National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston, Texas 77058-3696
Blume Distillation LLC
371 Calabasas Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
October 29, 2015
David, Tom,
Thanks for hosting us for a very enjoyable and educational day at Blume Distillation. I expected our discussion to uncover some areas of interest and you way surpassed my expectations! We at NASA are always interested in learning from other pioneers as we look for affordable and sustainable approaches to space exploration and we are very impressed with the work your team is doing.
Our initial interest was in the alcohol fuel distillation process but I am now more intrigued with the holistic philosophy you are demonstrating as it applies to sustainable living in general and particularly the many techniques that can be applied to sustaining life on Mars or in a closed spacecraft environment during transit.
We are currently conducting preliminary discussions to define a potential study on “Massless Exploration” and many of the technologies and techniques we saw and discussed are very relevant. I will keep in touch as we formulate this study with the hope we may have the opportunity to interact further.
Thanks again for a very enjoyable visit. Please extend my appreciation to the entire team and especially for the delicious and healthy lunch!
Best regards,
Douglas Terrier
JSC Chief Technologist