Good Times Ahead at NASA Glenn

Space Space Space Space Space......

What about the aeronautics side of the house? Yeah remember those guys--the bread and butter of that lab.

When is somebody going to start talking about bolstering aeronautics R & D spending?

Maybe I guess NASA doesn't do that anymore either........

Sheesh!

Spiff out..............

Glen aerospace is there, the politicians are just not talking about it.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/441794main_GRC_Roll_Out_Final.pdf

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Aeronautics Research: The FY 2011 funding augmentation will be used to increase research
activities into green aviation and Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)
capabilities.

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Aeronautics Research Augmentation:
GRC will support the Integrated Systems Research Program, addressing operational and safety
issues related to the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace by
providing expertise in: communications related to allocation of radio frequency spectrum;
communication links (satellite, line of sight, network and datalink protocols); and simulations
(NextGen communication schemes scalable to support the introduction of UAS).

GRC, along with other NASA Centers, will support the augmented research and development
efforts, including grants and cooperative agreements, to support NASA’s environmentally
responsible aviation project. These research plans, which are currently being developed, will
include design and feasibility studies, high-fidelity simulations, flight demonstrations, design
competitions and prize challenges.

There is more information in
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/428150main_Aeronautics_Research.pdf