An Update to the MITRE/WPI Space Shuttle Prgoram: GASCAN G-408
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NOTE: At the time of publication, the author William W. Durgin was affiliated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Currently, March 2008, he is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.
Abstract
The objective of the MITRE/WPI Space Shuttle Program was to develop a set of scientific meaningful experiments that could be flown in a Get Away Special Canister. currently, the first GASCAN is finished (G-408) and ready to be launched. The program has been so successful that the design and development of a second set of experiments has been started (G-533). This paper will describe and summarize both of these programs.
Suggested Citation
Fred J. Looft and William W. Durgin. "An Update to the MITRE/WPI Space Shuttle Prgoram: GASCAN G-408" Proceedings of the 1987 Get Away Special Experimenter's Symposium: Greenbelt, MD (1987): 39-46.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wdurgin/39