NASA Teams To Build Gyroscopes 1,000X More Sensitive Than Current Systems

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NASA Teams To Build Gyroscopes 1,000X More Sensitive Than Current Systems

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 31, 2012 @04:31PM from the any-which-way-you-can dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA today said it would work with a team of researchers on a three-year, $1.8 project to build gyroscope systems that are more than 1,000 times as sensitive as those in use today. The Fast Light Optical Gyroscope project will marry researchers from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center; the US Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center and Northwestern University to develop gyroscopes that could find their way into complex spacecraft, aircraft, commercial vehicles or ships in the future."

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1.8 by sentientbeing · 2012-10-31 16:34 · Score: 5, Funny

A 1.8 dollar project. Man. NASA must really love those budget cuts

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1. Re:1.8 by Spy+Handler · 2012-10-31 16:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  hey man, $1.8 goes a long way in China.
2. Re:1.8 by Bill+Dimm · 2012-10-31 16:43 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  A 1.8 dollar project. Man. NASA must really love those budget cuts
  The "team of researchers" is actually a bunch of grad students -- they'll have money left over when the project is completed.
3. Re:1.8 by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-31 18:41 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Bah, they'll blow it all on popcorn. Popcorn.....and revenge!
4. Re:1.8 by Big+Hairy+Ian · 2012-10-31 21:24 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Typical /.
  An article that's full of spin :)
  
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I wonder how their children will turn out... by PerlPunk · 2012-10-31 18:31 · Score: 3, Funny

The Fast Light Optical Gyroscope project will marry researchers from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center; the US Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center and Northwestern University
1. Re:I wonder how their children will turn out... by wonkey_monkey · 2012-10-31 22:32 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I wonder how their children will turn out...
  They'll be fine. They'll have a stable environment.
  
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