http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ because we are cruising through the cosmos.

Welcome to one of the hottest sites in the cosmos! YOU CAN DO SCIENCE TOO! http://www.musc.edu/cando 

Fly experiments on the shuttle, Conduct research with NASA, Present at student scientists' symposium 

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COURSES WITH BACKGROUND DATA FOR TEACHERS AND RESEARCH FOR STUDENTS

EARTH SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE,  Lemuel Patterson, Adjunct Professor

 

PAM/ IDA___________________________________

 The Planetary Aerosol Monitor / Integrated Dust Analyzer instrument will journey across the dust tail of comets. Measuring 0.1 Micrometer size dust particle as it will be shooting through the instrument from mach 1 up to mach 10 speeds keeps the research rocking.

DESIGN

An alert laser beam detector will trigger more light diodes to count time, to measure size, and to calculate the angle of entry for each dust particle from the comet.

DEVELOPMENT

The PAM/IDA Probe must meet qualifications of NASA, pass the program's scaled electromagnetic calibration tests, and withstand the parameters of space travel. A special design microwave laboratory in the astrophysics department made testing as rigorous and accurate as possible. The microwave laboratory is one of two in the world. Dust grains are magnified then modeled for our microwave scale test. The computer calculates light scatters off the dust particles. Other tests include shooting a Helium gas gun and blasting a plasma gun in a vacuum chamber to measure grain velocity.

Why is this important to me? How does this research help our society?

For update reports on the cometary probe PAM/IDA and DUST PARTICLE RESEARCH contact:

DR. BO A.S. GUSTAFSON, DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

211 BRYANT SPACE SCIENCE BUILDING, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA32611 USA

gustaf@astro.ufl.edu

: pattersonl@hotmail.com DOES THE SUMMER MONTHS FLY BY TOO FAST, TOO BORING, TOO MANY CHOICES AND NOT ENOUGH TIME? Here's the ultimate dream vacation for teachers...

  includes: guest suite lodging w/kitchenette, PAID travel expenses, shuttle trips to nearby attractions, thousands of dollars in stipend, and graduate credit too........TELL ME MORE /TRUE /HOME

Lemuel Patterson, science chairman

McCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Scientific team: Dr. Bo A.S. Gustafson, Project Director, Sweden