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1. Once our team has been selected, how much time do we have before our flight?
It will depend on the flight weeks you attend, but at least 3 months.
2. What is the weight limit and volume restrictions for our experiment?
300 pounds. Size must be no larger than 24 in X 60 in X 60 in.
3. How many times can an experiment or particular piece of hardware be flown for a subsequent student flight program?
No more than three times.
4. Where is the format for the TEDP (Technical Experiment Data Package)?
The JSC User's Guide.
5. If I have a question about the TEDP, whom should I ask?
If you cannot find your answer in the JSC User's Guide, contact
Dominic Delrosso
Reduced Gravity Office
Ellington Field, Bldg. 993
Houston, TX 77034
(281) 244-9113
(281) 244-9500 Fax
dominic.l.delrosso@nasa.gov
6. How many members can be on a team?
A maximum of 4 flyers and 1 alternate flyer. An unlimited ground-based crew, supervising faculty member, and one professional journalist are optional.
7. Who can be on a team?
Any full time undergraduate student who is a U.S. citizen may be part of the flight crew. Ground crew membership is unrestricted, but you must still be a U.S. citizen. Ground crew members may be comprised of students of any level (high school, undergraduate, graduate); faculty members; professional consultants etc.
8. If selected, what address do we use for shipping our experiment before our flight week?
Reduced Gravity Office
Ellington Field, Building 993
Mail Code: CC43
Houston, Texas 77034
Attn: Dominic Del Rosso (281-244-9874)
9. What if our team doesn't have a journalist and our team is camera challenged?
JSC media services provides a record of each team's experience, and includes:
- Still digital photographs of each team's equipment installed on the aircraft
- Team members participating in physiological training and social events
- Team members and journalists working in zero-gravity
- Video photography for the use of the team and the journalist during outreach activities.
- Flight footage plus B-roll.
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Photographic services or equipment for the purpose of individual team data collection is NOT provided. Teams should plan to incorporate data collection cameras (still and/or video) into their individual test equipment package. "Photog Staff" will be available to help teams set-up data collection camera equipment on the aircraft. Digital still images, captured of the team participating in program activities, are available for viewing and download via the program website (http://zerog.jsc.nasa.gov) approximately 24-48 hours after flight.
10. What expenses might a team incur?
Each student team assumes responsibility for:
- medical examination cost
- parts/equipment associated with building the experiment
- travel to/from Houston
- tools required for construction, operation, data collection
- food/accommodations in Houston
- shipping equipment to/from Houston
- transportation while in Houston (car rental - requirements vary on company but can include driver's age, credit card, valid D.L. and proof of insurance, etc.)
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Possible sources of funding include the team's institution, State Space Grant Consortium offices, corporate underwriters, and/or a private sponsor.
11. What expenses are covered by NASA?
The selection of a team for this program does not include a monetary award. NASA assumes responsibility for all costs involved with the physiological training and the team's flight on the C-9.
12. Can we team up with another school?
Yes.
13. Are there advisors available to help us with technical questions?
Yes. You will be assigned a NASA advisor who will volunteer to work with a team. The program encourages team/advisor partnerships and provides information regarding program team/NASA advisor partnership expectations in order to avoid any misunderstanding as to either party's role in the partnership.
14. How and when will we know if we've been selected?
The selected teams will be posted on the website on announcement day December 6, 2007. You will receive an individual email the following week.
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