There is a talk on Modeling and Engineering by a NASA engineer this Friday night, April 1st, 7pm at SRJC Newman Auditorium (Emeritus Hall). The talk is free, parking is not. Will he will talk about the 1999 crash of the Mars Climate Orbiter allegedly due to JPL's errors in metric-imperial conversion, or the crash landing of Deep Space2 allegedly due to improper hardware testing, or Britain's loss of the Beagle 2 after separation from their Mars Express?<br>
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The merging of art and science is the future of digital media. This is especially true in the world of modulation and simulation.<br>
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Modeling and Simulation on the Way to Mars<br>
Walt Engelund, NASA engineer<br>
Friday, April 1, 2011, 7pm<br>
Newman Auditorium (Emeritus Hall)<br>
Santa Rosa Campus<br>
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In a career spanning 22 years at NASA, Walt Engelund has worked on everything from rocket designs, airplanes that travel ten times the speed of sound, and spacecraft that have landed on the surface of Mars. In this talk he will explain how NASA uses advanced modeling and simulation tools across multiple disciplines to help design and certify the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) system on the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA’s next flagship mission to Mars, scheduled to launch in the fall of 2011.<br>
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<a href="http://www.santarosa.edu/communityeducation/arts-and-lectures/" target="_blank">http://www.santarosa.edu/communityeducation/arts-and-lectures/</a><br>
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<br> This is a FREE event! As always, remember parking is enforced 24/7 at SRJC, so be sure to purchase a one day parking pass if you don't already have a permit.<br>
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