Houston – Day Two
Alarms start ringing at 6:00 am and we grumble out of bed as we rub sleep from our eyes. We soon file into the lobby for breakfast. A man decided Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: USIP
March Meeting Recap
We kicked off this month with a teleconference with NASA for our PDR. We were able to review with the members in charge of the USIP program everything we have Continue Reading →
February Meetings Recap
Throughout the month of February, the CATE team was hard at work machining the storage unit, wiring the switchboard, and finalizing the test design. We also set a date for Continue Reading →
Marbles
BY| Chris Tiller For the CATE experiment, we’re going to be launching an object through what is essentially a cloud of dust. As with every other component of the experiment, Continue Reading →
January Gallery
Take a glimpse into what happened during our meetings in the month of January.
What’s in a name?
All great project start somewhere and all great projects have a name. Some names are abbreviations of their true meaning and some are just for fun. After our team had Continue Reading →
Electrical versus Mechanical
BY| Kelly Lai and Brad Hoover The electrical prototype will utilize muscle wire, which is a shape-memory alloy, and various torsion springs to achieve the requested results. First, the launching Continue Reading →
CATE Proposal Video
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By: Sara Lane Back in April when we were preparing the proposal to send to NASA for the USIP funding, we created a video to capture what each student was Continue Reading →