The rules for The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Design Build Fly (AIAA DBF) contest have been posted on the official website. This contest is a fun way from undergrads to apply what they learn in the classroom to the real world. My experience in the DBF gave me a new respect for what goes into the design and construction of air and spacecraft; the detail required for our RC airplane was mind blowing. I was able to learn things that I would have learned in later years. Older team members taught me how to use almost every machine in the machine shop and how to use certain materials. This is why the DBF is a great opportunity for engineers and why every student engineer should try to enter. If you know an undergrad, suggest that they join their college's DBF team or start their own. Even if you don't know an undergrad, you can still root for your local school or your old school. Trust me, the teams need the encouragement when they hit inevitable snags.
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Hello everyone and welcome to the Carnival of Space number 167, here at the warm and cozy home of the Space Tweep Society. We hope to use our uberl33t twitter skills to promote space exploration and to push STEM education. I can tell you from personal experience that every member loves space and all their tweets are highly encouraging, sort of like how a litter of puppies just loves life. Plus, having chats over twitter late at night with other sleep deprived members is hilarious. That's why I'm proud to share some of the top articles about space in this week's Carnival of Space.
Quick Version (Now with twitter): Discovery News: Can Solar Storms Cause Wildfires?: Tweet This |
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International Observe the Moon Night – September 18, 2010
SEEING THE MOON... in a whole new light! |
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Swiss journalist Paolo Attivissimo is working on Moonscape, an upcoming free Apollo 11 documentary funded and produced by space enthusiasts, with a focus on accuracy and original material It will use the highest quality footage, audio and images, and feature synchronized views.
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The 145 KM x 85 KM x 62 KM, Saturn Moon Prometheus, outer F Ring Shepherding moon views December 2009. Orbits Saturn once every 14 hours & 42' at a distance of 139, 400 KM.
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http://www.nasaspaceflight.com : STS-135: June 24, 2011 under evaluation for extra shuttle mission
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The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) onboard the ESA spacecraft Mars Express took this image of the Phobos Grunt landing area using the HRSC nadir channel on 7 March 2010, HRSC Orbit 7915. The image resolution is 4.4m per pixel and the insert marks the proposed landing region and sites for Phobos-Grunt.
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Huygens revealed a Hydrocarbon liquid River bed on Titan.
Image below shows the ice pebbles that Huygens discovered with a typical dry riverbed on Earth. Both are to the same scale. Titan 'riverbed' likely carved by liquid methane or ethane, at approx minus 180 Celsius / 93 Kelvin. Those 'pebbles' are likely water ice, as hard as rock at the cryonic temperatures there. Below Titan (left) & Earth (right) obviously, hopefully.
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Saturn moon Dione is the fifth major moon out from Saturn. Dione orbits Saturn at a distance of 562,000 KM once every 2 days, 14 hours & 43 minutes, which is the same as the rotational period. Dione is Kronesynchronous, so keeps the same face turned towards Saturn all of the time.
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Dione is 1,128 KM wide, very similar to Tethys, the Uranus moons Ariel & Umbriel & the large moon of KBO 134340 Pluto, Charon.
