Teaching to meet the challenges of the space age. A handbook in aerospace education for elementary school teachers

Includes bibliographies.Mode of access: Internet

Solar-Powered Aircraft: Energy-Optimal Path Planning and Perpetual Endurance

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New design algorithm and reliability testing of solar powered near-space flight vehicle for defense and security

Broadband telecommunications have become the key factor for economic growths around the world, but rural and hard to reach areas are missing out on the  opportunity. To overcome this problem, we propose a pseudo-satellite system where  telecommunication devices are carried on a perpetually flying solar aircraft cruising at stratospheric altitude. Our aircraft will combine lighter-than-air technology to augment the lift from the wing. Every major components contributing to the aircraft total weight has been considered, resulting in a range of design solutions. We chose wing span and aspect ratio of 50m and 13 respectively, from which other specifications of the aircraft were fixed to. Our design solution has been validated by power and weight balance analysis. System reliability has been demonstrated by Monte Carlo simulation.Keywords: inflatable aircraft; lighter-than-air; solar aircraft; high amplitude platform (HAP)

High fidelity thrust model for solar photon sailing

Taking into consideration the importance of a detailed model in the trajectory propagation, three space missions using solar photon sailing has been studied with a different thrust model. Then, an equipment has been designed and built to measure the deformation of a real sample of solar sail on several work conditions. An analysis of the deformations and they distributions has been taken in account to extrapolate a more accurate model for thrust. A comparison between models in function of the sail parameters has been presented to compare the optimal time of travel to reach a circular-to-circular orbital change

Spartan Daily, January 11, 1974

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Student Learning Objectives for a One Semester Junior High Aerospace Course

The purpose of this project was to write a list of instructional objectives for a one semester introductory aerospace course at the junior high level. The objectives would be classified by topic for the aerospace class or for interdisciplinary use by teachers in other subject areas. While not all-encompassing, the list would be broad enough to allow some selection by individual teachers in developing their own programs

International Women\u27s Air & Space Museum Summer Reading Program!

While your kids are off from school have them read 10 of the 20 books from the list below and write a paragraph summary for each one read. Then submit their paper to IWASM by Aug. 31, 2014 for a prize! Some are available at our gift shop or you can stop by the library! (These books were chosen with the Ohio 3rd Grade Guarantee program in mind.) In October we will host an exhibit case of the books read as well as the student summaries. This will go along with the exciting events of Octavofest

Postcards from the cosmos: Cosmic spaces in alternative religion and conspiracy theories.

If conspiracy theory is the narration of fears of existential dread, of a potentially apocalyptical plot against ‘us’, then we can understand alien conspiracies as a dread of the coming of ‘cosmological humanity’ and the end of ‘geostationary man’. In escaping gravity’s hold a terminal velocity is achieved by a species ready to mythologize, even sacralise, its achievements and to enchant the Heavens once again in terms more suited to the technological age. Virgiliu Pop’s astrosociology will provide a means for framing the uniqueness of post-Gagarin conspiracist spiritualities within the particular religious cultures of cosmic humanity whilst Raymond Williams’ concept of structures of feeling will be drawn upon to understand the cultural significance of these spiritualities.N/

Experimental Demonstration of Technologies for Autonomous On-Orbit Robotic Assembly

The Modular Reconfigurable High Energy (MRHE) program aimed to develop technologies for the automated assembly and deployment of large-scale space structures and aggregate spacecraft. Part of the project involved creation of a terrestrial robotic testbed for validation and demonstration of these technologies and for the support of future development activities. This testbed was completed in 2005, and was thereafter used to demonstrate automated rendezvous, docking, and self-assembly tasks between a group of three modular robotic spacecraft emulators. This paper discusses the rationale for the MRHE project, describes the testbed capabilities, and presents the MRHE assembly demonstration sequence

Avion 2004-01-20

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