
The time has come for the next call for the ESA 'Fly your thesis' competition proposals. 'Fly your thesis' is an ESA run competition for Masters/PhD students to propose a microgravity experiment that could be run in the upcoming microgravity parabolic flight campaign. The winning teams and their experiments will end up on board an A300 specially fitted out to fly in a large parabolic flightpath. During the parabola the aircraft, the occupants and all of the experiments on board are placed into free fall and experience weightlessness. This lasts for about 25seconds and is repeated 30 times a day. A typical flight campaign will go for 3 days, giving 90 parabolas of microgravity.
Last year a team of four of our final year MEng Astro stu
If you would like to submit a proposal for this competition then come see either me or Dr Welchwith your ideas!
Last year a team of four of our final year MEng Astro stu
dents entered the competition. They did very well, making it all the way to the final selection committee. Unfortunately they were not selected to fly. This year we want to get all the way!
If you would like to submit a proposal for this competition then come see either me or Dr Welchwith your ideas!
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