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Features Focusing radar's lens HPCC technologies allow scientists to exploit the any-time, all-weather properties of synthetic aperture radar, revealing secrets of melted snow, earthquakes and the Amazon rain forest. Cooperative Research Agreement Spurs Industry Change A Cooperative Research Agreement (CRA), funded by the NASA High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program, unlocks the potential of massively parallel processor systems for end users. VLAB-Virtual Simulation Lab of the Future The Virtual Laboratory uses the NASA Research and Education Network to reduce aircraft design time and save costly travel by allowing engineers hundreds of miles away to manage shuttle simulations in the Vertical Motion Simulator at Ames Research Center. |
In Brief Cornfields and computers - migrant farm children learn aeronautics HPCC and Cislunar Aerospace, Inc. bring the Internet to children of Hispanic migrant workers, allowing them to use an Electronic Textbook at their camp sites via modemÑthe ultimate in "remote access." Mars comes to Iowa over the Learning Technologies Channel Iowa students are joined by Vice President Al Gore as they communicate with a Mars researcher at NASA Ames in California over the Learning Technologies Channel. 200,000 visitors at NASA Ames' Open House The interplay of Open House guests, demonstrations of NASA work and the people who do the work aids in understanding NASA programs. Archives |
Issue 4 Insights is published by the HPCC Program Office. To receive a hard copy of Insights or request an address change contact Judy Conlon or write to: NASA HPCC Insights, Mail Stop 269-3, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000, USA |
