Title :
A sky high education
Author_Institution :
Iris Co., Austin, TX, USA
fDate :
5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Getting an engineering education doesn\´t have to be restricted to a desk or terra firma. University students, and even some high school students, can participate in the NASA Reduced Gravity Student Program conducting experiments in zero gravity aboard the infamous "Vomit Comet." This airplane was an unseen player in the Apollo 13 movie that provided weightlessness for star Tom Hanks in this outstanding film.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; engineering education; zero gravity experiments; Apollo 13; NASA Reduced Gravity Student Program; Vomit Comet; engineering education; weightlessness; zero gravity; Airplanes; Conductive films; Educational programs; Gravity; Motion pictures; NASA;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
