Welcome, and on this video we are doing product review for the Global Hawk, by Northrop Grumman! So if you want to see how this unmanned aerial vehicle is help us do high-altitude, long-duration spying!, then please stay tuned!
Hi Guys, I’m Philip English from robophil.com, now on this video we are looking in to the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk!
Global Hawk is a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance aircraft. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of Northrop Grumman), and known as Tier II+ during development.
The RQ-4 provides a broad overview and systematic surveillance using high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and long-range electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors with long loiter times over target areas. It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 km2) of terrain a day.
The Air Force Global Hawk evolved from DARPA technology and was deployed overseas shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Today, the active Global Hawk enterprise is made up of three complimentary systems.
Number one, the Global Hawk Comms Gateway was unveiled in 2006 and operates the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), a communications system that receives, bridges, and distributes information among all participants in a battle
Number two, the Global Hawk Multi-INT is important for situation awareness and intelligence across huge areas of land and carries the sensor systems EISS (Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite) and ASIP (Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload).
Three, the Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance carries the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP), which provides game-changing situational awareness and targeting information on both fixed and moving targets.
The Global Hawk is operated by the United States Air Force and U.S. Navy. It is used as a high-altitude platform covering the spectrum of intelligence collection capability to support forces in worldwide military operations. According to the United States Air Force, the superior surveillance capabilities of the aircraft allow more precise weapons targeting and better protection of friendly forces. The original Global Hawk model is now flown on scientific research missions by NASA. NASA uses the Hawk to spy on ocean and the atmosphere. Flying it requires a crew of three (Two pilots and a sensor operator), there is also does not carrier and armament. The system has surpassed 125,000 flight hours and midway through 2014 had 100,000 combat/operational flight hours. There are currently 20 Global Hawk UAV’s in operation. To run you through some of the specifications it is able to fly halfway
around the globe and remain on station for long periods of time. Capable of capturing high-resolution, near-real-time imagery. Height is 470cm (185in), Length is 1450cm (570.9in), Width is 3980cm (1567in) and the weight is 14628kg (32249lbs). It has a speed of 574 km/h (356.6mph) and has a Rolls Royce-North American F137-RR-100 turbofan engine The Computer system is an on-board secure computing and communication system The cost for 1 Global Hawk is $35 million!
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Changes to and movements on the Earth are measured by the Norwegian Mapping Authority with an accuracy down to one millimetre from its geodetic observatory in Svalbard. Remote celestial objects known as quasars provide the reference point.
The Ny-Ålesund facility in Svalbard forms part of a global network which plays a crucial role for society’s satellite-based infrastructure. It also provides the basis for accurate climate monitoring in the far north.
Signals from quasars located up to 13 billion light years away are picked up by the observatory’s very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) antennas. These data can then be used to determine movements of the Earth’s crust, how fast the planet is rotating and its exact position in space. This mapping is needed for calculating the orbit of Earth observation satellites to the level of precision needed for accurate climate monitoring.
Supporting climate research and far north policy
The observatory provide measurements which form part of a global observation and research network. This commitment supports climate research, is entrenched in the government’s far north policy and also contributes to maintaining the scientific community and settlement in Ny-Ålesund with year-round operation. In addition, it is in line with the pledge in the Svalbard White Paper that activity in this Arctic archipelago will be based on research as well as tourism and coal-mining.
Crucial for GPS and satellite technology
The global VLBI network which the Ny-Ålesund observatory belongs to, is necessary for the functioning of the global positioning system (GPS) and other high-precision satellite technology. Without the reference system provided by these antennas, it would be impossible to know the exact position of satellites in relation to the Earth’s surface. That would in turn reduce the accuracy of satellite-based measurements.
Ny-Ålesund alone in the Arctic
The VLBI antenna in Ny-Ålesund is the only member of the global network of such installations which lies so close to the North Pole. An upgraded station will make a particular contribution to increased accuracy in the far north, where the effects of climate change can be registered at the earliest stage and most clearly.
According to NASA, the northern position of the new geodetic observatory in Svalbard will allow it to provide significantly better global calculations and to make a big contribution to the worldwide collaboration on Earth observation.
The Norwegian commitment in Ny-Ålesund has also been on the agenda at the UN. Its general assembly adopted a resolution on 26 February 2015 which will contribute to strengthening global collaboration on Earth observation.


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Raisbeck Aviation High School's vision is to be the premier public high school of choice for students in King County and the region who wish to pursue their passion for aviation and aerospace in a learning environment that prepares them for higher education, citizenship, and work.
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Aviation museums may display their aircraft only on the ground or fly some of them. Museums that do not fly their aircraft may have decided not to do so either because the aircraft are not in condition to fly or because they are considered too rare or valuable. Museums may fly their aircraft in air shows or other aviation related events, accepting the risk that flying them entails.
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The Solar system is an assembly of planets and their moons, orbiting the star, which we call the Sun. The system consists of 8 planets, 5 dwarf planets, over 150 planetary moons, and smaller objects like comets, meteorites, etc.
In my case, the Solar System opened the doors to astrophotography. I started with the Moon, which is very simple to photograph – a bright and visually large object. Then I moved to planets like Jupiter, Saturn and then I pointed my telescope to deep space objects.


St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, April 24, 2009 - Provincial Aerospace Ltd., having won a competitive bid to convert two (2) Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft into a MP (Maritime Patrol) variant, has taken delivery of the first of the two aircraft . The aircraft will receive modifications at Provincial's Aerospace and Defence facility in St. John's.
The contract valued at $4M includes structural, electrical and avionics modifications as well as the installation and integration of specialized maritime surveillance and search and rescue equipment. These state-of-the-art maritime surveillance aircraft will be utilized for surveillance and search and rescue operations in South East Asia. The Bombardier 415MP is a unique maritime surveillance aircraft designed to be able to land on water.
"This is a very significant milestone for our company and reflects the essential role that maritime surveillance plays in the security, environmental, and safety issues of today," said Brian Chafe, Provincial Aerospace's Chief Operating Officer. Chafe added that: "Bombardier's selection of Provincial Aerospace is a reflection of our great value proposition as a maritime surveillance aircraft modifier and operator with more than 25 years of experience and more than 130,000 hours of maritime surveillance missions flown."
"Bombardier is pleased to team up with Provincial Aerospace and to benefit from the expertise they have developed in this specialized niche market," noted Michel Bourgeois, President, Specialized and Amphibious Aircraft. Mr. Bourgeois added: "We look forward to developing a long-term relationship between our Canadian companies that will see us collaborate on future special mission aircraft opportunities."
Provincial Aerospace Ltd. is an international aerospace firm based in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, with a team of over 650 employees and business operations in 30 countries worldwide. Provincial Aerospace own and operate a fleet of 10 maritime surveillance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) under contract to industry, government and military clients worldwide and has extensive special mission modification and integration experience on a variety of aircraft platforms. It has international bases in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.
Bombardier Aerospace, with approximately 30,000 employees, is a world leader in the development of special mission aircraft for defence and security markets.
Photo: Bombardier 415MP variant for maritime surveillance.
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Airline passengers, especially local patrons, may experience flight delays in the next three months.
This is expected, as the domestic runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos will be completely closed for three months to enable some repairs and installation of Air Field Lighting to be done.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), confirmed the runway closure in a statement, which was issued by the Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, Mrs. Faithful A. Hope-Ivbaze on Wednesday.
What FAAN is saying about the closure
It stated, “As part of efforts aimed at improving safety and efficiency of flight operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has concluded arrangements to complete the installation of CAT III Airfield Ground Lighting system on Runway 18L/36R. The project, which will commence effectively on Friday, July 8, 2022, is expected to last for 90 days.
“Consequently, Runway 18L/36R will be closed to flight operations during this time. However, stakeholders are to note that there will be no disruption. All normal flight operations will be conducted through runway 18R/36L. A NOTAM (Notice to Air Men) to this effect has already been published and disseminated accordingly.”
FAAN had reportedly held a meeting with airline operators on Tuesday where the timeframe and modalities were communicated.
What this means
- The development means that international and local airlines will use the international runway (18R/36L) for landing and take-off during the three-month period.
- There may be slight delays to flights during the period and it is envisaged that local airlines would bear more of the brunt of the closure.
- With the closure of the domestic runway, there will be additional delays of traffic, inbound and outbound-Lagos both domestic and international.
- For the domestic carriers, the development cause additional costs in terms of fuel but the international flights may not be affected because they have a scheduled arrival time.


A space elevator is a proposed type of space transportation system. Its main component is a ribbon-like cable (also called a tether) anchored to the surface and extending into space. It is designed to permit vehicle transport along the cable from a planetary surface, such as the Earth’s, directly into space or orbit, without the use of large rockets. An Earth-based space elevator would consist of a cable with one end attached to the surface near the equator and the other end in space beyond geostationary orbit (35,800 km altitude). The competing forces of gravity, which is stronger at the lower end, and the outward/upward centrifugal force, which is stronger at the upper end, would result in the cable being held up, under tension, and stationary over a single position on Earth. Once deployed, the tether would be ascended repeatedly by mechanical means to orbit, and descended to return to the surface from orbit.
The concept for a space elevator was first published in 1895 by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and has since been promoted by legendary scientist and visionary Sir Arthur C Clarke. His proposal was for a free-standing tower reaching from the surface of Earth to the height of geostationary orbit. Like all buildings, Tsiolkovsky’s structure would be under compression, supporting its weight from below. Since 1959, most ideas for space elevators have focused on purely tensile structures, with the weight of the system held up from above. In the tensile concepts, a space tether reaches from a large mass (the counterweight) beyond geostationary orbit to the ground. This structure is held in tension between Earth and the counterweight like an upside-down plumb bob. Space elevators have also sometimes been referred to as beanstalks, space bridges, space lifts, space ladders, skyhooks, orbital towers, or orbital elevators.
On Earth, with its relatively strong gravity, current technology is not capable of manufacturing tether materials that are sufficiently strong and light to build a space elevator. However, recent concepts for a space elevator are notable for their plans to use carbon nanotube or boron nitride nanotube based materials as the tensile element in the tether design. The measured strength of these molecules is high compared to their densities and they hold promise as materials to make an Earth-based space elevator possible.
The concept is also applicable to other planets and celestial bodies. For locations in the solar system with weaker gravity than Earth’s (such as the Moon or Mars), the strength-to-density requirements are not as great for tether materials. Currently available materials (such as Kevlar) are strong and light enough that they could be used as the tether material for elevators there.


The Department of Defense announced today a $60,843,705 contract to Boeing for the company’s continued work on the P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
The aircraft is utilized in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, and is enabled to conduct electronic signals intelligence missions.
In August 2015, the Navy signed a $1.9 billion contract with Boeing for the delivery of 13 additional P-8A’s, bringing numbers of aircraft in the U.S. Navy’s fleet to 62 (the Navy has stated its hopes to eventually include 117 of the aircraft in its arsenal.)
Boeing has additional contracts to deliver versions of the aircraft to India, Australia and the United Kingdom.
In a March 2016 report to Congressional committees, Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Program, the GAO listed the P-8A as one of ten Department of Defense programs with the highest total acquisition costs for fiscal year ending 2015. It is estimated the Navy will spend approximately $33.5 billion dollars in its efforts to replace the Navy’s fleet of P-3C Orion aircraft.
The P-8A is a commercial item, produced on Boeing’s 737 production line, which the Department of Defense hopes will keep production on schedule and under budget.
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Here are some resources to track the volcanic ash cloud that closed European air space in April 2010 and caused selected flight cancellations in May 2010. If you are flying in or to Europe the best thing to do is check with your airline that your flight is still on. If you can’t get a hold of your airline then you might try the web site of the airport you are flying to or from and see if flights are taking off.
Another good source of information is twitter. So I’ve included twitter accounts where I could find them.


Have you ever dreamed of flying to the Moon and catching a star from the sky? Or are you more interested in spaceship technology? Michael Quasar, the main character of the play, has always been fascinated by space, rockets and astronauts, but his biggest dream has always been to go to Mars.
The audience of our show will become students of an extraordinary school for future cosmonauts, where they will learn about the history of space flight, the principles of thermodynamics, what black holes are, and will learn how to navigate in space through knowledge of the geography of the stars. They will also find that a rich imagination is essential during space adventures.
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The map is being developed using approximately three million satellite images captured by the Advanced Land Observing Satellite operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). It is being developed in phases with the full 3D image of the entire world expected to be ready in March 2016.
Based on its strong track record of processing large quantities of satellite images and extensive experience in geospatial information, NTT DATA has been contracted by JAXA to create the 3D map and has received a sales licence from JAXA to provide the service to interested parties as it goes live. RESTEC will offer support based on its experience in advanced satellite image analysis technology and usage experience.


The idiom 'get off to a flying start' means to have a successful beginning to something. This video explains the meaning and use of the idiom 'get off to a flying start' in English. We explain how to use it with some easy examples to help you learn this idiom so you can use it in spoken and Business English.
When we ’get off to a flying start', we experience an initial advantage in whatever the situation is; or we are making very good progress. In the literal sense, when a plane is beginning to take off, it builds up speed and momentum to rise into the sky; so, when we use this idiom, we note that the beginning of a situation has the potential to go very well, and is 'off to a flying start’.


Modeling, Analysis, Control and Design of Micro Air Vehicles and Nano Air Vehicles
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The aviation industry is a pillar of critical infrastructure and the industry is very complicated. It has cargo, passenger, military and leisure components with an overlay of complex communications systems. Networks connect all of the information yet airlines and their networks are independent. There are potential vulnerabilities that can be exploited by people intending to do harm.
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History of Early Aviation in the Greater Cincinnati Area
March 1, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm UTC+0
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On Sept. 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy’s declaration, “We’re going to the moon,” inspired an entire country and an entire generation of aspiring young engineers and scientists in the aerospace industry. A few years later, when we did, in fact, land on the moon, millions of families watched the moon landing together from their living rooms, and again, this inspired an entire generation to think the unthinkable and dream the unimaginable. It also inspired the saying, “moonshot.” New fields related to space, communication systems, materials and propulsions were spawned at research universities around the country due to the top-down demand from industry. Those who pursued these fields and careers found themselves at the epicenter of the technology revolution that our country experienced during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and spawned an infinite amount of derivative technologies and fields.
In recent years, the local space industry has gone through a renaissance, although this time it’s being led by private industry. Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance are launching rockets at a rapid pace locally here in Central Florida at Cape Canaveral. Once again, they’re capturing the imaginations of an entire generation with ambitions of heading to Mars, colonizing the moon, and space tourism. The careers and educational backgrounds needed to actualize these ambitions are fast-paced, highly sought after, and constantly changing.
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One small step for Kromrey students
Seventh-graders at Kromrey Middle School got a little taste of what it's like to be an astronaut this week.
Technology Education teacher Jeremy Dimpfl had his students build and launch rockets as part of the aerospace/engineering unit they are completing.
"My students discovered the effects of air on a rocket in flight, identified the different forces that act on a rocket during its flight, and also recognized historical people associated with the space industry,'' he said.
A new element Dimpfl added this year is a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activity used for calculating the altitude of the rocket. Through optical tracking, the students built a simple inclinometer using a sight, weight, string, and a protractor-like device to find an angle to use in a basic trigonometry formula.
By using the the formula A = d x Φ, where A is the Altitude, d is the distance away from the launch pad, and Φ is the tangent of the angle found using their inclinometer, students calculated the altitude of their flight, he said.
"Many of the students have had very little if any experience with trigonometry, but very soon figured out that this is a very real life way to incorporate math into a simple activity,'' Dimpfl said.
Dimpfl said it hasn't been difficult getting his students to focus interested in the unit. Neal Armstrong, who in 1969 became the first person to walk on the moon, died on Aug. 25, while an unmanned Russian cargo ship docked at the universal space station in August, the first time a same-day docking has been accomplished att he massive orbiting outpost.
Meanwhile, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner set three world records on Sunday, including skydiving from 23 miles and becoming the first person to exceed the speed of sound without a vehicle.
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Saturday, Feb. 20 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
From robotics to rocketry and radio communications, the 14th annual Engineering Day will provide hands-on opportunities to learn about different aspects of the engineering design process from local engineers and explore exciting student STEM projects while gaining a better understanding of concepts used in the field.
- Build and test structures on an earthquake shake table, make and race cars on a pinewood derby ramp, create and fly gliders made from straws, and more.
- Watch middle and high school robotics teams demonstrate their robots and engineering design plans they used to compete in FIRST® RES-QSM challenges, modeled after rescue situations faced by mountain explorers all over the globe. Robots score points by delivering Rescue Climbers to a shelter, retrieving and placing debris from the playing field in mountain goals, and more!
- Learn about Middle Tennessee Robotic Arts Society’s latest exciting projects as they demonstrate their human transport devices and competition battle robots.
- In Eureka Theater: Robot Battles at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; MTRAS meeting at 3 p.m.
- Meet the Fisk Altitude Achievement Missile Team and learn more about their award winning rocketry and robotic club initiatives.
- Explore the importance of amateur radio communications as the Nashville Amateur Radio Club, Inc. presents live demonstrations that provide critical communications in emergencies.
- Participate with leaders from Zip Tie Domes™ to participate in a group build activity to assemble a large geodesic dome.
- Explore architectural, construction and engineering projects developed by high school students involved in the Nashville affiliate of the ACE Mentor Program.
- Sit on a Moonscape surface and use your imagination to design a Space Station, Moon Base or Spacecraft at the Middle Tennessee Space Society’s “Build a Space Station or Moon Base” activity. This challenge provides scale astronauts, moon buggies, space satellite toys and dozens of space modules and interconnecting docking ports for your use in building and testing your plan.
Back to the Moon for Good at 12 & 3:30 p.m.
Get in the engineering spirit with a show in the Sudekum Planetarium! Narrated by Tim Allen a.k.a. Tim “the Toolman” Taylor, Back to the Moon for Good examines what missions in the 1960s and 1970s taught us about Earth’s nearest neighbor in space, introduces us to some of the teams competing for the largest prize in history (the $30 million Google Lunar XPrize), and presents one possible scenario for our future on the Moon. Additional ticket required.
Subject to change. All Engineering Day activities are included with general admission, except where noted.


Unmanned Vehicle Systems
Montgomery County has the opportunity and the capability of becoming a national leader in the development, manufacturing, and creative use of autonomous vehicles. In 2013, the FAA named Virginia Tech one of six official test sites for unmanned aircraft research. Our community is home to the Virginia Center for Autonomous Systems, Virginia Smart Road and numerous UAVS related manufacturers and software companies.
(Christiansburg, VA) - Aeroprobe provides air data measurement systems
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(Blacksburg, VA) - An industry-leading aerospace engineering and
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Moog Components Group*
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Techsburg* (Christiansburg, VA) - A provider of engineering services and precision manufacturing
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(Blacksburg, VA) - A leader in robotic autonomous vehicle solutions by
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VPT, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA) - A global provider of power conversion solutions for the rapid development of critical power systems in avionics, military, and space applications
*Company headquartered locally
Virginia Center for Autonomous Systems - Since its establishment, Virginia Tech’s Virginia Center for Autonomous Systems (VaCAS) has advocated and supported a broad range of basic and applied interdisciplinary research activities focused on autonomous system technology. VaCAS now includes 14 core faculty members and nearly two dozen affiliate faculty members across the university. VaCAShosts research activities spanning every application domain (marine, land, and air) and member research activities range from fundamental cognition and perception theory, to vehicle development, to applications for science, security, and commerce.
Core labs of VaCAS include:
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute - Researchers with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) generate methods and technologies to address transportation challenges involving road vehicles, drivers, infrastructure, and policy. VTTI research has also directly influenced public policy concerning driver, passenger, and pedestrian safety. As driver assistive technologies continue to advance, transportation research will increasingly focus on the challenges of integrating self-driving cars into public traffic, paralleling current efforts to integrate UAS into the national airspace.
UAV related VTTI research facilities include:
Degree Completions, UVS Related Programs, 12-13
|Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering
|Computer Engineering, General
|Electrical and Electronics Engineering
|Source: National Center for Education Statistics
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The B was the world's first supersonic bomber but had a short service life due to the inability of aircraft to survive high-altitude penetration in a SAM environment- incredible fuel consumption may have been a lessor factor as well.
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The FAA has determined that if the lessor (or a related entity) employs the pilots hired by the lessee, it is in fact a crewed lease. If the aircraft an operator wishes to provide is leased by a financial institution or an independent party, the operator requires the authorization of the “primary lessor”. Jet leases accounted for less than 2% of the fleet in 1976, followed by 15% in the early 1990s, 25% in 2000 and 40% in 2017, with lessors involved in 62% of mid-life used aircraft transactions since 2000: 42% in Europe and 29% in North America.  In 2015, more than $120 billion in commercial aircraft were delivered worldwide, and half of the world`s donors were based in Ireland.  In the United Kingdom, there is a crewed lease when an aircraft is operated under the lessor`s Air Operator`s Certificate (ACO).  An agreement in which the lessor provides the aircraft, flight crew and maintenance, but the lessee provides the cabin crew, is sometimes referred to as “crewed leasing”, a term used particularly in the United Kingdom. It is also sometimes called a “crewed lease”.  In the United Kingdom, there is a dry lease when an aircraft is operated under the Lessee`s AOC.  Sometimes aircraft owners lease their aircraft to maximize the use of the aircraft and to cover a portion of their expenses […].


There is no gravity in space.
Don’t believe that!
An astronaut leaves the orbiting space shuttle and floats weightlessly through space, unencumbered by gravity… we’ve all seen this in both NASA videos and Hollywood blockbusters. The impression is however, quite misleading. The astronaut is still very much subject to gravity; in fact, at a typical space shuttle orbiting height of about 250 miles, gravity is reduced by only 10%! The first clue is that the spacecraft he departed from is orbiting the earth – this orbit would not be possible without gravity. The shuttle is in fact falling toward the earth, as is the astronaut. The astronaut’s weightlessness is little different from a skydiver in free fall. An orbit is sort of a “sideways fall” that follows the curvature of the planet – there is a bit of decay with each pass (satellites eventually crash back down to earth) but orbiting objects can remain aloft for a very long time.
Gravity does get weaker with distance from a massive body. But, to add further perspective to the 250-mile example, above, the earth still has enough gravitational pull to keep the moon in orbit at a distance of over 200,000 miles.
Every star, planet, etc. in the universe exerts a gravitational force that, while weak at great distances, is never zero.


It seems a little bizarre – even to me – that one of the things I am most looking forward to this Christmas is a successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. It’s been a long time coming. Early mission plans scheduled the launch for 2007 and its cost has ballooned by a factor of ten from original estimates. But now, in literally just a few hours from now, everything reaches a culmination of that huge investment in time and money.
I’ve followed the progress of JWST off and on for a long time. There’s no doubt that its successful launch and deployment will usher in a new era of astronomical and cosmological discovery. But it’s the sheer engineering challenge that I find equally fascinating. The much-reported 334 individual single-points-of-failure in the launch, deployment and commissioning phases underline just how daring a mission this is. (This is about three times greater than the single-points-of-failure for the recent US Mars lander programme.) The space agencies involved could have chosen to build several much lower risk missions, probably for a lower combined budget. And though they would have been worthy instruments in their own right, they wouldn’t have the breadth, power or reach that JWST will have if all goes well.
There’s undoubtedly a lot at stake today and over the next few months as JWST is gently coaxed into life. Things may not go to plan (though I fervently hope they do) but the sheer audacity of the vision and ambition of the JWST is a shining example of what humanity can achieve. Here’s hoping we give ourselves a wonderful Christmas present that in the coming years will reveal incredible new insights into the universe.


The museum, documents the history of Air Force Weapons Systems. It's a very well done museum (as most military ones are) and they also have a very impressive outdoor aircraft display. After spending a couple hours there, it was off to Crestview to visit and stay with one of Sheryl's Cousins.
We finally made it in, Sheryls Cousin Linda and her Husband Glenn were very welcoming. They have 40+ acres just outside of town and hooked us up with a nice spot by the garden and even provided water and elec. Sheryl is having a great time visiting and catching up after 20+ years. I took off yesterday to explore the Eglin Reservation (and didn't get lost or stuck!!) but I'll save that for the next post. We are both enjoying our time here, and have plans to visit my old friends Andy and Sherry tonight, it'll be good to see them again.


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Was born in Milan on 16 August, 1969.
After attending the Italian Air Force Academy from 1988 to 1992, he graduated from Federico II University, Naples, with a degree in Aeronautical Science cum laude. He obtained his Military Pilot License at Sheppard AFB ENJJPT in Texas, USA in September, 1992 on T-37 aircraft and the following July on T-38A aircraft. Post February 1994, he completed the transition to G-91 aircraft at the 32nd Wing in Amendola (FG), Italy and to TORNADO PA-200 aircraft at Cottesmore TTTE (Tri-National TORNADO Training Establishment) International School in the UK.
Assigned to 6th Wing Ghedi (BS), Italy from 17 February 1994 – 2005, he was Flight Commander at the 102nd Squadron and achieved full Operational Roles and Qualifications for TORNADO Pilots including Formation/Package Leader, Chase, FCF (Functional Check Flight) and TORNADO Instructor.
Returning to the ENJJPT in Sheppard AFB from 2005 to 2008, he was Director of Operations (DO) at the 90th Squadron and Pilot Instructor for T-38 A/C aircraft. During this time he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the AETC Commander (Air Education and Training Command).
From 23 May until November 2010 he was assigned at the Regional Command West – H.Q as Joint Air Task Force Commander for ISAF Operation in Afghanistan.
Re-assigned to the Air Force Staff 3 Department his duties were:
He was assigned to the 4th Department (Military Programs) of the General Defense Secretary/ National Armaments Directorate, as Head of the Aeronautical Programs Office from September 2013 until August 2015.
In September 2017, he was made DCOS (Deputy Chief of Staff) at Air Command, Rome until 28 September, 2018 when he became the Italian Joint Cell SNR (Senior National Representative) at the US CENTCOM in Tampa, Florida with the rank of Brigadier General until 13 October, 2019.
Since the 11 November 2019, he is has been appointed Director of the NATO Strategic Direction – South Hub (NSD-S Hub) in JFC Naples.
Brig. Gen. Davide RE has over 2,700 hours of flying time in 6 different aircraft; SF260, T-37, T-38A, T-38C, G-91T and Tornado PA-200 (IDS–Interdiction Strike and ECR–Electronic Combat Reconnaissance).
During his career, to date, he has been awarded different medals including the Aeronautical Military Medal for Long Air Navigation First Grade (Gold), the Bosnia Commemorative Cross, the Gold Cross for Service Experience (25 years), the Former-Yugoslavia NATO Medal, the First Level Bronze Award for Operations, the Bronze Medal Award as Commander, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Italian Republic Medal of Merit and others.
During his career to date he has been awarded:
He is married to Mrs. Ilaria DEGL’INNOCENTI and has a 9-year-old daughter, Vittoria.


he very meaning of the word “intelligence” is in itself intriguing. “Intelligence” or “intelligent” is declared in many aspects including the process of learning and making critical decisions. A direct example of the definition of “intelligence” can be taken from the saying - “with age comes wisdom”, i.e. the gradual aging of a Humans would enrich them with “experience” and “knowledge”. We can then define that, the Human has gained the required expertise and knowledge to be considered an “intelligent” person (though age is just another aspect and not a compulsion to be considered as intelligent). The statement above simply implies that with more and more work exposure and experience Humans tend to gain intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (referred to as AI) can be defined in the conventional sense as a Computer Software responsible to function autonomously through analysis of the pre-installed programs. Considering the above analogy AI analyzes and learns the programs provided to it by Humans. So, just like we Humans tend to increase our “knowledge” and “experience” in order to “gain” intelligence, AI follows the same protocol. AI manages to make critical decisions with the experience the software has gained and analyzed by the provided Human programming and commands.
Artificial Intelligence henceforth receives the best candidacy to be involved in Space sciences. In Space Sciences, specifically in observational astronomy there is a requirement for proper surveillance for the incoming data transmitted by satellites and telescopes. This is because the changes in observational astronomy occur suddenly and often they cannot be predicted in advance. The underlying factor is that the space is so vast which might possibly dilute the changing or unrecognized phenomena of the Universe. This is just one of many uncertainties that occurs in observational astronomy. Other than that, precise data collection and analysis without errors and storage limits can only be initiated and ultimately completed by AI.
AI in Astronomy introduced in this article gives a basic explanation of use of AI in detection of cosmic phenomena and unknown space anomalies. The next part of this article in the future editions, explains the same concept with a few examples - which includes the current scenario of Space Technology. The detail shared will also be specifically focused upon incorporation of AI in intelligent robots, which are either to be made or are already commissioned. Furthermore, a basic introduction is provided for AI and computer science used in deep space research contributions.
We are not too far from saying that Artificial Intelligence would be an integral part of our lives. Considering the immense capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, the Space Industry is also turning towards this largely popular idea of incorporation of Artificial Intelligence. Space Science is a very vast field of work, everyone from Engineers to Mathematicians are involved in this domain of work. It was very obvious to introduce Artificial Intelligence since, Computer Science is a major and inseparable part of Space Sciences. Computer Science is the key to almost everything successful in a Rocket Launch, Autonomous system of Satellites are non-autonomous without computer science these all factors proves how the work of Space Science is highly dependent on Computer Science. This article will be an attempt to discuss the involvement of AI in Space Sciences.
AI in Astronomy and its Role
AI definitely is an inseparable part of Astronomy since it has many roles mainly data analysis and decision making. One cannot be around every time when a sudden important information needs to be analyzed or processed. AI handles this domain of work by making it an autonomous system acting as a default system where, whichever data is collected, gets analyzed and is then reinterpreted in the form of graphs, images, computer codes etc. Now, this activity saves a lot of time and also gives one the opportunity to properly examine the data in an easier and understandable way. In Astronomy this helps one to discover sudden changes in the Universe like - detecting a Black hole, supernovae etc. which are considered to be rare events.
Detection of Exoplanets also has AI involved in it. The telescopes like the Kepler Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope basically capture images of space mainly focusing on the detection of special phenomena like - Discovery of Earth like planets, or Imaging of deep space. Collecting and decoding of images is mainly done by powerful computers with AI assisted by Humans. This helps to convert complex data transmitted by the telescopes to be made easily understandable for scientists in no time.
Another aspect which requires AI assistance is Astrodynamics. In this AI is responsible to help scientists understand whether their calculations regarding the orbit speed of a satellite or rocket’s path in space are correct or is it probable to cause failure. Computers equipped with AI also help to maneuver a satellite to a planet’s orbit insertion so that chances of failure are less.
Space Robots - Next step towards AI’s success in Space
We tend to personify the non-human machines with in-built AI. These machines are interestingly termed as “Humanoid” as they are designed in such a way that their functions as well as their persona are similar to humans. The only difference here is that they are walking computers, who are much faster and efficient. But the deciding factor if they are the best candidates and considered intelligent - should be given to us humans; not just for the cause of developing them but for also programming them to assist us in our tasks. Space provides us with an opportunity to test our skills to the extremities, since the conditions are never favorable.
Living in space might seem very exciting but it is not a very predictable and pleasing journey. Astronauts on-boarding the International Space station (ISS) are well trained professionals. But still it’s very hard to live in space, though they are still in the Earth’s orbit and not beyond Earth. This is due to the fact that in Zero gravity, where everything changes and makes even trained Astronauts uncomfortable. This is evident by the incidences like flying food, water, and astronauts themselves flying. It disrupts their body’s habits and completely manipulates it. To tackle this problem NASA and ESA are working closely on developing Space Assistants, which will help and assist Astronauts to complete their day to day tasks. These humanoid machines would help Astronauts recognize what should be done to keep them fit in Space, as well as help them conduct experiments in the ISS that are monitored by the scientists. Int- Ball developed by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is currently onboard the ISS, where it takes images and videos automatically - related to the experiments conducted onboard ISS. The incorporation of AI in space starting from the ISS would help increase the scope of AI assisted deep space missions, which would in turn help humanity understand Space beyond Earth in a more effective manner.
One more famous space robot assistant is Creative Interactive Mobile Companion or CIMON, launched by German Space Agency DLR. It is basically an AI Assistant to the German astronauts who onboard the ISS. It helps them to do day to day tasks and can speak, listen and also fly. CIMON can be compared to a flying Google Assistant. It was decommissioned in 2014 so as to replace it with CIMON 2.0. These are just the two of many projects going on in the robotics sector of the space industry.
AI for the Universe: Deep Space Research Contributions
In Astronomy, deep space missions and research following it are the most challenging fields of work. This is due to many factors including the limitations suffered by us in technology. Space Technology Development is a big and tedious game. Continuous, non-stop work needs to be done in this field to procure “possible” successful results. Scientists and Engineers work closely to solve problems on a daily basis to enrich the capabilities of technology, which will be used in future missions. NASA and ESA are in collaboration for funding and development of an AI based Tech gadget based on AIDA or Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis. AIDA will be a machine collecting the enormous amounts of data provided to it by NASA and ESA, to make new discoveries, detecting changes in the solar system and beyond.
Examples of AI involvement in Deep space missions can be observed with many missions, including the Kepler telescope mission and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna or LISA. Kepler telescope deployed in space serve the major objective of discovering Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zone of their parent star - also referred to as the Goldilocks’ Zone. NASA decided to incorporate several AI based programming within the telescope, to enhance its possibilities for error less functioning and accurate discoveries of exoplanets.
LISA will also be used in detecting Gravitational Waves or ripples in the Space itself. This is made possible by a machine known as the Interferometer. But the major problem is that the wavelength of Gravitational waves is so small (even smaller than a proton inside an atom) so its detection requires extreme precision. Artificial Intelligence would be incorporated into the Antenna to make it operational, even during sudden changes in the Space. LISA can sustain only till the next decade since it is a difficult mission, along with funding issues for the mission. These are very basic examples of how AI has been used in the Space Sciences. The actual processes are extremely long and challenging, since it requires a lot of machinery and complex coding. Yet, with AI assistance and human control, the success rate of such Space missions in future can be profuse.
The main idea of this article was to provide a basic insight of AI’s role in Space Sciences and its future prospects along with current involvements. AI in future will no doubt be a sector on which the Space Industry would be dependent. Current developments of AI in Space are considerably large, yet we are still far away from developing an ecosystem of intelligent computers, to make space missions fully autonomous. The basic examples in this article suggest the development of AI in space. Due to the possibilities of human errors and other manufacturing and technical errors, some missions may fail. So there is a requirement for AI to be introduced in every sub-sector of the Space Industry, ranging from making rockets to imaging data from telescopes - ultimately making it error-proof!


This article appeared in the South China Morning Post on Saturday March 13th 1999
Months after miraculously escaping from the twisted wreckage of a USAir DC-9 in which 37 passengers and crew perished. Captain Michael Greenlee relived the final moments of Flight 1016.
He and first officer James Hayes had routinely prepared for touching down at the international airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, after being told by air traffic controllers that pilots from two previous landings reported "smooth rides".
About 90 seconds before the crash — the same time a wind shear alert was issued by the control tower-, heavy rain beat down on the cockpit windows. Captain Greenlee, drawing on more than 8,000 hours in the cockpit decided to abort the landing and go around.
Then disaster struck: A micro burst, a rare weather phenomenon accompanied by severe and sudden winds violently engulfed the aircraft.
As Captain Greenlee tried desperately to regain speed and altitude, the DC-9 was on the brink of stalling and falling out of the sky. A major wind change had sharply reduced its speed and caused it to lose precious altitude. A voice warning system in the cockpit blared: "TERRAIN! TERRAIN!" as the pilots went for maximum power.
By then it was too late. Flight 1016 tore a swathe through tree-tops before slamming into a house near the airport, killing most of the 57 people on board. The body of a six-year-old boy was the last to be removed from the wreckage.
"We just dropped," Captain Greenlee told safety board investigators probing the July 1994 disaster. "I have never had a sensation like that. It was like having a rug pulled out from under you after having such a smooth ride."
Of all the situations pilots dread, microbursts and wind shear are the most terrifying. Winds of 100 kilometres per hour inside a short-lived microburst can shift from headwind to tail wind in seconds, with massive downdraft forces which confuse even vastly experienced aviators. As micro bursts often occur close to the ground at a critical stage of an aircraft’s approach, the risk of crashing short of the runway is higher.
"You may be the best pilot at the controls of the best aircraft in the world and you could still crash," says Ian Fogarty, a Cathay Pacific flight simulator instructor who helps prepare the airline’s pilots for wind shear and micro burst scenarios at the new airport.
Cathay’s flight training manual warns pilots that the best defence against wind shear "is to avoid it altogether. This is especially important because shears can exist which are beyond the capability of any pilot or aircraft".
Before the opening of Chek Lap Kok, pilots with military and civilian experience throughout the world wondered and worried about the siting of a vast airport in the lee of Lantau’s mountains, although Hong Kong had precious few alternative sites to offer.
From a safety perspective, say many, Chek Lap Kok is compromised because of its susceptibility to south-easterly winds, which descend on the airport after being violently interrupted by Lantau’s peaks. Like large river boulders, which disturb and break up flowing water, the rough terrain around Chek Lap Kok has a similar effect on the prevailing winds. The dangers are obvious for aircraft entering this disturbed air.
Airport planners, pilots, air traffic controllers and meteorologists realised years ago there would be turbulence and wind shear risk at Chek Lap Kok as a result of the terrain and the higher incidence of more intense thunderstorms compared with Kai Tak. But they hoped safety would be enhanced by the development of the world’s most sophisticated wind shear and turbulence warning systems, which Kai Tak did not have.
In the next few months, Chek Lap Kok and the systems — described by one expert as "outstanding" — designed after years of wide consultation and testing will face their sternest test. There are more thunderstorms in May and June in Hong Kong than at any other time of the year, meaning the likelihood of wind shear and severe micro burst activity is also higher.
Aircraft crash reports are littered with references to low-level wind shear and micro bursts, which can occur so suddenly that pilots have little time to react. Turbulence is generally not as dangerous but several pilots interviewed by the Post expressed concern and surprise that aircraft landing and taking off at the new airport are "knocked around" more violently than anticipated.
"The difference is that the mechanical turbulence at Kai Tak was predictable and progressive, but the effect of running into the lee of those mountains at Chek Lap Kok is not. It’s like running into a brick wall," warned a Cathay captain.
"What is on everyone’s mind is how bad is it going to be when we are near the ground in worse conditions than we’ve experienced so far..


In the year 2199, a starship must make a dangerous voyage to the distant planet Iscandar and back to save Earth from an alien invasion.
In the late 2100s, the planet Gamilon, a world far beyond Earth’s solar system, declares an invasion of Earth. The nations of Earth fight as one against the Gamilons, but one by one, Earth’s fleets are defeated. When the nations of Earth refuse to surrender, Gamilon begins bombarding Earth with planet bombs, radioactive missiles that look like meteors, which gradually spread deadly radiation all over Earth, forcing what’s left of humanity to retreat to underground cities. Queen Starsha of planet Iscandar contacts Earth and promises to provide Cosmo-DNA that can remove the radioactivity and restore Earth to beautiful life. She provides plans to an engine that will allow a brave, young group of technicians to journey more than a hundred thousand light-years to Iscandar, obtain the Cosmo-DNA, and return to Earth within one Earth year. In 2199, an ancient seagoing vessel is fitted with the awesome engine and launched toward Iscandar. Along the way, the intrepid crew must fight the Gamilons, who are determined to prevent the brave voyagers from saving Earth from extinction.Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!


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Altimeters and accessories – Altimax stands for safe function
With the Altimax series I offer a range of altimeters for model and high-power rockets. Through years of further development, I can supply very reliable components which, thanks to their robustness, greatly increase safety when recovering rockets. They can already be used in small models, but even very large rockets can be safely salvaged with them. In addition to hobby model rocket pilots, my customers include national and international universities, other research institutes, schools and the Bundeswehr.


RETRIEVALS OF THE THIRD KIND
In this brand new 175 page fully illustrated book, Michael Schratt (military aerospace historian) examines the most obscure, forgotten, and neglected UFO crash/retrieval cases compiled by the late researcher Leonard Stringfield and his assistant Patty McGowan. During March of 2013, Michael Schratt was granted unprecedented access by MUFON HQ to this previously unavailable original 65 binders of UFO crash/retrieval correspondence/documentation. A significant majority of these C.R. cases are included in this publication for the very first time. Sources for this material include the following: 3-star USAF generals, USAF fighter pilots, commercial airline pilots, astronauts, air traffic controllers, neurosurgeons, pathologists, U.S. Army officers, U.S. Navy personnel, U.S. Marines, theoretical physicists and mathematicians, military police, high level Pentagon officials, top military brass, scientists and engineers who worked at Wright Patterson AFB.


Would you like to spend one day on Mars? If you did, your first day off would not be for exploring the surface of Mars. Instead, you would be studying the effects of space on the human body.
When astronauts live on the International Space Station, there are a variety of activities for them to participate in. For example, they can take part in experiments to see if carbon dioxide is toxic. If it is, then they would know how to protect themselves from it. This station is not just a laboratory; it is also a way for scientists to learn more about how the human body works.
The choices for getting off-world are limited, too. Although a long-term mission to the moon may be possible in our present age, the costs could be prohibitive for most of us today. In addition, launching manned missions to the moon and Mars could easily become a top priority for the United States. That means that our funding for NASA will inevitably increase. Without additional funding for this and other programs, NASA would lose its ability to work on space exploration and will suffer a great loss of its human astronauts.
Assuming we choose to make a trip to Mars in our future, we will have to determine how we get there. One option would be to use a modified commercial cargo ship. It would land on the Red Planet with supplies for the people who will go ahead of us. Another option would be to use a private or public spaceflight. Once there, we would have to wait for NASA to pick us up and bring us back to earth.
Sending people through Earth's atmosphere is a very expensive endeavor. Even if we could get them into a hangar ship and survive the flight, it might not be within the budget of everyone here today. Therefore, we would have to find other ways. Some of these other ways are easier to pull off and cheaper than putting people in a Spaceship.
Perhaps we could start an international effort to send people to the moon, Mars, and beyond. Each country would contribute a certain amount of money. If enough people sign up, then this could be done within a single government's budget. Once there, we would explore the moon, Mars, and beyond.
So, when discussing what will life be like if people go to mars, you have to consider all the different possibilities. This would include manned missions to an asteroid, comet, or another space rock. You also have to consider sending people on mini-orbit landings. It would have to include activities that will help us learn how to live well in space.
Now, if you consider sending people to Mars, you might want to include a lunar mission. There, they would study the moon. They would also be able to use that space to sample the moon's water. This is crucial. We have no way to get water on the moon, so studying it would be paramount to learning how to survive in space.
In fact, if we sent two people each on a one-way mission, they would spend about three weeks in space. Afterward, they would return to Earth. That would be two more weeks of space. The third week would be a backup for the first couple. Therefore, if anything happened to one of those astronauts, they would still have three weeks to live, which is a great deal of time.
How would they get around on the trip? How would they get from their base to their destination? And how would they get their food? It would be pretty easy because it would just be a one-way ride.
So, when you consider what will life be like in other worlds if people go to mars, consider that water, air, and land are all present. You might even have a lunar colony too, and they wouldn't need to go to the Moon. However, they would have a habitat to live in, and they would have their own supply of food, which would be imperative. Plus, there would be some form of water on the planet, which would be very valuable indeed.


The National Guard had its birth during the colonial period of our Nation’s history when the Minutemen of the original militias fought for independence. National Guardsmen have participated in every major conflict since that time. Since the Korean War, and through the Berlin crisis, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Bosnia, Kosovo, the Iraqi conflict, and the Global War on Terror, our National Guard Minutemen have answered the call of our Nation’s Leaders in the defence of our freedoms. The history of the units that comprise the Phoenix area Air National Guard is as rich as the history of the National Guard itself. The 161st Air Refueling Wing provides essential support for the three Air National Guard units in the Phoenix area; the 107th Air Control Squadron, the 111th Space Operations Squadron, and for the airmen assigned to the Joint Force Headquarters.
The 161st Air Refueling Wing
The 161st Air Refueling Wing is located at Sky Harbor Airport and operates the KC-135R model aircraft. It has been an integral part of the Phoenix community since 1946 and is proud to have the late Senator Barry Goldwater as one of its founders and original members. The approximate 800 airmen assigned to the unit, work in such diverse areas as Operations, Aircraft Maintenance, Security, Intelligence Information Systems, and Civil Engineering. The primary mission of the 161st ARW is to provide global aerial refueling support to the U.S. military forces and our allies.
The Joint Force Headquarters
The Joint Force Headquarters serves as the command and control element for the units of the Arizona Air National Guard. Located at Papago Park Military Reservation, the airmen assigned to this organization provide support and guidance to the airmen assigned to both the 161st Air Refueling Wing and 162nd Wing located in Tucson, Arizona.
The Joint Counter Narco-terrorism Task Force
The Joint Counter Narco-terrorism Task Force uses a combined force of Arizona Army and Air National Guardsmen to fulfill mission requirements such as educating Arizona school age children in the prevention of substance abuse and supporting law enforcement in drug interdiction along the Arizona border.


Aerospace meets Health report
22 februari 2017-
The NAG has organised in collaboration with the FME Cluster Zorg a new business workshop entitled: Aerospace meets Health, exploring crossovers between Aerospace and Health Care industries.
NAMCO joined this workshop and will participate in various cross-over projects.
For more information, we refer to the NAG website.


When 2012 came the whole world lost the NASA space shuttle, retired and sent off to different parts of the US to join museum pieces. The space shuttle along with the Apollo shuttles are one of the most iconic pieces of 20th century human ingenuity, innovation, technical and scientific prowess. Iconic machines that have shuttled man to the unearthly reaches of space, landed on another celestial body, and expanded our knowledge of the unknown universe. But when the space shuttle is retired, exploration of space continues but for Margaret Lazarus Dean its end means something else. In her new book she tackles the question of what it all means and tries to make sense of the loss of America’s foremost space program.
Dean chroniclers her experiences in a casual but very informative way. Taking cues from her predecessor space journalists: Tom Wolfe, Oriana Fallaci, and Norman Mailer, she chronicles the end of the space shuttle while drawing parallelisms between the start and end of the space program. Her experiences highlight the significance of what the space shuttle means to the people of America, from its zenith in the heroic age to its gradual demise and waning interest after the Challenger and Columbia disasters.
Leaving Orbit reads like a persuasive essay, imploring readers to reevaluate the significance and magnitude of the space shuttle’s effect on American culture. Throughout her journey she tries to find understanding and meaning and trying to find the same sense of purpose among the people she meets. And at some point, it becomes dragging, every chapter nearing the retirement of the shuttle program, she continuously poses her question to scientists, engineers and astronauts to no avail. By the end of Leaving Orbit, her question still remains unanswered and there is a tinge of bitterness in her writing as she sees NASA transform its once glorious program into a middleman for space entrepreneurs.
The book was very informative and gave personal account of what it was like during the waning days of the program. Having always had an interest in the space program, I envied her position, witnessing the final three launches of the shuttles and being there when the last one finally landed in Cape Canaveral. But on the whole, I felt that Dean was selfish, her belief that retiring the shuttle signaled the end of space exploration as a whole because America was no longer doing it. Her emotions towards this somewhat sullied the reading experience. Nevertheless, Leaving Orbit, unceasingly captivates historic moments in the eyes of someone who truly knows and loves the space experience.


HawkEye 360 Inc., which bills itself as the first commercial company to use formation flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data and data analytics, has shipped its second cluster of satellites to the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The satellites are scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than January 2021 as part of Spaceflight Inc.’s SXRS-3 ride-share mission.
HawkEye Cluster 2 is the first of a series of next-generation satellites HawkEye 360 is deploying to complete its baseline constellation.
HawkEye 360’s growing constellation identifies and precisely geolocates a broad set of RF signals from emitters such as VHF marine radios, UHF push-to-talk radios, maritime and land-based radar systems, L-band satellite devices, and emergency beacons. HawkEye 360 processes and analyzes this data using proprietary algorithms to deliver actionable insights to customers.
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Engineers at the University of Southampton have developed an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) whose entire structure has been printed, potentially changing the economics of aircraft design.
All of the parts in the plane, including the moving parts, were made on a 3D printer.
During the process a computer reads a 3-D description file to create layer upon layer of the material until the final product is completed.
The parts were are also all designed to 'snap fit' together which eliminated the need to use any fasteners on the plane.
The new technology has the potential to revolutionize the economics of air craft design as traditional methods require months to develop while the SULSA project took only weeks.
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New information from the Thai government bolsters the belief that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took a sharp westward turn after communication was lost. The Thai military was actually receiving normal flight path and communication data from the Boeing 777 on its planned March 8 route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing until 1:22 a.m., when it eventually disappeared from its radar.
Six minutes later, the Thai military detected an unknown signal, a Royal Thai Air Force spokesman told CNN. This unknown aircraft, possibly the missing plane, was heading the opposite direction.
Malaysia says the evidence gathered so far suggests the plane was deliberately flown off course, turning west and traveling back over the Malay Peninsula and out into the Indian Ocean.
“The unknown aircraft’s signal was sending out intermittently, on/off and on/off,” the spokesman said. The Thai military lost the unknown aircraft’s signal because of the limits of its military radar, he said.
The Plane “turn” was made by computer in the cockpit?
Supporting the case that whoever took the plane off course had considerable aviation expertise, The New York Times reported that the aircraft’s first turn to the west was carried out through a computer system that was most likely programmed by somebody in the cockpit
The person who programmed the change of course would have been somebody “knowledgeable about airplane systems,” The Times reported, citing unidentified American officials.
The information has increased investigators’ focus on the pilot and first officer, the newspaper reported.
But investigators don’t know who was at the controls or why whoever it was took the plane far away from its original destination before it disappeared. The Thai latest data is the second radar evidence that the plane did indeed turn around toward the Strait of Malacca.
It follows information from the Malaysian Air Force that its military radar tracked the plane as it passed over the small island of Pulau Perak in the Strait of Malacca.
The radar data is an encouraging sign that investigators are on the right track, but they still are not sure where the plane ended up.
The latest findings say the plane’s last known location detected by a satellite is somewhere along two wide arcs: one stretching north over Asia and the other south into the Indian Ocean. The plane’s last electronic connection with the satellite was about six hours after it last showed up on Malaysian military radar.