A very special LiveChat took place last night, as 127 member of the INSPIRE Online Learning Community had an opportunity to hear from and ask questions to Wilbur Wright, one of the brothers who inaugurated the era of modern aeronautics by building and flying the first practical aircraft.
Mr. Wright talked about the research others were doing at the turn of the 20th century that influenced and inspired him and his brother. While not having a college degree, they had self-taught experience that enabled them to leap-frog more learned and better funded contemporaries. The building of their first successful aircraft is a model of perseverance, hard work, and application of the scientific process. I would recommend any students working on the RealWorl-InWorld Design Challenge or the Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award tune into the archive of this chat. It could be great encouragement to hear that success was only achieved by working through many failures.
Next week, there are three LiveChat events. Our regular Thursday night chat will begin at 8pm CT and feature Tom Edwards, an aerospace engineer from Ames Research Center. Tuesday is a Center Chat with David Alexander from the Dryden Flight Research Center on that center’s history and mission. And on Wednesday, a very special event as we hold our first INSPIRE National Star Party to go outside and observe the sky above. Sign up for all of these chats is available on the Discussion Board.
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