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Mission 11 Students visit Quickrete in McKinney Texas to learn about the compressive strength of concrete, and how concrete may be used to build on other planets and to protect humans from radiation!
Mission 11 Students visit Quickrete in McKinney Texas to learn about the compressive strength of concrete, and how concrete may be used to build on other planets and to protect humans from radiation!
August 8, 2017
August 8, 2017
Cole Rose and Danyel Archuleta open their flight experiment enclosure under the close eye of Professor Enderlin from TCU's geology lab.
Cole Rose and Danyel Archuleta with Professor Enderlin from TCU's giology lab.
Professor Enderlin quizzes student researchers Cole Rose and Danyel Archuleta on their concrete extraction procedures.
Danyel Archuleta listens intently to Prof. Enderlin's explanation of the concrete sample composition.
The minilab extraction setup.
Student researchers Cole Rose and Danyel Archuleta had to carefully weigh their concrete samples from the flight experiment and ground truth experiment.
Students and Professor Enderlin looking over proposal implementation plan.
The ground truth experiment (top) and flight experiment (bottom), side-by-side.
Professor Enderlin, Danyel Archuleta, Christian Steele, and Cole Rose prepare to weigh the contents of each experiment and collect the data.
Weighing experiment contents.
Students weighing experiment contents under the watchful eye of Professor Enderlin in one of TCU's geology labs.
Students weighing experiment contents under the watchful eye of Professor Enderlin in one of TCU's geology labs.
Curious minds..."How did the conrete form in space?"
First look at concrete formed in space.
The dilemma: making sure there is a flat surface for the pressure test.
Real science.
Examining the ground truth contents.
Describing the results.
Accounting for every piece.
Mission 11 Students visit Quickrete in McKinney Texas to learn about the compressive strength of concrete, and how concrete may be used to build on other planets and to protect humans from radiation!
Mission 11 Students visit Quickrete in McKinney Texas to learn about the compressive strength of concrete, and how concrete may be used to build on other planets and to protect humans from radiation!
August 8, 2017
August 8, 2017
2017 SSEP Conference at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
2017 SSEP Conference at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
2017 SSEP Conference presentations will be posted soon!
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