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| SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, April 14, 2015 |
Godspeed, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule! I love living on the Space Coast and seeing launches with my own eyes. Although nothing beats humans soaring into the skies, I love witnessing science happen in space. And who doesn't love the fire and the roar?
I previously wrote about my role as a Scientific Research Analyst at the Center for the Advancement ofScience in Space. CASIS has four payloads on-board this Dragon and
I'm so proud to have played a tiny role in one of them.
CASIS partnered with MassChallenge, a
start-up competition and incubator program. Some of the competitors
had great ideas to conduct research in space for the benefit of life
on Earth. During the MassChallenge judging period, my job ramped up
to a crazy degree! We were given several projects at once to evaluate
and not much time before the winners were chosen. My department was a
mad house at that time, working to find suitable subject matter
experts in a large diversity of subjects to fairly evaluate all of
the proposals submitted to us. We shined!
One proposal I had the pleasure of
working on was by Ras Labs, a company that develops synthetic muscle
for amputees. Ras Labs proposed to test their synthetic muscle
electroactive polymers in space where radiaton exposure is greatly
increased. By testing the radiation resistance of the material, Ras
Labs can be confident that its products are safe for extreme
environments on Earth. This proposal was awarded and today it flies
to space. It's so rewarding to see it off!
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| It was a lovely day for a launch! |
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