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Aerospace Education News
A Message From the Director of Aerospace Education
Wing HQs, West Columbia, SC


The New Millenium

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        This is a great time to be involved in aerospace. The site you must check often is NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center's NEWSROOM page. The research and breakthroughs are always very interesting and may impact how CAP carries out its missions.

       There is some exciting research going on at  NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center's - Advanced Space Transportation Research Program.
NOTE: Once you get to NASA's ASTP site, click "ASTP", then click the red square that says "Space Transportation Research" and then "Beamed Energy Launch Vehicle".
Click here for
Lightcraft Links.


Aviation News

       CAP National HQs has approved engine upgrade of Cessna 172R and a study of a new navaid system. Check NASA's AGATE program also.
Click here for Aviation News Links.


Einstein Wrong ???

       Was Einstein wrong??  In 1905 Albert Einstein stated unequivocally that nothing in the universe could travel faster than the speed of light. As stated in the August 1998 issue of "Discover" magazine, "Some physicists believe that the universe's ultimate speed limit (186,000 miles per second) may someday go the way of the national 55 MPH statute." Dr.Bernhard Haisch, an astrophysicist at Lockheed Martin and Marc Millis head of NASA's  Lewis Research Center's - "Breakthrough Propulsion Program", believe that there is a way to make a spaceship fly (???) faster than the speed of light.
Click here for
Physics Links.


Flying Frogs

         Did you know that frogs can fly ? Scientists in the Netherlands were able to cause a frog to "free-float" by distorting its electrons.
Click here for
Frog Links.
 
Click here for the latest Research & Development. You will be surprised.

       Live long and prosper.
       Brad Corpening, Capt., CAP
       SCWg/DAE


Internal AE News

   National Headquarters, Maxwell, AFB.

       Good news!!  The AE staff at National HQs have been hard at work revising both the senior member AE Specialty Track and the cadet aerospace program.  CAP Regulation 280-2 has been revised top to bottom. The Aerospace Education Officer Specialty track CAPP 215T, CAPP 215S and CAPP 215M was reduced from three pamphlets into one pamphlet, CAPP 215. A new award for senior members, the Scott A. Crossfield Award and ribbon, can be earned with attainment of the aerospace education officer "Master" rating. The Scott A. Crossfield ribbon is not in the bookstore catalog. Contact your region director of AE for info. CAP Pamphlet 15, Aerospace Education Officer's Handbook is being rewritten to provide more "how-to" details for aerospace education officers.

       The cadet aerospace education program is also being revised. There will be six modules in the Cadet Phase II Aerospace Education Program and each will be completed when the cadets take and pass the required examination. The status of this initiative is "in the works". The six modules with leader guides and tests are in coordination within the CAP National Headquarters. The recently planned video supplements, which will help members in all units conduct the aerospace education instruction and activities, are being scripted and then will be produced. It was planned to commence a limited test of the NEW material during 1998. The test has been delayed until the video supplements are available.

         If you would like a more detailed account of the new AE revisions, check out page 14 of the August 1998 edition of the "CAP News".

         Many thanks to those "special" AE folks at National.


External News

   Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

       Work is continuing successfully on the world's first air breathing rocket engine.


Research & Development

NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL

Ground-Based Space Craft Launching Systems

    
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute engineer Prof. Leik N. Myrabo   is working with US Air Force and US Army scientists to make laser propulsion a reality. Flight tests of a scale model lightcraft have been conducted with great success, at White Sands Missile Range, using PLVTS, a high energy CO2 laser.

Lightcraft Links
Excellent article in "New Scientist" magazine
United States Air Force Press Release
LightCraft Images/Photos
CNN Breaks story on laser propulsion
The Lightcraft Project at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Flight test videos of the Lightcraft
Lightcraft is featured on Discovery Channel program, "Rocketships".
United States Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
USAF Propulsion Directorate, Edwards AFB, CA
High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility Content of this web page has been temporarily removed. We don't know why. Keep checking.
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces, New Mexico
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
NASA Advanced Space Transportation Program
NASA's Marc G. Millis Breakthrough Propulsion Program 
This guy was just featured in a recent "Discovery Magazine" article. A must click if you are interested in R&D of future space travel.  5 Stars *****
Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Preliminary Results
Catherine Asaro's personal report on BPP workshop.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Rensselaer Lightcraft Project


Einstein Wrong ???

Physics Links
"Discover" magazine
NASA Lewis Research Center
Marc G. Millis's "Warp Drive.... When ??"
Marc G. Millis Breakthrough Propulsion Program
Dr.Bernhard Haisch
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin's Solar and Astrophysics Lab
High Speed Monatomic Research
A primer in quantum mechanics by Dr. Bernhard Haisch
Interia: Does Empty Space Put Up The Resistance ?? - An excellent article by Robert Matthews for people like me, who don't know diddly about physics.
Beyond the Quantum By Jack Sarfatti - Independent quantum researcher and author. PhD physics UCR, MS physics UCSD, BA physics Cornell.
A Commentary from Jack Sarfatti - Excellent article. Discusses IBM's "Quantum Teleportation" work.
Stardrive - A must click for interesting topics.
Internet Science Education Project - Beware the little multimedia dog-and-pony show. It will bring your modem to its knees, but well worth the wait.
Leading Edge International Research Group - These chaps have been rather busy. Lots of links here.


Flying Frogs ??

Magnetized Frog Defies Gravity !!
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Frog Links
Dutch physicists levitate frog. Scientists at the University of Nijmegen use magnetic fields to free-float a frog, grasshopper, hazelnut and a drop of water.
University of Nijemegen Magnet Laboratory Seeing is believing. High Field Magnetic Laboratory at the University of Nijemegen, Netherlands.
Anti-Gravity Links This site has lots of anti-gravity links.
Hosted by Levitron, the company that makes the anti-gravity top.
Spellmaker. Click here to read the technical stuff.
Is Magnetic Levitation Possible ?
New Breakthroughs in Animal Levitation Researchers at Florida State University in Tallahassee levitate a Palmetto Bug.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. - A collaboration between Florida State University, Univ. of Florida, Los Alamos National Laboratory .....
High Magnetic Field Laboratory - Florida State University.
High Magnetic Field Laboratory - Educational Programs - K-12 educational programs and links.
Anti-Gravity Links More antigravity links.
NASA Gravity Modification Project.


Aviation News

       CAP National Board members voted to upgrade the engines in recently purchased Cessna 172Rs from 160hp to 180hp. The board also approved a STUDY to evaluate ARNAV's cockpit information system.

Aviation News Links
CAP News Release 4 Sep., 1998 Engine upgrade approved by National Board.
ARNAV Corporation
More information about ARNAV's cockpit information system and WxLink at this site.
NASA News Release New light aircraft technologies are coming to market.
NASA AGATE. Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments. If you are a general aviation pilot, this is probably one of the most important sites to check on a regular basis for new and emerging GA technologies.
NASA GAP. General Aviation Propulsion program.