Day: March 29, 2006

What is “arcjet”?  Here’s a google search… to get you started… 

I was asked to help out a co-worker who’s bombarded with work to work on this… Shuttle tiles are going through some major testing and NASA/JSC uses arcjet to create plasma (very high temperature gas with dissociated particles) and recreate entry conditions.

Arcjets work by sending high amp current through gas and the electrical energy increases the particles’ energy and gets accelerated through nozzles.  I got to visit the JSC Arcjet Facility today and am quite excited!  10 MW (at max) ability!  Wow… 

I saw this nice battery powered scooter called Zac on Gizmodo.com today.  The nice thing about is that it can do about 12 mph on a charge for about 40 min!  I can get to work using this sub-$500 gadget!  And no gas would be needed!  Wow…

Anybody got some money?  It would be a great thing for students and people who live only few miles from work.  It’s foldable and you can recharge it while at work!  😀  The only down side is that it’s only sold in Portugal at the moment…  🙁

Here’s to importing it soon and price drop to more reasonable range!  I’d buy one at $300!!  Cool gadget of the month indeed!