ISS Microgravity Research 5
Grey-Ghost writes "A while back
NASA
contracted the Microgravity Research Development and Operations Center
(MRDOC)
Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF). This facility is designed to perform about five micro-gravity combustion and/or fluid experiments per year once it goes up (scheduled for sometime in 2004). The project is mostly being developed by the coordinated efforts of
Northrop Grumman
and
Analex but the facility is scheduled to outlast the completion of the currently scheduled
fluids and
combustion experiments. As someone working on the project, I haven't seen much coverage, but the experiments and technology that could come out of these experiments include molecular biology and/or nanotech construction (LMM), better fuel economy both in space and on Earth (MDCA), and answers to why your Katsup suddenly comes out after copious shaking (fluid shearing)."
Ketchup flow studies? (Score:2, Funny)