TEXAS SENATE RACE: ames Talarico called Texans "narrow minded and short sighted" for not buying his far-left agenda, right after praising the Cowboys & Beyoncé. The flattery was bait. The contempt is real. Talarico's out-of-state backers like Epstein-pal Reid Hoffman don't understand that most Texans reject his far-left woke ideologies.
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The Electric Arc Shock Tube Facility at Ames is a one-of-a-kind facility that has two shock tubes that can generate some of the fastest shock waves in the world.
It simulates extremely hot, high-energy gas environments similar to what spacecraft experience during atmospheric re-entry on Earth and entry into other planetary atmospheres.
These tests give scientists insights into spacecraft heating data, helping advance thermal protection system designs for future deep space exploration.
BREAKING: NASA has revealed new details about wind-tunnel testing of SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 booster, which will launch Starship HLS for future Artemis missions.
A 1.2% scale model was tested at NASA Ames at speeds ranging from Mach 0.2 to Mach 2.5. The tests measured aerodynamic forces, buffeting and vibrations during re-entry to improve flight guidance and structural-load analysis.