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NEWS ABOUT: simulation

simulation stories: 3 news summaries

 Mock Mars Mission Blasts Off 

Experimenters will spend 105 days locked in fake spaceship

Mar 31, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Europe launched its first shot at a manned mission to the Red Planet today—by locking six scientists in a tiny capsule in Moscow for 105 days to simulate the voyage, the BBC reports. The volunteers, who can leave the experiment but score $20000 if they make it, will perform... More »

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Russia • Mars • Moscow • astronauts • experiments • spaceflight • simulation

iPhone App Lets
Users 'Fly' Like Sully

Flight simulator includes actual air traffic communication from US Airways 1549

Mar 24, 09 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new iPhone app gives users the opportunity to compare their flying skills to those of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, reports the Unofficial Apple Weblog. The "Sully's Flight" simulator application re-creates the conditions experienced by Flight 1549 before the hero pilot safely brought it down in the Hudson River.... More »

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iPhone • application • aviation • iPhone applications • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • simulation

Airline Promises Plane Crash for Paying Execs

Team-building exercise puts groups in simulated nosedives

Feb 1, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - British Airways is putting customers on a plane guaranteed to plunge 3,000 feet and fill with smoke—and companies are lining up to try it, the Times of London reports. The "crash courses" are staged on a plane simulator at Heathrow Airport to build team spirit. “The... More »

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British Airways • plane crash • team building • simulation

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