UTC Aerospace Systems Wheels & Brakes. "This is a long-standing, important establishment here in Troy."

The Rec is starting a capital campaign in the hopes of updating the center for the 21st Century, and the paint and cleaning will help create a new look.

"Getting all of this furniture moved, a lot of cleaning done and a lot of prep work done for the remodel means huge things for the Rec," said Nicole Hanes, the center's director. "We operate on a very small staff, and so having 40 volunteers come in from UTC to help us out was very, very big for us."

The Rec provides a supervised recreational and social environment for teens after school. They have games, snacks, TVs and computers.

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CIRCOR Aerospace Machining Center Grand Opening Held in Corona, California

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CORONA, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 8, 2013) - CIRCOR Aerospace celebrated the grand opening of their Corona, California Machining Center of Excellence on Friday, September 20.

Scott Buckhout, CIRCOR International President and CEO and Michael Dill, CIRCOR Aerospace Group Vice President led the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Attendees included California State Assemblyman Eric Linder (60th District), a special video message from U.S. Congressman Ken Calvert (CA) and attendance by his Deputy Director Jolyn Murphy, Chief of Staff John Field from Riverside County Supervisor John Tavaglione's (2nd District) office, and representatives from California Senator Richard D. Roth's (31st District) offices as well as members from the Corona Chamber of Commerce. Following the ceremony, all guests attended a tour of the new facility.

The state of the art machining facility holds the critical machining processes for the West Coast fluidic control, actuation, and landing gear product lines. Completed in June of 2013, the new facility has 72,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space. CIRCOR's two Corona facilities feature a combined footprint of over 187,000 square feet and include Engineering, Design, Research and Development, Manufacturing, and Assembly and Test.

"This represents another important achievement on our continuing journey toward operational excellence at CIRCOR Aerospace. We would like to recognize the hard work from our collective teams engaged in this project which achieved every established target," noted CIRCOR Aerospace Group Vice President, Michael Dill.

"Our efforts and hard work are paying off. At a time when our economic climate nationally and in the Inland Empire is challenged with budget shortfalls, sequestration cuts and cities declaring bankruptcy, I am proud that we are bucking the trend and creating jobs for the city of Corona and the Southern California region," noted Scott Buckhout, CIRCOR International, Inc. President and CEO.

About CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group

CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group is focused on the design, development, and manufacture of specialty fluidic control, actuation, and aircraft landing gear systems for demanding aerospace and defense applications. CIRCOR Aerospace provides a full range of fluid controls and electro-mechanical controls, actuation systems, manifold assemblies, and complete landing gear systems.CIRCOR Aerospace has business units located in California, Ohio, New York; Paris and Chemille, France; Tangier, Morocco and Suzhou, China.

Parent company CIRCOR International is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and the CIRCOR Aerospace Products group is headquartered in Corona, California.

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Ascott wins 24 accolades at Business Traveller and World Travel Awards

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CapitaLands wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited, has swept a total of 24 highly coveted accolades at the 2013 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards and World Travel Awards for Asia & Australasia as well as Europe.

The awards recognise Ascott as the leading serviced residence provider across Asia Pacific and Europe. With these awards, Ascott has been recognised with 104 accolades to date in 2013, exceeding the 79 accolades it garnered in the full year of 2012.

For the 10th straight year, readers of Business Traveller Asia-Pacific magazine have voted Ascott The Residence as the Best Serviced Residence Brand in the region.

The poll, which was conducted by an independent market research company, also unveiled Ascotts premier serviced residence in its home base of Singapore Ascott Raffles Place as the Best Serviced Residence in Asia Pacific. Ascott has won in these two award categories every year since their inception in 2004. Ascott Sathorn Bangkok and Ascott Makati also came in second and third place respectively for Best Serviced Residence in Asia Pacific.

At the World Travel Awards for Asia & Australasia where winners were voted by travel professionals and consumers, Ascott was conferred 12 awards, including the top honour of Asias Leading Serviced Apartment Brand. Ascott also clinched leading serviced apartment and brand awards for Ascott The Residence and Somerset Serviced Residence in China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.

At the World Travel Awards for Europe, Ascott garnered eight accolades. It beat contenders from various countries to receive the highest accolade of Europe's Leading Serviced Apartment Brand. In addition, Ascotts Citadines Aparthotel brand and properties triumphed in seven other categories in Belgium, England, France and Germany.

Lee Chee Koon, Ascotts Chief Executive Officer, said: We are humbled to be voted the best in Asia Pacific and Europe by travellers and travel professionals. Their continued support is fundamental to Ascotts success. Winning Business Traveller Asia-Pacific awards for 10 years in a row, and World Travel Awards across different geographies, demonstrates the consistent high quality of our products and services. Across our properties in more than 80 cities across over 20 countries, our 5,000 staff dedicate themselves to providing excellent services and exceeding our guests expectations. These awards truly go to all our staff who have made it possible for Ascott to garner 104 accolades so far this year.

Lee added: As a company that started in Singapore in 1984, Ascott is honoured to be recognised alongside other Singapore brands such as Singapore Changi Airport and Singapore Airlines. Premium quality and efficient, reliable services are attributes that have allowed Singapore brands to enjoy high international appeal. As customers needs evolve with time, we will continue to invest in innovation and create special touches to deliver the best stay experience for them.

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A Glimpse Into Medical Research And A Transhuman Future

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There was a time when literature and religion dealt largely with super powered beings of holy origin. We marvelled at the feats of Gods and Demi Gods, and we wrote tales about magic and sorcery. Today though these power fantasies seem to focus more on science and on human achievement. Superheroes and science fiction dont herald powerful beings that come from the skies, but rather normal humans that have amazing abilities thanks to the wonders of science.

Either way we have dreamed about overcoming the limitations of the human condition for millennia now, and its something that has always been a part of our culture. But thanks to the recent rate of technological progress and innovation, it might well be that were finally on the cusp of getting to experience that fantasy for real. Ever played the game Deus Ex: Human Revolution? It has a plot about transhuman technology resulting in the augmentation of half of society people giving themselves incredible abilities by implanting bionic arms and altering their DNA. Of course this leads to various political problems and revolutions and hence you are entered into the fray as a high-tech warrior. But the amazing thing? Were quite possibly only a few years away from just such a revolution and it might be even more dramatic than that too. Take a look at some of these medical breakthroughs and you may see what I mean

One of the most science fiction concepts imaginable is the idea of bionic robotic arms that we might one day be able to replace our limbs with robotic ones capable of incredible feats of strength and speed. This is almost already commonplace with blade runners in the Special Oympics such as Oscar Pistorious essentially being real life bionic men (and women). But a recent breakthrough took this much further when Jan Schuermann a 52 year old quadriplegic was given mental control over a robotic arm via two 96-channel microelectrodes implanted into her brain. She could use the arm almost as easily as though it were her own to open rappers and feed herself chocolate bars, and thanks to the remarkable ability of the brain to adapt she has been steadily gaining increased reaction speed and dexterity too.

Now theres no reason to think that one day this couldnt be used to replace a missing limb and to grant someone superhuman strength. In fact, combine this with the X1 Exoskeleton developed by NASA and you could grant someone the ability to run super-fast and lift incredible weights.

Perhaps even more amazing is current research into gene doping. Gene doping is what happens when new DNA is injected into the nucleus of a cell in order to alter its expression. This can then lead to permanent and profound changes to the human body with unthinkable implications. For instance, with a single injection its possible to reduce the amount of myostatin that the body produces a chemical that suppresses the development of muscle. This then in turn can give the recipients several times more muscle mass and less body fat with no obvious side effects its essentially a real-life super soldier serum.

Now you might be thinking that all this is a long way off, but in fact these injections have already been successful in mice and gene doping has been used on human patients in other capacities. Scariest of all, its no actually that difficult for a hobbyist with a degree and a few thousand dollars worth of equipment to reproduce these results in their basement. So even if gene doping is never offered by medical institutions to treat muscle wasting diseases you can best that it will find its way onto the black market for use by athletes and people who just want to increase their strength.

And in fact some of thats already going on as we speak. Search for biohacking on Google and youll find forums and chat rooms where people are already discussing the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation to increase their intelligence and the use of subdermal implants to give themselves extra sensory capabilities

The future is nearly here, and when it arrives, its going to be more amazing and disruptive than any science fiction could imagine

This post has been contributed by Jack Turner, a technician at Freedom Lift Systems which specializes in porch wheelchair lifts. He is a passionate individual and he enjoys challenging himself at accomplishing new feats.

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A Transhuman Conundrum: The Retinal Implant – Tested

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By Erin Biba on Oct. 7, 2013 at 9:30 a.m.

This week were taking a look at the ethics of enhancing ourselves. Well present you with a series of ethical conundrums brought about by entirely possible future transhuman modifications and you can argue the ethics in the comments. Well have to face these questions eventually, might as well get started now. Are you pro or con superhumans?

This week were taking a look at the ethics of enhancing ourselves. Well present you with a series of ethical conundrums brought about by entirely possible future transhuman modifications and you can argue the ethics in the comments. Well have to face these questions eventually, might as well get started now. Are you pro or con superhumans?

The scenario: You are going blind. But not to worry, its the future, so theres technology to fix that. While at the doctors office discussing your retinal implant options, the doctor mentions that he can grant you with all sorts of visual abilities well beyond simply restoring your sight--all he has to do is add some extra features to the device. Want the ability to see x-rays, ultraviolet light, or infrared? How about a radar display? Even better, what about heat mapping? No problem! You may not actually need any of these extras, but you can have them anyway. All you have to do is ask. What do you do?

There are a slew of implantable devices that replicate different functions of the human eye currently in development. The most recent, the Argus II, connects a retinal implant to a pair of glasses, which transmits visual information to the patient's optic nerve and allows them to see (despite their damaged eyeball cells). Its entirely plausible that in the future retinal implants will evolve to allow for a variety of extras.

If you choose to have the extended implant you will now have abilities that you don't need and, when compared to the rest of society, you'll be an "other"--a new version of human with supervision. In fact, if you simply chose the implant without any of the extras you'll already be a little bit superhuman. Either way, people around you won't necessarily know that you can see them in special ways. And they certainly won't know you're standing in front of their house using your brand new heat vision to tell if they're home.

On your doctor's part, he will have to decide whether or not to offer you these special new abilities. If he decides not to, your doc will have to risk the possibility that you will later discover he had the option to give them to you--and now everybody with your implant can see in ultraviolet but you can't.

So what do ethcists say about this?

Implant ethics are a long-argued area of thinking. After all, we already have elective plastic surgery--and nobodys really decided if giving someone giant boobs for no reason other than because they wanted them is ethical. According to philosopher Sven Hansson, writing in the Journal of Medical Ethics, ...the distinction between disease and health or normality is not as clear as it may first seem. Disease is not a biologically well defined concept but one that depends largely on social values. Some conditions previously regarded as diseases are now thought of as normal states of the mind or body. Others that were previously perceived as variations of normality are now regarded as diseases.

According to the ethicists the question we should be pondering here is: what kinds of humans should there be? In the case of retinal implant extras, do we want humans to replace the machines we use (machines took our jobs and now were taking them back)? And do we even have the right to manipulate humanity the extent that we are basically creating a new class of people that have super-human visual abilities?

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The Catholic Church Has Declared War on Transhumanism

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On July 25, 2013 in the city of Madrid Spain the Catholic Church declared open war on transhumanism. The occasion was a meeting , theXVIII International Science and Life Congress. The result of this meeting, the so called Madrid Declaration on Science and Life, outlines the churchs stance and opposition to transhumanism, going further to oppose the use of reason and science in the betterment of life and society, and calling for the creation of an extra legal international court and advocating the use of violence and kidnapping. The goal of the proposed court being to try scientists for crimes based on the Churchs mistaken anti-scientific beliefs such as creationism and divine will.

The meeting was expressly held to discussscience, humanism and post-humanism but the declaration goes beyond a mere evaluation of these ideas from a theological or religious perspective, calling for the creation of an international criminal court before which those experimenting with human life,understanding it as a mean of production, or simply destroying it in the early stages of its development, be accountable. The imagined criminal court of course reaches beyond any existing international law and the charter of the International Criminal Court. An ironictwist given the recent attempt by child molestation victims to bring a case against top Vatican officials there. The proposal also neglects the existing framework of international agreements and organizations within the United Nations that already address some of these issues.

The Catholic Church of course has a long standing opposition to science dating back to the middle ages. While in more recent times the church has attempted to update its position, it doesnt take much work to find unscientific and erroneous ideas taken as fact in the Vaticans positions. These are especially apparent surrounding the ideas of evolution and genetics but are clearly not limited to these areas as both history and the Madrid Declaration clearly demonstrates.

More irony, the attempts of certain Catholic theologians and writers to tie modern transhumanism to Nazi eugenics when in fact it is the Catholic Church that actually had connections to the Nazis during World War II. The true origins of modern ideas of transhumanism post date World War II, the eugenics movement and all of these events by almost half a century.

At the Humanity+ Conference in San Francisco in 2012, science fiction author David Brin reminded the audience about the disturbing history of anti-science religious fanaticism and thetrial and execution ofGiorgano Bruno.Galileo Galileiwas also tried but not executed. The Madrid Declaration seeks a return to power for Vatican based kangaroo courts of this sort and proposed extradition and trial of scientists conducting research that is deemed entirely legal in their home countries.

But if you arent outraged yet, the Madrid Declaration goes even a bit further calling for the illegal kidnapping of scientists and transhumanists traveling internationally and rendition to stand trial before the Vaticans court. Before this any country who defends human life should react. Just as certain dictators take care not to travel to some places for fear of arrest, those attempting against human beings, regardless if their activity is permitted in their country of origin, should know that they are not exempt from been brought to trial before an international court.

Any such renditions are clearly in violation of numerous national and international laws and since it seems unlikely that any scientist would admit voluntarily to such a trial, this would require and only be possible through the use of force, secretly kidnapping or causing the arrest of scientists conducting entirely legal international travel. Transhumanists and scientists working especially in the field of in vitro fertilization and related technologies might actually want to consider these events when planning international travel. Individuals should contact their national embassies and related authorities for advice before traveling. Others singled out for attack in the Madrid document might be individuals advocating animal or robotic/AI rights since they argue that in giving rights to animals (natural or artificial), robots, or new human species artificially manipulated, lies a real danger to human life as we know it with their freedom and way of being.

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NASA's moon landing remembered today as a promise of a 'future which never happened'

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NASA's footage of the first moon landing promised a future of sci-fi heroism that never came to pass, according to a new study.

The paper, by Professor Steve Brown and Professor Martin Parker, of the University of Leicester's School of Management, and Dr Lewis Goodings, of the University of Roehampton, is published in the International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy.

The first moon landing is overwhelmingly remembered as an exciting and important turning point in world history, which continues to inspire space exploration projects to Mars and beyond today.

However, the new study shows how NASA used images of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing to develop a narrative of its own importance for the future.

The academics claim NASA carefully selected footage to present Neil Armstrong and his fellow astronauts as pioneering "cowboys" supported by "technological efficiency".

NASA's shots of the astronauts walking purposefully towards the launch bay repeated regularly in TV coverage of the landing were carefully crafted to mimic the slow walk of Cowboys in the cinematic tradition of Westerns, they argue.

The academics compare NASA's claim to historical importance with organisations like Walt Disney Productions and Pan American World Airways.

They also note how often the images were repeated in media which "premeditated" the idea that the moon landing represented the future.

They contrast this with people's ideas today about how space travel actually progressed in the latter half of the 20th century which saw only five further manned moon landings, ending in 1972.

The academics analysed more than 400 "memory cards" left by visitors to the National Space Centre which contained people's recollections of the moon landing and the 1960s.

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