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UP AWAY

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Luke Mueller-Oden is a lacross ninja, and a proud member of the PC master race. He has one dog named Boudreaux, and loves smashing the iron-hard mace of reality into the fragile dreams of his once innocent peers; shattering them like glass. Luke doesn’t know what he wants to be when he grows up, but he knows this: The world is his oyster, and he’s going to crack it wide open.

Angelo Sole is the “bee’s knees”. He enjoys being active by playing tennis, and loves crossfit. In his downtime Angelo enjoys sedentary activities such as healthy eating and playing various video games. Angelo is single, enjoys the company of females and is not afraid to flamingle. Angelo is an avid reader of philosophy, and his favorite philosopher is Greg Glassman. His favorite quote is “crossfit starts at home and ends on Facebook.”

Nishanth Kalavakolnau is a fun loving “Cool Dude”, who loves to play video games and listen to music. NIshanth hopes to become a successful entrepreneur in the future. He enjoys the company of his friends and family. When asked how much swagger Nishanth has, he replied “More than 11.”

Mordecai Mellon-Werch is an upright member of society who enjoys marching in his school marching band with his friends. When asked about marching band he said “I wom-bo, you wombo, he\she\we wumbo” when asked to explain this quote he said “this is first grade”. His other habits include pwning noobs in his favorite game DOTA 2 and having mad skills at pokemon.

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The Dream Team

Table Of Contents

06 On the Horizon

07 What’s New In Airplane Design

10 Plane Crashes: How Likely Are They

12 Flying in the Fast Lane

14 Flying to New Hieghts

19 The Hazards of Space Travel

20 Spaced Out

04 Letter From the Editors

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11 Forces to be Reckoned With

18 The Final Frontier

Dear Reader Thank you for taking the time to read this. Up And Away is an exploration above the clouds, and beyond the Milky Way. The power of flight is the forefront of the technological scene, and we want to give you a look into the future of flight and space travel. We have tried to make this magazine as interesting as possible for you by finding new and relevant issues, gadgets, and stories for your entertainment. Thanks for reading, and we hope you enjoy this magazine.

-Mordecai, Luke, Angelo, and Nishanth

Letter From the Editor

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On The Horizon Flight, and air travel have rapidly become a larger part of our modern lives. With this large demand for aviated vehicles, engineers, and scientists are conforming to the public’s needs. They are coming out with new technologies for aviated vehicles every day. Most engi-neers are looking towards what the future of aviated technology will be. Some examples of what we can see to come are:

Bionic Structures: Stronger, and lighter Material, much to that of the bones in birds, is being used to create aircrafts. By doing this the fuel burn is decreased and the space inside the aircraft is increased, creating a safer, more efficient flight.

Biopolymer membrane: Cabins will be coated in Biopoly-mer membrane to regulate light, tempera-ture and humidity. The transparency of this material will also give patrons a 360 view of the skies.

Energy Harvesting: Energy Harvesting, and Solar panels are being put onto planes in order to supply the cabin’s appliances with energy, and use environmentally friendly methods to power these appli-ances.

Integrated Neural Network: Using an Integrated Neural Network will Add more interactivity between the passenger and the cabins electrical system, by adding recognition technology to each individual passenger.

Morphing Materials: Many engineers are looking at morphing and, memory adapting materials. It is also expected that artificial intelligence will be added to the point that parts of the plane will be able to adapt to the passengers needs.

Sources: http://www.ases.org/http://www.airbus.comhttp://www.rsc.org6

By: Angelo Sole

Flight, it’s fast, it’s easy, and it’s safe. The only problems are that fuel

is expensive and it is not very environmentally friendly. “power ‘s a complex thing and fuel is so expensive.” Flight school teacher George Ferris said But there are new kinds of planes being de-veloped. Planes such as the new Double bubble design. Its innovative structure and components could reduce fuel consumption by 70%. “It’s a plane that has a cockpit or passenger space on either side like a catama-ran. There are two fuselages, like big bubbles, with a connect-ing struc-ture in the middle.” Former aerospace engi-neer Bill Mueller said. It has engines mounted on the back using Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI), which is known to de-crease the noise and roughness of flight for passengers. MIT, NASA, Boeing

ings there are hidden savings due to the fact that less planes would need to be launched. It is about time that this type of plane broke into the com-mercial sphere. Many assorted manufacturers like Boeing are working on producing this model of aircraft. Boe-ing predicts that its plane will cause 60% reduction in fuel consumption and 70% lower nitrous oxide emissions. Boe-ing has already begun devel-opment and plans to have it’s plane the STV Demonstrator in the sky by 2019. But new fuselage designs are not all of what makes innovation in avia-tion. There are many minor modifications being made to the aircraft, such as more GPS and global tracking systems. “Now that airliners are beginning to use GPS one of the big things that they can get out of that is called propor-tional navigation. This means that you don’t have to go out and follow the routes laid out by the FAA and makes all kinds of turns. you’ll be able to fly more directly between airports thus saving flying

time. There’s already some ad-vantage to using GPS in that they are able to fly airplanes with smalling spacings be-tween plans in both the verti-cal and horizontal directions.” Former aerospace engineer Bill Mueller said. This is only one of many such innovations that are changing the face of aviation. The world needs more inventions like these in aviation, with the number of planes rising rapidly and emis-sions with them, technology must cope. But we must not get too excited for new minor systems in aviation just as with fuselage designs. “[There’s] gonna be a whole lot more new airplanes flying around.” Flight school teacher George Ferris said, And the world needs to be ready.

and many others are working to put planes like this in the sky by 2035. But with all pre-dicted project deadlines one must take dates with a grain of salt. Especially considering the propensity for engineers to push back the end of develop-ment as challenges arrive. A more realistic date would be would be 2040-2050.However there are other designs that deserve attention. Designs such as the moulded wing design which involves making the entire plane one wing which creates more lift and less drag. This is also

called a “flying wing” it has been some-thing that aircraft designers have been striving for for genera-tions. It has been prevalent in military aircraft

since WWII because it reduces the drag on the aircraft and increases lift. The plane is also has the ability to carry much more cargo due to its larger interior space, this means that along with the actual fuel sav-

“But new fuselage designs are not all of

what makes innovation in aviation. There are

many minor modifica-tions being made to the aircraft. Such as more GPS and global track-ing systems.”-Mueller

Flights Of Fantasy

By: Luke Mueller-Oden

The new inventions that are changing the face of aviation.

An example of a Double Bubble aircraft.Courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

An example of the molded wing aircraft design.

Courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Most people track the history of flight to the Wright brothers but there have been innovations in flight since people saw birds flying through the sky and wondered. The Wright brothers may have been the inventors of the aeroplane but there have been other modes of flight. Things such as the kite or the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. Not to mention blimps and zeppelins, here is a timeline about all of the inventions in aviation. Cont. on pg 12

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You might think that airplane flights are risky. Think again. Getting in a plane crash is one of the least of your worries compared to other types of transportation, such as motorcy-cles or even cars. Airplanes are one of the safest methods of transportation around, and the odds of your plane crashing are much lower than the odds other typical accidents - including household accidents like choking on your food.

Motorcycles are notoriously dangerous for their high crash rate. 1 in every 802 motorbike rides end with a fatality. That’s over 4 times the risk of an airplane!

1 in 802 chance

1 in 4147 MortalityAlthough not as dangerous as a motorcycle, bike accidents are more common than you would expect

Choking on your food is more dangerous than you’d suspect. This common household accident has a higher death rate than plane crashes.

1 in 4404 People

1 in 5000 Car Rides

1 in 5862 Flights

Sources: http://www.medhelp.org/general-health/articles/The-25-Most-Common-Causes-of-Death/193?page=2, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/how-risky-is-flying.html

With their empha-sis on security, very few airplane flights actually crash.

Flying in the Face of Danger

Just How Dangerous is a Plane Flight?

Deadly car crashes are, in fact, more frequent and more commonplace than plane crashes.

Fun FactEvery day, there are over 61,000 people airborne over the United States at a time.

By Mordecai Mellon-Werch

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Thrust is the force that propels the plane forward. Thrust is pro-duced by the engine

Drag is the friction caused by the air. Think about when a dog sticks its head out of the car window, the force that is pushing the dog’s tongue back is drag. In order for the airplane to fly the thrust of the plane has to be greater than the drag.

Low-speed ULM (1 m)

Propeller blade (15 cm)

Airliner (8 m)

Supersonic interceptor (2 m)

Dragonfly wing (12 mm)

Dolphin flipper fin (10 cm)

Blackbird (6 cm)

Turbine blade (8 cm)

Turbofan fan blade (80 cm)

Sailboat (3 m)

Many people have wondered how a 350-ton behemoth can take flight in the air. Airplanes fly by exploiting four simple forces: lift, weight, thrust and drag.

Lift is the force that keeps the airplane in the air. It is produced by the wing of the airplane. Wings split the air into two streams, one that goes under the wing, and one that goes over the wing. The wing is shaped in such a way that that the airflow over the top of the wing travels faster than the air under the wing. This makes the air pressure over the top of the wing decrease, causing the wing to rise. When the amount of lift produced is greater than the weight of the plane the plane rises up.

Wing

Forces To Be Reckoned With

Weight pushes the plane down

Sources:: Howstuffworks.comWikipediaBerkely.eduUMN.edu 11

Air Molecules

By: Nishanth Kalavakolanu

through the X-ray machine; Pre Check will allow you to leave that on. I think it’s the same for laptops, you don’t have to open your laptop or anything like that.” Halbrook said,“This is part of their effort to implement risk based security concepts, which is focusing efforts on what they consider high risk travellers, and expediting the process for, you know, travellers that go through these processes who they deem low risk travellers. It’s basically saying: the blanket one size fits all security process is something we’re moving away from; they’re moving towards more risk based security concepts.”

So the TSA Pre Check

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“I’m less rushed and can do anything I want to do before I get on my flight.”

By Mordecai Mellon-Werch

Flying in the Fast Lane

Courtesy of the TSA

Courtesy of the TSA

Airports only have 2 things worth talking about inside them. Planes,

and security guards. An average airport will have about the same number of security guards as a parade. Why? Because for some reason, people don’t like the idea of being trapped in a roomful of strangers with no way out but down.

“They process, you know, probably around 15,000 outbound passengers a day.” Jim Halbrook, an airport official, said. Not an easy job to handle. And once you’re on the plane, nobody can get off.

“It’s kind of dangerous” Says Stephen George, a frequent flyer, “When I first started flying, I was kinda worried.” With all

the security threats, how does the TSA do it?

“At US airports, to enter the concourse area, and various airports have different concourse areas, but, to enter the area where you actually board the jets, you have to go through passenger se-curity screening.” Halbrook says. “TSA actually runs the screening. Transportation Security Admin-istration.”

“The restrictions range from… you know, no firearms, which has been around since the early 70s, to, you know, some of the things that we’ve seen post September 11, such as no pocket knives, the amount of liquid you can carry on board. The screen-ing process consists of, you know, x-raying carry on items,

and passengers going through screening machine.”

And anybody who goes through this security knows that it takes a long time to go through, with most of it spent waiting in line. “I fly every year usually during the summer break for vacations usually in Europe. Security really depends on the line but once you get to the metal detectors it usually doesn’t take more than a minute or 2 to go through,” Mathew Heighway, a LASA student who often visits Europe with this family, said, “I usually don’t mind.”

Lines are a big hold up in the airport, sometimes taking half an hour just to get to the security check. Luckily, the TSA has a new plan for dealing with lines. TSA Pre Check, a program for frequent flyers.

“TSA Pre Check, it’s a passenger pre-screening initiative that allows qualified passengers to go through an expedited secu-rity process which allows them to keep on their shoes and light outerwear, you know, if you’re wearing like, a light sports coat or something you have to put it

This TSA official works at the security line, screening passengers for dangerous materials.

The TSA Operates inside of the Department of Homeland Security.

How to Get Through Airport Security Without a Hassle

400 B.C.E Kites are invented in China

“I mean, you can tell that the TSA works really hard to keep the terrorists out, but at the same time, be as courteous as possi-ble.” George said, “after a while, you start to realize that an airport is just about the safest place you can be.” Safety is the TSA’s top priority, but they also want you to

get to your flight on time. It’s a tough balancing act, but they do their best.

“You can tell that the TSA works really hard to be as courteous as possible, but at the same time keep the ter-rorists out.”

“Security really depends on the line but once you get to the metal detec-tors it usually doesn’t take more than a minute or 2 to go through,”

is a program that identifies what the TSA calls, “low-risk,” and “high risk,” passengers, and allows the low risk ones to go through a quicker version of security.

“It saves me a good 10-15 minutes going through security, which is nice,” George says, “I’m less rushed and can do anything I want to do before I get on my flight.” Bear in mind that this is only for the US. So no Canadian Pre Check. However, a similar program is being rolled out all over the world. New self serve kiosks have been constructed at international airports around the globe, letting people input all of their personal data into the ma-chine, and then take their picture. The kiosk then prints out a piece of paper that you hand to the customs official. “You can go through the kiosk, show your identifica-

tion to it, and move on to the next process of reentering the country,” Halbrook said, “It’s just a matter of when it gets to each airport.” This whole, “high risk” and “low risk” passenger theory seems pretty risky, excuse the pun, but does it work? “I benefit from it a lot,” George said, “I get to leave my shoes on, leave my jacket on, go through a shorter line… It’s great.” Airports have a whole slew of items that you can’t bring through security.

“You regularly have passengers bringing things on…that are prohibited, Ok? And that ranges from pocket knives to handguns. Alright? If you bring a pocketknife, you’re going to have the option to either walk it back to your car, and then come back and go through security again, or just give it up right there and

go through security. Most people tend to do that. But, if you’re carrying a handgun; that is… you get arrested. I think it’s a felony.” Halbrook said, “In 2013, 1828 guns were confiscated at airports across the nation. 2012 it was 1525. In 1211 it was 1320, and in 2010 it was 1123. So it’s the third year in a row that there’s been an increase. Top 10 airports are At-lanta, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Denver, Nashville, Orlando, Fort Water dell, Vegas… and I think we [Austin] ranked about 16, we were in the top 20, Austin, I know that.”

Once you get on the plane, there’s really no security measures in place, which is why screening is so intensive. There’s no way to call the police in to a hijacked airplane, so the TSA has to be extra careful not to let anybody dangerous on.

“You have all the screening processes in place before you get on the plane. You have Air Marshals that fly along as well, but…” Halbrook said.

And they do a very good job of it, considering the difficulty of the task.

The TSA Pre Check is a program that allows frequent flyers to go through an expedited security process. It’s part of their initiative to implement a more risk based security screening process.

Courtesy of the TSA

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1485 Leonardo Da Vinci de-signs the ornithopter- a precursory design to the helicopter

Flying To New HeightsSophomore seeks pilot’s license.

Wanting to fly is a dream held by many children,

but is only achieved by a few people. However with new technology and some deter-mination flying airplanes may not be so difficult after all. Zachary Kosub, a student at LASA has been flying planes in his spare time starting at the age of 10. 16 now Zachary almost has his pilot’s license. “The speed and the complexity really drew me to it,” Kosub said.Flying a plane doesn’t have to be a dream that’s out of reach. With some time and money anybody can fly a plane. Fly-ing a plane is a good hobby because of all the positive benefits that come with flying. Getting a pilot’s license is a long and complicated process. Flying has gotten easier over the years.Being a pilot can be a wonder-ful experience that can be very rewarding. “The best thing is the sensation of taking off and fly-ing above everyone else, flying through the clouds, and finally the satisfaction of finally put-ting your airplane back on the ground safely” Kosub said. However flying does have its caveats, and difficulty “The most difficult thing about flying is, much like driving, being able to handle all of the distraction that are constantly present,” Kosub said. Flying also heavily relies on your skill of perceptions “In an airplane you

have to be always aware of the weather, the state of your airplane and engine and fuel, the destination airport and how to get there and what’s in between, going through checklists, checking maps, etc,” Kosub said.In order to enjoy the flying experience a pilot’s license is required. However acquiring a license can be a lot of work. “It requires a huge time and financial commit-ment,” Kosub said. Even though Zachary has been spending over half a decade working on getting his pilot’s license, he has yet to acquire

one. “It’s a pretty involved process; it involves taking ground school in a classroom and having many hours “behind the wheel,” Addition-ally there’s a written test and a checkride, which is a[n] in-plane test,” Kosub said. The process of acquiring a pilot’s license can be very hard, but can be very rewarding. “I think all of the work required is part of why I like flying so much,” But even though getting a license is challenging it can be an enjoy-able adventure. “My flight school experience has been

wonderful so far. The school is full of great experienced instructors who also enjoy fly-ing,” Kosub saidWhile flying planes has been a task that was daunting 30 years ago. With the advent of new technology flying planes is easier than ever. “New iterations of GPS systems and new naviga-tional equipment are constant-ly coming out,” Kosub said.Before GPS pilots had to rely on the stars and beacons to navigate the skies. Now with GPS, navigation is just look-ing down at the GPS screen which displays all of the pilots

Zachary Kosub is a sophomore at lASAPhoto by Nishanth Kalavakolanu

Story by: Nishanth Kalavakolanu

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1799-1850George Cayley invented a glider with a tail allowing for much more versatile steering

1891Otto Lilienthal designed the first long-distance glider

coordinates in real time. And new planes loaded with more technology are always coming out. “It’s always exciting when a new airplane comes out too,” Zachary says. Flying is always a rewarding experience that has many benefits. If individuals have a fear of being a pas-senger in an aircraft the best way to get rid of the fear is by piloting one. “I can also name every little squeak and whirr and clunk that happened dur-ing the flight, which is always a good conversation starter,” Zachary says. So flying planes can fix the age old problem of the awkward silence of the passenger in the next seat.So if any individual needs to take up a new hobby following the path of Zachary Kosub, and piloting aircraft might be the perfect option. It is pos-sible to acquire a license at any age; flying is a challenging, varied, and rewarding experi-ence. Acquiring a license is an enjoyable experience that teaches pilots many things, and piloting can always lead to high paying jobs in the future. “There’s a pilot short-age and Airlines will be look-ing to our generation for new pilots!” Kosub said. While the road to being a full fletched pilot might be long and hard“To aspiring pilots I would say to start as young as you can, and put as much time and money as you can into it” Kosub said “because it’s worth it!”

“The speed and the complexity and really drew me

to it” -Kosub

A Cessna 206 flying. This is the type of plane that Kosub fliesPhoto courtesy of Arpingstone

Austin Bergstrom Airport; where Kosub goes to flight schoolPhoto courtesy of Austin Bergstrom Airport

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1891Samuel P. Langley designed the first powered airplane

1905The Wright brothers first test of the flyer.

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The Final Frontier

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Without a spacesuit living in space is impossible, which means that space suit ruptures are fatal every time.

Space travel is a promising and innovative, however its is not without its dangers. If you’re planning on going into space you might want to know the

dangers associated with traveling in space.

Even the smallest piece of debris can cause fatal damage to a fragile spacecraft, as shown by this photograph.

Outside of the earth’s protective ozone layer the radiation is intense. Many astronauts upon return-ing to earth have had to enter intensive care to deal with their radiation sickness.

Space suit ruptures

Space debris

Cosmic rays

Many launches have been destroyed before leaving the atmosphere or while re-entering it.

Liftoff and re-entry

The hazards of space travel

All photographs are cited under creative commons or are in the public domain 19

Spaced OutAerospace Engineering And The Future Of

Space Travel

Before 1950 people thought is was impos-sible for a man to go to

space. But in 1961 the impos-sible was achieved and a man was finally sent into space. In the present, space exploration

has been a daily part of life, but the true magic happens be-fore the ship is ever sent into space.“New technologies from the space program are drying up as the program funding dries

up.” Wallace T. Fowler said, a professor of aerospace engi-neering at the University of Texas at Austin.Aerospace engineering is what allows us to create aviated ve-hicles that can travel through space and sky. Aerospace mechanics is the fundamen-tal element in furthering our space exploration. Space is the next frontier that can quench our constant thirst for explora-tion, and discovery, and can tell us where we stand in rela-tion to the rest of the universe.

Exploring the depths of space may be able to answer some of life’s hardest questions, such as “why are we here?”,and “what is the meaning of life?” Who are the people behind the magic of aviated ma-chines? These are the aero-space engineers. These are the people behind the build-ing, mission design, flight path and so on, but building these machines is not an easy task. Aerospace engineers go through long vigorous training

Photo courtesy of NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Story by: Angelo Sole

Ready for Launch: NASA sends off their shuttle, STS-1, to an earth orbital mission on the 12 of April 1981.

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1907Breguet-Richet Gyroplane causes the lift off of the first rotor based aircraft

1941First flight of the ME 262, the first jet powered fighter

in order to ensure that hor-rible accidents, such as the challenger explosion, never happen. Aerospace engineers study their topic of interest at a college, like most others, and must attend classes that teach about engineering and space mechanics. These engineers go on to create aviated ma-chines. People going into the field of aerospace must learn also physics in space, and ac-count for these differences in order to design missions. “Aerospace engineering is a specialized combination of mechanical, chemical, and systems engineering.” Fowler said.Aerospace Engineers define how space exploration is able to help our society to achieve more in space. “We need to be able to fly crew members to the International Space Sta-tion from US launch sites. Our ability to do this ended when we retired the space shuttle.” says Fowler. Unlocking the knowledge that will help with space exploration, will only increase our rate of expansion exponentially.The course and learning

Although obtaining a job in aerospace engineering is difficult, it is very reward-ing. Aerospace engineers make one of the highest base salaries out of all fields of engineering. For example, the mean salary from the UT aerospace program is $62,499, with a mid career mean salary of $109,000. “The department has published a new perspective titled Advancing Aerospace..that maps the future of the aerospace enterprise over the next decade and beyond.” says members of the Michigan engineering committee. In the future there are many direc-tions that space travel could go. In looking for this future of exploration, we can see things such as asteroid initia-tive, manned missions further than ever, and easier ways to get someone into space. New technologies are coming out everyday to help the better-ment of aviated machines [see pg. 9]. (Internal reference to Luke’s feature story) People at the largest space ex-ploration company in Amer-ica, NASA, are even looking at missions aimed at asteroids. “NASA’s Asteroid Initiative has two main parts: a mission to identify, robotically capture, and redirect a small asteroid

program that future aerospace engineering go through is vigorous and extremely dif-ficult. The aerospace engineer must be well versed in a large amount of all encompassing engineering subjects so that he is prepared for whatever difficulties may arise when designing these advanced machines.

The job market for aero-space engineers is drying up. “aerospace engineers are finding a lot of jobs as systems engineers. Aerospace engi-neering is, at its heart, systems engineering, and there are many jobs out there for sys-tems engineers.” Fowler said. People are straying away from just aerospace engineering and focusing more on other areas of engineering, such as personal, and mechanical engineering.

Photo courtesy of NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Photo courtesy of NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration

“The operation and maintenance costs are much larger than the

purchase price of most large aircrafts.” Wallace T.

Fowler

Captured In Action: A shuttle is shown from space on earth orbital mission, STS-130, on Feburary 2010.

Cutaway: A picture depicting the inside cutaway of a Space Shuttle. The design used is still consistant throughout the current years.

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1949British European airways first flight of the DH 106 comet, the first jet passenger plane

1969 Launch of the Apollo 11 spacecraft

“Aerospace engineering is a specialized combination of mechanical, chemical, and

systems engineering.”Fowler said

into a stable lunar orbit.” Joshua Buck said. The space market is expanding rapidly and new mission ideas and space initiatives are needed to be created constantly in order to keep up with the demand of space travel. “This is the beginning of a new era in space exploration where we will build the capabilities to send humans deeper into space than ever before” says Buck. The aerospace community is facing a deficit in economical benefits and public knowl-edge. America’s largest space exploration company, NASA, is facing a $1.1 billion deficit which will decrease the rates of expansion that is currently going on in relation to space exploration. space exploration organizations require a large amount of funding because “The operation and mainte-nance costs are much larger than the purchase price of most large aircrafts.” Fowler said. This is causing a deficit for both space exploration, and for the people working at space exploration organiza-tions. Most Facilities are losing interest in aerospace technol-ogy and are focusing more on “areas of Earth sensing and on the search for exoplanets.” Fowler said, moving the mar-ket for discovery closer to us. Not only are the large orga-

nizations losing money, but aerospace engineers are also looking at funding cuts. The space deficits affects everyone, but with dedication and hard-work, the aerospace commu-nity will be able to recover.”The aerospace engineer combines structures, aerody-namics, materials, dynamics, and systems engineering to produce a product that moves people and cargo from place to place on Earth rapidly and efficiently.” Fowler said.

Egnineering in Action- The graphic shows the vigorous course that is preparing you for the carrer of aerospace engineering, at UT school of aerospace engineering, 2014-2016

Photo curtesy of: UT Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

The next frontier: a picture of space including stars and a nebula. Taken Nov. 6th 2012

Photo curtesy of: Mitch Featherston

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2009Boeing first flight of the 787 Dreamliner all photos are cited under creative com-

mons or are in the public domain

1977Voyager launch marks a new era of space exploration

To the moon and back for less than $5 a mile

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