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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:53:50 -0500
From: Marianne Vestergaard <M Vestergaard tufts edu>
Reply-To: Marianne Vestergaard <M Vestergaard tufts edu>
Subject: Please circulate: June ZERO-G research flight from Boston Logan
To: Gayle Grant <gayle grant tufts edu>
Gayle, do you mind circulating this to students and faculty in case
anyone is interested
in participating in flying their experiments in a zero gravity environment? Thanks! Marianne -------- Original Message -------- Subject: June ZERO-G research flight from Boston Logan Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:03:15 -0500 From: Jeffrey Hoffman <jhoffma1 MIT EDU> To: Dear Massachusetts Space Grant Partners,I sent out a preliminary advisory last fall that we may be sponsoring some zero-g flights this spring. It looks like this is going to happen, and I want to let you all know about it. If you have some students who would like to fly an experiment (Mars-g, lunar-g, or zero-g), please let me know ASAP. Space Grant will provide partial funding for student seats (amount TBD, depending on demand) but you will have to provide half the cost of the seat. Flights will be out of Logan Airport, so the logistics should be pretty simple. I hope some of you are able to take advantage of this opportunity.
Best wishes to everyone for 2009.Below is the announcement that the zero-g organizer sent out to the MIT Aero/Astro Department. It has the
In conjunction with MIT's celebration of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 -- _http://apollo40.mit.edu/_ -- the Department is working to bring ZERO-G's modified 727 to Boston. While it is here, we have negotiated a special discount rate for a parabolic research flight out of Logan Airport on* Sunday 14 June*. Seats on this flight are available to MIT researchers at better than 10% off the commercial ticket price. That means that for $4,500 per seat, your lab can conduct your reduced gravity research here in Boston. No dragging hardware to Houston. No class III flight physicals. No NASA paperwork. Just an opportunity to float, bounce, and conduct your experiments. Details are still being finalized with ZERO-G, but the flight plan calls for 20 parabolas, with a mix of Mars-g, Lunar-g, and microgravity exposures. For more information, visit _http://www.gozerog.com_. We will also be working with ZERO-G to make a detailed payload support document available for those who are interested. If you believe you may want to fly an experiment, simply reply to this email. Reservations are non-binding at this point, though the seats will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis based on committed research funds.*NB:* With the support of Space Grant, a limited number of half-price seats are also being made available for student-led experiments. Proposals for this funding are due 12 February. Please refer interested students to apollo40-zerog mit eduIf you have any additional questions about this opportunity, feel free to ask!-Erika ==================================== "Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~*~ Margaret Mead Dr. Erika B. Wagner w: 617.253.0017 erika mit edu, elb alumni vanderbilt edu Science Director, Mars Gravity Biosatellite _http://www.marsgravity.org_ Executive Director, X PRIZE Lab @ MIT _http://web.mit.edu/xprize_ _______________________________________________ aafaculty mailing list aafaculty mit edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/aafaculty
-- Dr. Jeffrey A. Hoffman Professor of the Practice of Aerospace Engineering Director, Massachsetts Space Grant Consortium MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics 37-227 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: 617-452-2353 Fax: 617-258-8111 Cell: 617-797-0803 email: jhoffma1 mit edu -- Prof. Marianne Vestergaard Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Robinson Hall Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 Phone: 617-627-2756 ----- End forwarded message -----Title: June ZERO-G research flight from Boston Logan
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Gayle, do you mind circulating this to students and faculty in case
anyone is interested in participating in flying their experiments in a zero gravity environment? Thanks! Marianne -------- Original Message --------
Dear Massachusetts Space Grant Partners,
I sent out a preliminary advisory last fall that we may be
sponsoring some zero-g flights this spring. It looks like this is
going to happen, and I want to let you all know about it. If you have
some students who would like to fly an experiment (Mars-g, lunar-g, or
zero-g), please let me know ASAP. Space Grant will provide partial
funding for student seats (amount TBD, depending on demand) but you
will have to provide half the cost of the seat.
Flights will be out of Logan Airport, so the logistics should be
pretty simple. I hope some of you are able to take advantage of this
opportunity.
Best wishes to everyone for 2009.
Below is the announcement that the zero-g organizer sent out to
the MIT Aero/Astro Department. It has the
In conjunction with MIT's celebration of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 -- http://apollo40.mit.edu/ -- the Department is working to bring ZERO-G's modified 727 to Boston. While it is here, we have negotiated a special discount rate for a parabolic research flight out of Logan Airport on Sunday 14 June. Seats on this flight are available to MIT researchers at better than 10% off the commercial ticket price. Details are still being finalized with ZERO-G, but the flight plan calls for 20 parabolas, with a mix of Mars-g, Lunar-g, and microgravity exposures. For more information, visit http://www.gozerog.com. We will also be working with ZERO-G to make a detailed payload support document available for those who are interested. If you believe you may want to fly an experiment, simply reply to this email. NB: With the support of Space Grant, a limited number of half-price seats are also being made available for student-led experiments. Proposals for this funding are due 12 February. Please refer interested students to apollo40-zerog mit edu If you have any additional questions about this opportunity, feel free to ask! -Erika ==================================== Dr. Erika B. Wagner
-- Dr. Jeffrey A.
Hoffman
Professor of the Practice of Aerospace
Engineering
Director, Massachsetts Space Grant
Consortium
MIT Department of Aeronautics and
Astronautics
37-227
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-452-2353
Fax:
617-258-8111
Cell:
617-797-0803
email: jhoffma1 mit edu
-- Prof. Marianne Vestergaard Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Robinson Hall Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 Phone: 617-627-2756 |