• DocumentCode
    1338103
  • Title

    A sky high education

  • Author

    Sopensky, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Iris Co., Austin, TX, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    6
  • Lastpage
    10
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8985
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/62.843109
  • Filename
    843109
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1338103