NASA Ames Wind Tunnel Tour for Littelfuse Speed2Design Winners

Aug. 21, 2013
"The complex comprises a 40-by 80-foot wind tunnel circuit that is can provide test velocities up to 300 knots and a newer, 80-by 120-foot test section is that is capable of velocities up to 100 knots."

On August 15, 2013,  ten winners of Littelfuse’s Speed2Design contest toured NASA's Ames Research Center in California. In October, ten more will tour Johnson Space Center in Texas.  I had the privilege of accompanying them as a representitive of Electronic Design. This is what we saw.

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