I notice that this chat is from Ames Research Center and the last one was from Langley. How come they have two centers with windtunnels. Craig, I'm going to start because I have always wanted to know what it's like inside those HUGE wind tunnels. Actually, when the tunnel is operating, we are in the control room under the tunnel. It's quiet in there, air conditioned, and we even have a break room.
Someone always brings in something to eat.
It's actually quite pleasant. We can't have people inside the wind tunnel during tunnel operation. At full speed our tunnel runs at 115 mph, so you would get literally, blown away. My second students are being helped by my 5th and 6th grade students. This is the first chat for 2nd grade.