Tuning a NASA Instrument: Calibrating MASTER

NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley houses a unique laboratory: the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF). The engineers at the ASF are responsible for building, maintaining, and operating numerous instruments that get deployed on research aircraft, but one of their most important roles is instrument calibration. Think of calibration like tuning a piano between performances: […]

Area 51 Exposed (Part 6)

Area 51 Exposed (Part 6)

Michael Schratt:

In Part 6, Peter Merlin covers the following topics: Incident at RAF Boscombe Down, Replacement for the SR-71, Black Budget line items, B-2 Stealth Bomber procurement funding, X-51, Hypersonic test vehicle,…

Area 51 Exposed (Part 6)

Area 51 Exposed (Part 6)

Michael Schratt:

In Part 6, Peter Merlin covers the following topics: Incident at RAF Boscombe Down, Replacement for the SR-71, Black Budget line items, B-2 Stealth Bomber procurement funding, X-51, Hypersonic test vehicle,…