Preserving the Past for the Future
Without knowing from whence we come, there is little hope for charting a pleasant, human-centered future. Thus, saving our cultural resources, "Alas, all too rapidly vanishing into the limbo of time", is a vital endeavor. See some selected Historic Preservation work of Luke Idziak below.
Saturn V Rocket Design / Fabrication / Repair / Assembly
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U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama Summer 2007
Conservation, fabrication and design work on a Saturn V Rocket.
Luke Idziak: Contractor Employee Technician.
Duties: Diagnostic, repair, fabrication, and recreation work performed upon a variety of sub- assemblies and materials in the main stages, capsule, escape rocket motor, and nosecone of a Saturn V rocket. Discovery of hairline fractures in a titanium support truss. Personal design of a novel internal nosecone attachment mechanism.
Time Capsules
The Stillwater, Minn. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Statue giving up a lost time capsule to modern discovery.
Conservation Technician Luke Idziak, assisting.
Conservation Design and Fabrication / Recreation
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Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Federal Building, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington DC
Bronze Door element recreation and installation with automatic opener retrofit. Chief fabricator: Luke Idziak
Conservation Solutions Inc., 2007
Book Bank Used Bookstore, Defense and Management
Manager and sci-fi section organizer: Luke Idziak
Buying, selling, opening and closing.
Book Bank Used Books, 1510 King St. Old Town Alexandria VA. 2006-2009.