November 2018 Aerospace Education Agenda CAP Squadron 508

November 2018 Aerospace Education Agenda CAP Squadron 508

1840       Announcements

                CyberPatriot Round 2- December 8^th at 0800

                Cadet Orientation Flights-Cadet Preparation, especially for Syllabus 6 flights-   

                                                          Responsibilities: Cadets and Sr. members

                                COF Pamphlet 60-40- Capmembers.com>Members>Publication 

    Library>Pamphlets

-                              Aerospace Dimensions-eServices>Aerospace Education>Downloads

1850       Wrap up October AE Meeting

                How Stars Form Video

                Crab Nebula Video

1900       Cadet talk-C/SrA Busby: US Airspace design

1815       Break

1820       Moon Machines-Navigation Computer

1855       Break

1900       Video: Decoding the Weather Machine, part 2

Team 508 competes in Round 1 of CyberPatriot XI

CyberPatriot XI

Yuma Squadron 508 is fielding a CyberPatriot team again for this year’s competition. Round 1 competition took place November 2-4. Our 3 team members worked on 2 images and the Cisco Challenge. Results were posted showing our team scored a total of 177 points. The next round will be in early December. Our team continues to prepare and study to maximize their performance. Scores from Rounds 1 and 2 will be combined to assign the team to a tier for the State Competition scheduled for January 2019.

Aerospace Education Links November 2018

Aerospace Educations Links November 2018

The next great discovery? Is there a form of life currently on Mars? New scientific discoveries suggest that it is possible

https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/22/mars-subsurface-oxygen-may-support-life/?yptr=yahoo

Skywest Airlines staff fail to notice aircraft/destination airport limitations when it dispatched a flight on a larger aircraft than that originally scheduled. Attempt to keep passengers happy backfires.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/united-airlines-pilot-turns-airplane-around-mid-flight-bizarre-reason-175630373.html

NASA seems to have found a fix for malfunctioning gyroscope so that the observatory once again has 3 functioning gyroscopes. The instrument may be able to resume its scientific mission soon if engineering tests substantiate the fix.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-fixed-hubble-same-way-210100797.html

Russia said to have found problem with launch vehicle and will be ready to resume manned space flights very soon

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-ready-resume-soyuz-flights-soon-nasa-says-000838999.html

Hubble back on the job doing its science mission. Guidance system appears to be fixed.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-says-hubble-back-running-bizarre-gyroscope-issues-162128243.html

Parker Solar Probe sets record for close encounter with the Sun. New records to follow soon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-spacecraft-breaks-record-coming-closest-sun-220415792.html

Kepler planet hunting telescope runs out of fuel. Last observational data downloaded successfully. Probe completes milestone mission.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-planet-hunter-telescope-kepler-runs-fuel-193852963.html

SpaceX plans a number of Falcon Heavy launches in early 2019

https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2018/10/31/report-spacex-falcon-heavy-may-launch-again-in.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

Cause of Russian launch vehicle failure reportedly a sensor damaged during the rocket assembly process. Inspections ordered.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/russian-soyuz-rocket-failure-caused-092821550.html

Unmanned aerial systems have a changing role in search and rescue operations of the future. Automation and advances in sensor technology will lead to expanded use by emergency services.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/november/12/here-comes-autonomy?utm_source=drone&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=181113drone

New design methods using artificial intelligence and unconventional materials along with computer assisted design lead to NASA collaboration with Autodesk for development of future interplanetary landers

https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/13/nasa-and-autodesk-testing-new-lander-designs/?yptr=yahoo

Google Assistant improvements announced that will take interaction with smart home devices to a new level.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/14/google-assistant-new-smart-home-features/?yptr=yahoo

NASA sends final closeout commands to Kepler space probe

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/776f11e1-637d-3628-b655-c23f3d50da32/nasa-bids-kepler.html

NASA chooses landing site for 2020 Mars mission designed to search for biosignatures of life on the red planet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-picks-ancient-martian-river-delta-2020-rover-181352777.html

NASA considers privatizing space travel by selling seats to ISS, naming ships, etc. For me this is a terrible idea.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/19/nasa-may-sell-seats-to-space-tourists/?yptr=yahoo

Mars Insight lander scheduled to touch down in just less than a week.

https://www.flyingmag.com/watch-nasa-mars-insight-landing-live?enews112018

Air Force said to be making progress in addressing pilot and maintenance personnel shortages

https://www.flyingmag.com/usaf-believes-its-making-progress-training-new-pilots?enews112018

Space probe OSIRIS REx nears targeted asteroid. Prepares robotic arm to gather samples for return to Earth

https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/20/nasa-osiris-rex-tagsam-robotic-arm-test/?yptr=yahoo

Peggy Whitson-American with longest time spent in space

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/astronaut-peggy-whitson-breaking-barriers-183638913.html