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Date: 05 Oct 2006 09:19:25
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Subject: NASA Seeks Undergrads to Experiment in Lunar and Zero Gravity
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. 5, 2006
Debbie V. Nguyen
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1761
RELEASE: 06-328
NASA SEEKS UNDERGRADS TO EXPERIMENT IN LUNAR AND ZERO GRAVITY
NASA is calling on college undergraduates interested in performing
reduced gravity experiments onboard the agency's "Weightless Wonder"
aircraft to submit their proposals by Monday, . 30.
The Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program at NASA's
Johnson Space Center, Houston, has given undergraduate teams the
chance to research, design, fabricate, fly and evaluate reduced
gravity experiments annually since 1995. This will be the first time
students can design their experiment for lunar gravity, which is
one-sixth of Earth's.
NASA's modified McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jet aircraft will give flyers
the feel of space, as it performs a series of steep climbs and
freefalls over the Gulf of Mexico, creating multiple periods of
reduced gravity. Each parabolic maneuver produces about 25 seconds of
weightlessness, and by changing its flight path, the jet can produce
periods of lunar gravity.
"These students will be the ones helping to design our trips back to
the moon and beyond," said Donn Sickorez, university affairs officer
at Johnson. "By putting them through the same procedures as our space
research scientists and providing them with a three-dimensional
reduced gravity laboratory, we're better preparing students for these
future missions."
Each proposal will be evaluated for technical merit, safety and an
outreach plan. The selected proposals will be announced Dec. 11 and
flown in 2007. Selected teams may also invite a full-time, accredited
journalist to participate with them to document the experience.
With this project, NASA continues the agency's tradition of investing
in the nation's education programs. It is directly tied the agency's
major education goal of strengthening NASA and the nation's future
workforce. Through this and other college and university programs,
NASA will identify and develop the critical skills and capabilities
needed to achieve the Vision for Space Exploration.
For more information about the Reduced Gravity Student Flight
Opportunities Program or submitting a proposal, contact Mat Bartley
at: 281-483-7185; or by e-mail at: mathew.bartley-1@nasa.gov; or
visit:
http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov
For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home
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Date: 05 Oct 2006 21:35:37
From:
Subject: Re: NASA Seeks Undergrads to Experiment in Lunar and Zero Gravity
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A Proposal to Study the Effects of Weightlessness on Sexual Relations
Starring Suzie College Creamcheese and Jack-Athlete Studly
coming soon to an Internet near you
Don't miss the scientific part, as an endoscope attempts to follow the sperm
as they attempt to swim "upstream" when there is no "up".
<baalke@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:1160065164.349664.28930@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> . 5, 2006
>
> Debbie V. Nguyen
> Johnson Space Center, Houston
> 281-483-5111
>
> Sonja Alexander
> Headquarters, Washington
> 202-358-1761
>
> RELEASE: 06-328
>
> NASA SEEKS UNDERGRADS TO EXPERIMENT IN LUNAR AND ZERO GRAVITY
>
> NASA is calling on college undergraduates interested in performing
> reduced gravity experiments onboard the agency's "Weightless Wonder"
> aircraft to submit their proposals by Monday, . 30.
>
> The Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program at NASA's
> Johnson Space Center, Houston, has given undergraduate teams the
> chance to research, design, fabricate, fly and evaluate reduced
> gravity experiments annually since 1995. This will be the first time
> students can design their experiment for lunar gravity, which is
> one-sixth of Earth's.
>
> NASA's modified McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jet aircraft will give flyers
> the feel of space, as it performs a series of steep climbs and
> freefalls over the Gulf of Mexico, creating multiple periods of
> reduced gravity. Each parabolic maneuver produces about 25 seconds of
> weightlessness, and by changing its flight path, the jet can produce
> periods of lunar gravity.
>
> "These students will be the ones helping to design our trips back to
> the moon and beyond," said Donn Sickorez, university affairs officer
> at Johnson. "By putting them through the same procedures as our space
> research scientists and providing them with a three-dimensional
> reduced gravity laboratory, we're better preparing students for these
> future missions."
>
> Each proposal will be evaluated for technical merit, safety and an
> outreach plan. The selected proposals will be announced Dec. 11 and
> flown in 2007. Selected teams may also invite a full-time, accredited
> journalist to participate with them to document the experience.
>
> With this project, NASA continues the agency's tradition of investing
> in the nation's education programs. It is directly tied the agency's
> major education goal of strengthening NASA and the nation's future
> workforce. Through this and other college and university programs,
> NASA will identify and develop the critical skills and capabilities
> needed to achieve the Vision for Space Exploration.
>
> For more information about the Reduced Gravity Student Flight
> Opportunities Program or submitting a proposal, contact Mat Bartley
> at: 281-483-7185; or by e-mail at: mathew.bartley-1@nasa.gov; or
> visit:
>
> http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov
>
> For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/home
>
>
> -end-
>
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Date: 05 Oct 2006 21:45:13
From:
Subject: Re: NASA Seeks Undergrads to Experiment in Lunar and Zero Gravity
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I can't wait to see what big heavy, pendulous boobs look like when they are
floating in 0 G. I knew there was some reason why we pay taxes to support
the "space program".
<tapwater@roomtemperature.deg > wrote in message
news:JUeVg.10438$UG4.4547@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> A Proposal to Study the Effects of Weightlessness on Sexual Relations
> Starring Suzie College Creamcheese and Jack-Athlete Studly
> coming soon to an Internet near you
>
> Don't miss the scientific part, as an endoscope attempts to follow the
sperm
> as they attempt to swim "upstream" when there is no "up".
>
> <baalke@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:1160065164.349664.28930@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > . 5, 2006
> >
> > Debbie V. Nguyen
> > Johnson Space Center, Houston
> > 281-483-5111
> >
> > Sonja Alexander
> > Headquarters, Washington
> > 202-358-1761
> >
> > RELEASE: 06-328
> >
> > NASA SEEKS UNDERGRADS TO EXPERIMENT IN LUNAR AND ZERO GRAVITY
> >
> > NASA is calling on college undergraduates interested in performing
> > reduced gravity experiments onboard the agency's "Weightless Wonder"
> > aircraft to submit their proposals by Monday, . 30.
> >
> > The Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program at NASA's
> > Johnson Space Center, Houston, has given undergraduate teams the
> > chance to research, design, fabricate, fly and evaluate reduced
> > gravity experiments annually since 1995. This will be the first time
> > students can design their experiment for lunar gravity, which is
> > one-sixth of Earth's.
> >
> > NASA's modified McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jet aircraft will give flyers
> > the feel of space, as it performs a series of steep climbs and
> > freefalls over the Gulf of Mexico, creating multiple periods of
> > reduced gravity. Each parabolic maneuver produces about 25 seconds of
> > weightlessness, and by changing its flight path, the jet can produce
> > periods of lunar gravity.
> >
> > "These students will be the ones helping to design our trips back to
> > the moon and beyond," said Donn Sickorez, university affairs officer
> > at Johnson. "By putting them through the same procedures as our space
> > research scientists and providing them with a three-dimensional
> > reduced gravity laboratory, we're better preparing students for these
> > future missions."
> >
> > Each proposal will be evaluated for technical merit, safety and an
> > outreach plan. The selected proposals will be announced Dec. 11 and
> > flown in 2007. Selected teams may also invite a full-time, accredited
> > journalist to participate with them to document the experience.
> >
> > With this project, NASA continues the agency's tradition of investing
> > in the nation's education programs. It is directly tied the agency's
> > major education goal of strengthening NASA and the nation's future
> > workforce. Through this and other college and university programs,
> > NASA will identify and develop the critical skills and capabilities
> > needed to achieve the Vision for Space Exploration.
> >
> > For more information about the Reduced Gravity Student Flight
> > Opportunities Program or submitting a proposal, contact Mat Bartley
> > at: 281-483-7185; or by e-mail at: mathew.bartley-1@nasa.gov; or
> > visit:
> >
> > http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov
> >
> > For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
> >
> > http://www.nasa.gov/home
> >
> >
> > -end-
> >
>
>
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Date: 06 Oct 2006 04:11:24
From: Henry Spencer
Subject: Re: NASA Seeks Undergrads to Experiment in Lunar and Zero Gravity
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In article <J1fVg.10441$UG4.4093@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net >,
<tapwater@roomtemperature.deg > wrote:
>I can't wait to see what big heavy, pendulous boobs look like when they are
>floating in 0 G. I knew there was some reason why we pay taxes to support
>the "space program".
Thanks to the glories of capitalism, there's no need to wait for the
government to get around to it. :-) At least one of the softcore-porn
outfits (the ones who specialize in naked women smiling at the camera, as
opposed to naked women who are too busy to smile at the camera :-)) has
already shot footage in [presumably] Zero Gravity Corp.'s parabolic-flight
aircraft, because some of it shows in up their ads. (Haven't seen the
videos, have seen one or two of the ads while channel-surfing in a hotel.)
--
spsystems.net is temporarily off the air;
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