Next stop, outer space: Maui High students’ climate research to take flight with NASA - Hawaii News Now
Next stop, outer space: Maui High students’ climate research to take flight with NASA
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A team of Maui High School students had their climate research project selected by NASA — and now, it’s headed to outer space.
The students created an experiment to measure how plastic degrades and releases greenhouse gasses.
Their goal was to determine ways to reduce the impact plastic has on the environment.
In an official announcement by NASA’s Cubes in Space program, the feedback from the review stated: “Exceptional proposal and technical diagram!! Well-researched and written. Definitely a demonstrated need and relevant. Highly detailed experimental procedures. We will use this proposal in the future as a model for future educators and students.”
The students have worked with professors and graduate students from the UH Manoa Department of Mathematics on the experiment since November 2023.
The flight is scheduled for late August/early September from NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in New Mexico.
It will be flown into orbit on a high-altitude balloon.
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