LiveChat Roundup - 5/10/12

By Jim Gerard, NASA INSPIRE, KSC, FL

The INSPIRE weekly LiveChat commenced on Thursday, May 10, with presenter Frank Jones, an aerospace engineer from Langley Research Center. 41 were in attendance to hear Mr. Jones talk about his work as an Associate Director in Aeronautics at LaRC. His presentation divided into Simulation Services, Aircraft Services, Supported Projects and Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

Mr. Jones talked about LaRC's Concept-to-Flight Research, which allows engineers to take an idea from thought to practicality. An engineer can work out his design through computer simulation and modeling to reduce the amount of time needed for costly and dangerous test flights.

You can find out more about the work done at Langley by attending our special LiveChat next Tuesday at 3:00pm CT with Digital Learning Network specialist Karen Ricks. And then on Thursday at 8:00pm CT we'll hear from John Koelling, also from LaRC, who will update us on the future of Airspace Systems. Sign up now on the Discussion Board!