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Interview: NASA Scientist's Plan to Extract Moon Water Affordably Using Microwaves | Popular Science
PopSci.com has published an interview with Ed Ethridge regarding a plan to extract moon water affordably using microwaves mentioning the work being done with Dr. Bill Kaukler, the Co-Investigator on the project.
Friction Stir Welding Comes to UAHuntsville
Recently, the Rotorcraft Center obtained licensing for the Friction Stir Welding (FSW) process from The Welding Institute (TWI) and began pursuing this capability in house. RSESC has worked to demonstrate FSW on campus with the goal of producing weld articles in order to:
Cooking Up Water From the Moon? NASA Studies Water Extraction With Microwave
October 19th, 2009 by Steve Roy
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Intrigued by NASA lunar missions in the 1990s which suggested the existence of ice within craters at the moon's poles, NASA scientist Dr. Edwin Ethridge and his team started cooking up a way to extract water from lunar soil.
Using a conventional kitchen microwave and lunar soil simulant -- created to have the same characteristics as lunar soil -- Ethridge and his team have literally cooked water out of the soil.
On path toward aviation center of excellence
Organizations uniting
to improve technology
Reprinted with permission of the Redstone Rocket
By KARI HAWKINS
Staff writer
kari.hawkins@htimes.com
One of the mandates of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission calls for the formation of a center of excellence for aviation at Redstone Arsenal.
The future of that mandate is shaping up now.
UAHuntsville to serve as a designated research collaborator in the nation's first DoD funded University Affiliated Research Center focused on Systems Engineering
UAHuntsville will serve as a designated research collaborator in the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), the first University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) to focus on challenging systems engineering issues facing the DoD and related defense industries.
UAHuntsville Researcher Sue O'Brien presents Systems Engineering Toolkit (SET) at the 11th Annual Systems Engineering Conference
UAHuntsville Researcher Sue O'Brien presents Systems Engineering Toolkit (SET) at the 11th Annual Systems Engineering Conference.
University of Alabama Huntsville Investigates Damage Tolerance of Unidirectional Composite Materials Using MSC.Nastran and MSC.Marc
E.C. Colley and D.M. Sabados, Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville
INTRODUCTION:
Damage tolerance analysis of composite materials has historically been very difficult to perform. The maturity level of approaches within the aerospace community is low; therefore, damage tolerance analysis techniques are often supplemented with carefully planned testing to substantiate the results generated via analysis. The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) has been conducting research into the damage tolerance of unidirectional fiberglass materials typically used in aerospace flight vehicle structures. The first phase of this project included the development of an analytical approach (using MSC/NASTRAN) to investigate the damage tolerance of wrinkled laminated structures.
UAHuntsville partners with Laminar Research to provide a cost effective upgrade to Aviation Challenge Flight Simulators
A key part of the aviation challenge experience is provided by flight simulators. To effectively teach campers, the instructors need a complete systems that meets provides the following features:
- Quality Graphics and Sound Effects
- AI Opposition
- Ability to Manage the Simulation
Quality Graphics and Sound Effects are required to engage campers. These aspects of the Aviation Challenge solution were provided by Laminar Research's flagship product X-Plane.