Guest Speaker from Moog - Here to Mars
On 3-20-2007, an engineer from Moog presented Alden High School students and faculty with an educational and inspirational perspective about the scientific and technical accomplishment of successfully launching an Exploration Rover from Earth to Mars.
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posted by Mr. Turton @ 3/20/2007 09:34:00 PM
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36 Comments:
Name: Mister T.
Course: Engineering Design and Development
Teacher: Turton
Learned: A single thruster for the Mars Exploration Rover cost $140,000. This component is about the size of a Kazoo and I was actually able to hold it in my hand. There are 6 of these thruster on the Rover and they are used to guide it through space and help it land.
Favorite: Moog had to begin a new facility on Rochester because they could not enough technically skilled people to meet their demand for jobs in the Buffalo area. I hope the students understand the value of education and training in a technical field.
Name: Jim M
Course: EDD
Teacher: Turton
Learned: It takes 7 months for the Rover to travel to Mars.
Favorite: The beginning video
Name: Konrad R.
Course: EDD
Teacher: Turton
Learned: During the presentation I learned that almost 90% of a rocket that is launched is disposed of before the flight in finished in space. Also, that it is in stages that the parts break away.
Favorite: Mr. E in the clean suit.
Name: Michael R
Courses: EDD, POE
Teacher: Turton, Erhardt
Learned: Most aircraft have parts that were built in Buffalo from machining to censors.
Favorite: I enjoyed the animations that Moog had of the Mars rover landing as well as the planned observatory landing in the future.
Name: Jesse M.
Course: EDD
Teacher: Turton
Learned: That if the thruster is dropped that they can no longer use is and also that if when they test one of the extras it doesnt work then they have to remake all of them.
Favorite: My favorite part was when they froze all of the things just to see with would happen at that temp.
Name: Samantha
Course: EDD
Teacher: Turton
Learned: That the Rovers will stay on mars forever
Favorite: When they froze objects and broke them
Name:Shawn Klingelsmith
Course:EDD
Teacher:Turton
Learned:That rockets break apart many times during there trip through space.
Favorite:The opening movie showing the rocket taking off and flying through space.
Name: Graham M.
Course: EDD
Teacher: Turton
Learned: Liquid nitrogen is really cold. Also rockets are made out of alluminum
Favorite: We went to Mars because of the great things moog has provided for the space prgram.
Name:Ryan A.
Course: Engineering Design and Development
Teacher: Mr. Turton
Learned: I learned that the majority of the rocket's weight is in fuel and almost all of it burned up with in the first few minutes of launch. Also that every little piece is obnoxiously expensive.
Favorite: The begining video and when they froze stuff with the nitrogen.
Name: Mike S.
Course: Engineering Design and Development (EDD)
Teacher: Turton
Learned: It takes years to build each individual part of a rocket and multiple copies of each part are made in case one is damaged. Also, 90% of the rocket's mass is fuel and each part breaks off when it becomes empty.
Favorite: My favorite part was the liquid nitrogen presentation at the end and how each part would shatter after being frozen.
Name: Conor K
Course: Engineering Development and Design.
Teacher: Turton
Learned: Man hasn't traveled very far in outer space.
Favorite: When the engineer froze objects with liquid nitrogen.
Name: Mike Roller
Course: EDD
Teacher: Turton
Learned: I learned about the actual disatnaces and sizes of different planets and stars. I thought the visual aid demonstration was very informational. I didn't realize how small the Earth was in relation to the sun until he demonstrated it to us. The distance was unbelieveable as well. The sun was about 30 yards from the Earth, yet the moon was only two inches away.
Favorite: The most interesting part to me was the liquid nitrogen. I thought it was so cool seeing a rare and dangerous material like that right in front of your eyes.
Name: Keith
Course: POE
Teacher: Ernhardt
Learned: That more than half the wieght of the rocket is fuel.
Favorite: Hearing about the mouse that was frozen and chucked at the ground.
Name: Brian C
Course: POE
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: The size difference of the sun and the earth and the distance between the planets
Favorite: the liquid nitrogen
Students often do not understand or can easily relate to such presentations. however, this one was brought down to our level to which every student can comprehend the distances, pressures and level of complexity needed to send such devices to Mars. The entire presentation was well worth while and verry informational. Such presentations will feed the hopes and will of students that are pursuing careers in engineering
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Name: Kyle C Wiehe
Course: POE
Teacher: Mr.E
Learned: During the presentation i learned that most of the weight on a rocket is fuel. I also learned that most of the parts are made in buffalo. It was also intersting to see how cold liquid nitrogen was.
Favorite: Mr. E in the clean suit
Name: Joshua Ward
Course: Principles of Engineering
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: It takes a long time to make and manufacture the parts for a rocket.
Favorite: The liquid Nitrogen, (Does nitrogen turn to solid like Dryice?)
Name: Carlynn Rus.
Course: POE
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: I learned that it takes many years to build parts necessary for rockets. Also, a rocket has to built very light.
Favorite: I liked the different objects shattering after being put into the liquid nitrogen.
Name: GAR IV
Course: POE/Digital
Teacher: E/V
Learned: They take years to plan rover missions to mars, and are planning one for 2009
Favorite: the liquid nitrogen
Name: Joshua Ward
Course: Principles of Engineering
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: It takes a long time to make and manufacture the parts for a rocket.
Favorite: The liquid Nitrogen, (Does nitrogen turn to solid like Dryice?)
Name: Andrew J
Course: EDD
Teacher: Mr. E
Learned: During the Presentaiton I leaned that when you are in math or physics class writing down formulas can help you prevent a billion dollar mistake happening.
Favorite: The liquid nitrogen and the seven months it takes a Rover to get to mars.
Name: Andrew J
Course: EDD
Teacher: Mr. E
Learned: During the Presentaiton I learned that when you are in math or physics class writing down formulas can help you prevent a billion dollar mistake happening.
Favorite: The liquid nitrogen and the seven months it takes a Rover to get to mars.
name:Mathew Hawley
Course:engineering desighn and development
teacher: Mr.E and Mr.T
Learned: realization of the true distances within out solar system and to the nearest star. also learned the amount of money wasted if one simple thing goes wrong like a sneeze.
Favorite: the passing of the aluminum and the tungsten. the wheight difference was incredible
Name: Steven H
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: The weight of the space shuttles and the ratio of fuel to mass and the size of the actual useful cargo.
Favorite: My favorite was the liquid nitrogen and watching how different objects reacted to the low temperatures.
Name: Scott Mages
Course: CIMS
Teacher: Mr. Erhardt
Learned: How vast and unexplored our solar system actually is. Humans (according to our model) have only traveled approx. two and a half inches from our planet.
Favorite: One favorite part of the presentation would be hard to identify. The entire presentation was phenominal, however I truely enjoyed the detail into which Mr. Bauer went with his descriptions of the space shuttles and their components.
Name: Tyler S.
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: I learned how much pressure is put on the engineers between deadlines from high profile organizations such as NASA and being insanely careful not to damage any parts because of the high costs and incredible amount of time needed to produce any given part.
Favorite: My favorite part was the liquid nitrogen presentation although I continue to mourn the loss of my pen to it's icy grip of death. The effects of the liquid nitrogen on everyday objects such as the piece of school ham and a dollar bill are mind boggling. The story about the dead mouse being shattered after being dipped in the nitrogen was a great addition to the overall presentation addin a lot of humor along with Mr. E's modelling of the clean suit.
Name: Josh G.
Course: CIMS
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: How far away from the Sun Earth is. Also the size of our Earth opposed to the Sun. Another thing I learned was that the tolerances were extremely tight. If you take one thou, divide it by 15 then divide it by 5 and thats how precise Moog is.
Favorite: My favorite part had to be when he brought out the liquid nitrogen. Its amazing what can be frozen, and its amazing what effect it has on things that have air, or oxegen in them.
Name: Mike S
Course: CIMS
Teacher: Mr E.
Learned: A shuttle launch takes a few years to plan build and then finally launch. Also the 2 rovers on mars are still working three years after they landed
Favorite: Because there is not a very big supply of qualified persons in Buffalo there had to be a new office in Rochester. This also means there is a need in the field of work that I am interested in.
Name: Colin Kil
Course: CIMS
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: I learned a lot about how a team works together in a place like Moog. The comments about showing your work and how your colleagues will be checking over your work constantly, working together as a single unit. Also, i learned that if each person isn't working at 100% efficientcy that it hurts not only the company, but other people that depend on these parts and that the saftey of the people using them is compromised.
Favorite: I liked the part where you demonstrated the distance between celestial objects in the universe using everyday ordinary things. Generally it would be hard to imagine things on such a large scale, but everything was put in a way that was easy to understand. Also it was enjoyable to see the first movie with each section of the space craft breaking apart.
Name:Jake T.
course:CIMS
teacher:Erhardt
learned:how much fuel a space ship uses when it gos up to space. I also lurned that the space ship is held down by 3 inch bolts and when the space ship takes off the the bolts are blown apart.
favorite: my favorite part of the presintation was the movie and how it showed how the space shipe droped parts as is it gos
Name: Collin M.
Course: CIMS
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: I learned how they test how the gear will work in different environments and conditions, and how far humans have traveled compared to how far away mars in.
Favorite: How that one little mistake can ruin a mission, like sneezing.
Name: Jason M.
Coarse: CIMS
Teacher: ERHARDT
Learned: I learned the approximate distance fomr Earth to Mars. I learned that 90% of spacecraft is diseal fuel. I also learned that many of the spacecraft parts are made localy. They also have to plan and simulate launchs many times before the actual launch.
Favorite: I enjoyed the Mars simulation when the lander when on Mars and explored the terrain. I also enjoyed the liquid Nitrogen Presentation.
Name: Mark Muff
Course: CIMS
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: First off I would like to thank you for comming to our school to tell us about your job. I enjoyed learning about the small expenseve rocket that take so long to build and must be assumed that they work.
Favorite: The liquid nitrogen was fun but not my favorite. I liked just hearing about the rockets
Name: Jon Hull
Course: CIMS
Teacher: Erhardt
Learned: Since I am very interested in engineering this presentation was spectacular to me. One of the best things i think that i learned was how takes so long to build these Parts for this spacecraft and how differnt countries/places build different parts and ship them in. Also how once you have the ship assembled you test run it and if it works right you run it, once in the air there is no way of stopping it and then it takes 7 months to actually get to mars. Once there this 400 pound rover reaches mars it is directed in search of water, and it sends pictures back to earth.
Favorite: My favorite thing about this was watching the first movie with the ship taking off and as it goes up the jets turning on and how many parts are released on the way up to mars in a matter of minutes which takes about 4 years to build.
name: josh ulrich
course: CIMS
teacher: erhardt
learned: i learned that ther are 16 little engenes on the craft that phisicly travels to mars. and how it is only an assumption as to if the engens will work or not.
i also like how small some of the parst are, and all of the engeneering that goes into this.
favorite: one of my favorite parts was the distance that all the planets are frome eachother and the son. the earth is the size of a pin and the sun a basket ball.
Name: Mrs. Terech's Public Speaking Class
Course: Public Speaking
Teacher: Mrs. Tereh
Learned: We were amazed at the incredible expense and length of time that goes into creating the parts for NASA. It was interesting to hear how the slightest mistake can cost millions of dollars and set Moog back several years in production time.
Favorite: We had a few favorites of the class. The first was the experiments with the nitrogen - that was very cool! We also enjoyed the first video that showed the space shuttle in flight and then the rover landing on Mars. Ina addition, we liked hearing the stories of how expensive each part is, what it's used for, and how long it takes to make.
Tue Mar 20, 10:26:00 PM 2007
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