Pitsco Ideas & Solutions: About Us: The Cause December 2007

Gearing Up to Revisit the Moon

Future missions to the Moon provide scientists the chance to flex their problem-solving muscles. One related experiment would make Leonardo da Vinci proud. Using parachutes – a device first designed by the classical master – NASA researchers hope to safely return the Ares moon rocket boosters to . . . Read More

A Nutty Way to Clean Water

Think of how much peanut butter and peanuts your family goes through in a year. Now, imagine how much peanut butter and peanuts are eaten in this country every year. For every jar of peanut butter or can of peanuts, there is a pile of peanut shells, or husks, left over. According to the . . . Read More

Cycling for Computer Time

Peddling a bicycle always makes for great exercise and transportation, but now it can be a great alternative to powering a laptop computer. Faced with a class assignment to design and build a device that converts mechanical power into electrical power, seven MIT students came up with the . . . Read More

Festival of Starlight

In this season of lights and gift giving, astronomers have recently been given views of the sky that seem infused with the holiday spirit. Both areas producing the festive sights are star-forming regions. The first is the Orion Nebula, where European Space Agency (ESA) astronomers . . . Read More

Get the Drift – Parachute Activity

Scientists at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center are testing parachutes to bring rocket boosters gently back to Earth for future Moon missions. For this special task, they are building the parachutes with Kevlar instead of nylon. For students to understand the importance of parachute . . . Read More

The Cause – December 2007

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Gearing Up to Revisit the Moon

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A Nutty Way to Clean Water

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Cycling for Computer Time

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Festival of Starlight

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Get the Drift – Parachute Activity

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