Packing the Portable Life Support System (PLSS)

Mallory Jennings familiarized attendees with a new beta-version of an educational and public outreach activity on how to package the PLSS. This activity used 1/10 scale plastic and cardboard mockups to emulate the actual packaged PLSS flight hardware components. At the end of the session, the attendees could educate students on the process of packaging the PLSS and could simulate an engineering test scenario. This was a great opportunity for engineers to become educators. The activity emphasized the scientific method, center of mass, and mass calculations, and allowed students to work through engineering design methods used by NASA spacesuit life support engineers.

Mallory Jennings

10/5/2015 1:36:00 PM