DID YOU GET THIS???

So firstly, many apologies for not posting in a while. I’ve been fairly busy, but not so busy I couldn’t find time to post on here every once in a while. My B.

But guess what! NASA accepted our Microgravity Proposal and we get to test it at the NASA Base in Houston this June! SICK!

So let’s backtrack. At the beginning of the school year before it was so cold you couldnt walk outside and there was ice hidden under snow (although I’ve heard other places have gotten more) Sandra and I joined UBAIAA. UB’s chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. And as one of the projects, we worked on a proposal to send to NASA’s Microgravity Missions. We spent a whole heck of a lot of time on this project, and even though we worked hard none of us had faith that we’d get in and it kind of went forgotten. I didnt even think much of it yesterday when they were to announce winners. Until, I got a text message while studying for my Calc final.

It was from the captain of the Micro team and it read “Just got the call from NASA. We’re going to Texas!” And I’m of course shocked, and reply “Really?” to which to this day he hasn’t responded to. But no sooner is that message sent than does Sandra leave her classroom and run up to me holding out her phone going, “Did you get this???” That’s when we knew it couldn’t be just some not very funny joke, if we both got the message. So, that was that. Our proposal actually got accepted. Awesome! Imagine what that’ll look like on a resume. Sure, the trip is going to be a blast, and actually being on the “Vomit Comet” to test it will be even cooler. But how many people can say they worked with NASA. I mean, really! There’s a reason why it’s spelt NASA and not nasa, because it’s EXCITING!

But, what the heck was our proposal about, right? Well, to be honest, I did not work on the technical stuff. And neither did Sandra, so don’t ask her either. But essentially, it’s a way to test an attitude determination system for satellites flying in formation. Basically, its a computer program using lights that can send information between satellites telling them where they are, and what direction they’re facing. And it should be AWESOME. This is like, the first time they’ve been accepted in ten years or so.

WEEEE!

-Tom-