Aeronautics Web Chats
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NASA Chat: Quest for the Holy Grail of Laminar Flow
People who love flying are on a quest for aviation's holy grail – laminar flow. It's the absolutely uninterrupted flow of air over a wing and it's something you want but very hard to get. On Wed., March 30, NASA's Ethan Baumann talked about laminar flow.
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NASA Chat: Data Mining Digs Up Clues to Safer Flights
If you can figure out how to dig through terabytes of flight data, data mining can yield really valuable information to make flying safer. On Mar. 23, NASA's Ashok Srivastava and Southwest Airlines' Jeff Hamlett talked about data mining in aviation.
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NASA Chat: Taking the "Boom" Out of Booms
Loud sonic booms are a barrier to our being able to fly over land at supersonic speeds some day. NASA's testing ways to take some of the "boom" out of sonic booms. On Tuesday, January 25, NASA's Ed Haering answered your questions about sonic booms.
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Bilingual NASA Chat: I'm a NASA Pilot (Yo Soy el Piloto por NASA)
On Thursday, September 23, unmanned aerial vehicle pilot Herman Posada answered your questions in English y Espanol.
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NASA Chat: Cheating the Weather to Improve On-Time Arrivals
On Thursday, September 9, intern Heather Arneson answered your questions about her work at a NASA center this summer on a solution for getting more on-time arrivals even when the weather doesn't cooperate.
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NASA Chat: ISO the Secret Formula for Future Fuels
On Thursday, September 2, college intern Sean Currey answered your questions about what it was like working at NASA this summer running hands-on tests of different fuel mixes that can be partly synthetic but have to be entirely safe.
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NASA Chat: Flying Green, What Does it Mean?
Everything's "going green" these days, including airplanes. On Friday, June 25 participants chatted with the leader of NASA's new Environmentally Responsible Aviation research project and found out when you'll be flying on an airplane that is quieter, cleaner and more fuel efficient.
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NASA Chat: My Summer at NASA
Undergraduate and graduate students who are on NASA aeronautics scholarships spent this past summer working at NASA centers across the country. Ask our guests what motivated them to apply for the scholarships.
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