Dr. Gary Stutte explains to Paul Curto (right), chief technologist with NASA’s Inventions and Contributions Board, the research being done in this plant growth chamber in the Space Life Sciences Lab. Stutte is a senior research scientist with Dynamac Corp. Curto is visiting KSC to talk to innovators and encourage workers to submit technologies for future Space Act Awards. The Inventions and Contributions Board, established in 1958, is a major contributor in rewarding outstanding scientific or technical contributions sponsored, adopted, supported or used by NASA that are significant to aeronautics and space activities.