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CICA Crane Conference, Hobart, Tasmania

On September 12, 2013 Roland Verreet gave a presentation on the CICA Crane Conference in the Hotel Grand Cancelor, Habour 1 in Hobart, Tasmania.
The next day, Roland gave a breakfast seminar for approximately 80 attendees. The seminar was scheduled from 7 to 8.30h, but when the time was over, the participants refused to leave. They asked Roland to cover a few other subjects of interest, and the breakfast seminar finally lasted 5 and a half hours. Please find below some photographs of the two events.

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

On Friday, 6 January 2012, Mr. Roland Verreet was presented with a token of appreciation from NASA Kennedy Space Center. The presentation was made by Mr. Robert D. Cabana, the Director of the Kennedy Space Center.

The plaque was custom- made for Roland and reads:

Presented to Roland Verreet with Grateful Thanks from Your Friends at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida” “This 5/8” stainless steel wire rope from the West 30-Ton Bridge Crane in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center lifted major components of the International Space Station from 1995 through 2009.

A stainless steel rope of the Space Station Assembly crane is attached to the plaque.

Special significance of the various photos and presentation by Mr. Cabana:
- The lower right photo is the European Space Agency's research laboratory, Columbus Module, being processed while on the hook of the 30-ton bridge crane in the Space Station Processing Facility.
- The large photo of the Space Shuttle launch is of STS-122 carrying the Columbus Module in its payload bay.
- The composite photo of the International Space Station superimposed over the Florida peninsula shows Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, under the center of the station.

Mr. Cabana flew a Space Shuttle 4 times (STS-41 Discovery, STS-53 Discovery, STS-65 Columbia and STS-88). He was the Mission Commander of STS-88, the first International Space Station assembly mission.

Roland considers this a great distinction. He loves to work with the NASA engineers who are a bit smarter than the rest of us.