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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
| 题名： | FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Toby Cummings |
| 摘要： | On Nov. 16 at approximately 1:47 am a very large piece of technology lifted off the ground a little over six miles from my home. The night sky to the east looked like a premature sunrise as the main engines and solid boosters of the NASA Artemis 1 propelled the rocket at over 20,000 mph on a trajectory to circle the moon a few times and eventually return the test capsule to earth. If you do not reside around central Florida where the IMSA International HQ is located, or you are not a space geek, much of what I just wrote about seems trivial. But as I stood in my front yard watching this at that crazy hour, I was comforted that almost all in my neighborhood were also out with me depriving themselves of much-needed sleep. Because my house is located just a few miles from the Kennedy Space Center, 90% of the folks in the small subdivision work in space technology or at the center itself. Many are on the Artemis project and have been for several years. Last night they saw one more notch in the post measuring progress. However, there is a debate among the "rocket science" community as to the Artemis' prevalent use of much older outdated technology that was used back in shuttle launches and even prior. Space-X is also next door and uses much newer technology in its launch systems. So, after four previous scrubs due to systems issues, you can imagine what that debate sounded like on evening walks around the block. All this to say, before I could get any real sleep last night, the experience I just had reminded me much of IMSA today. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | IMSA Journal |
| 期： | Nov./Dec. |
| 页码： | 17-17 |
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