This plane flew into space without machine

To get to the space, an aircraft would require engine or a rocket. But not with the plane named Perlan II.

Perlan II is best developed by Einar Enevoldson, a test pilot to fly NASA. Research to make Perlan II was conducted since 1992 ago.

The result, be a glider or a 'glider' created to break a record altitude of an aircraft without an engine. In the first flight is conducted towards the end of September, Perlan II is able to fly up to an altitude of 1.5 kilometers!

However, the achievement was still very far away from their target year 2016, which makes Perlan II flew at an altitude of 27 430 kilometers, or so scientists call the edges of outer space. In fact, the height of the beat the current world record recorded by the jets 'BlackBird'.

The question is, how does an aircraft without an engine could fly that high? The answer is simple, the wind.

Yes, Perlan II is designed to fly with the wind like a kite. At first glance, the flight of Perlan II, much like surfing. The difference is, instead of surfing on the wind Perlan II can be said nebeng wind flow to be up at a certain height.

Well, to be able to fly closer to the space, Perlan II will perform the record-breaking flight in skitar North Pole. Because, according to research in the polar regions of wind flow can be very fast, up to speeds of 260 knots, allowing Perlan II to fly with the wind flow up to the highest layer of the atmosphere that can target them with an estimated speed of up to 643 kilometers per hour!

If the record-breaking experiment was successful, then the next Perlan II will be used as air for ozone research, weather and climate. Given this sleek plane without an engine, scientists do not have to worry about Perlan II will result in air pollution.

GeniusTeens 17 Years Old Working At NASA

Moshe Kai Cavalin has two graduate degrees, but he was too young to vote. He was flying an aircraft, but he was too young to drive a car yourself. Life is full of contrasting things to Cavalin.

Teens 17 years old from San Gabriel, California, who has raced beyond his years. He graduated from college at age 11. Four years later, he has a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

This year, he started online classes to get a master's degree in cybersecurity through Boston Brandeis University. He decided to postpone for a few semesters, to help NASA develop technologies to spy aircraft and drones.

In between all that, his life was full workload 'torture.' Cavalin has just published his second book, recounts the experience of a life full bully by his friends.

Additionally, Cavalin plans to have aircraft pilots license at the end of this year. At his family home in Los Angeles, a row of trophies his talent in martial arts all over the room.

However, Cavalin insists he is an ordinary teenager. He only indulged his parents to learn and choose freedom activities outside lesson she likes. Fondness for martial activity has been ingrained, his mother from Taiwan and a father from Brazil.

"I'm not as special as it was. It's just a combination of parent and motivation and inspiration," said Calavin after working at NASA's Flight Research Center in Armstrong Edwards, California, as reported from yahootech, Tuesday (11/03/2015)

"I tend not to compare yourself to other people. I'm just trying to do the best that I can."

Her parents say she has always learned quickly. At the age of 4 months, Cavalin utter his first words. He pointed to a jet in the sky and say 'best' in Chinese.

Cavalin managed to skip school to college at very young age. He even speaks of trigonometry at the age of 7 years.

"I think most people just think he's a genius, they believe kejenuisan just comes naturally," says Daniel Judge, a math professor who teaches Cavalin for two years at East Los Angeles College. "He really worked harder than, I think, any other student I've ever had."

But Cavalin education boom is not without twists. Early in college, he dreamed of being an astrophysicist. When he started taking physics classes, interest reduced. His interest in cryptography led him toward computer science.

He was surprised when NASA called him to offer the job, after rejecting him in the past because of his age. Ricardo Arteaga, boss and mentor at NASA, said Cavalin perfect for a project that combines mathematics, computers and aircraft technology.

"I need interns who know the software and know the mathematical algorithm," said Arteaga. "And I also need a pilot flying a Cessna."

"In the office, Cavalin is a quiet worker with a sense of humor," said Artega.

Cavalin daily work at NASA is run simulations and drone aircraft that accidentally ditabrakan, and then finding a way to route to a safe place.

"He's really good in math," said Artega. "What we unearthed was his intuitive skills."

In conversation, Cavalin talk with rhythm and diction with caution. He was disturbed by certain words: "The one word that I do not really like is the word genius," he said. "Genius is too far away".

After she completed her master's from Brandeis, Cavalin hoping to get a master's in business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He wanted to build his own cybersecurity firm.

For now, he was counting the days to the age of 18 years, then, he was only able to get a driving license in accordance with the law in California. Stay away from home to work at NASA, it depends on the owner's quarters where he lived for delivering shopping, or he took a taxi alone. His colleagues are older encourage him to work every day.

Problem youth, Cavalin half-jokingly said he would wait until he got a doctorate to find a girlfriend. Uh oh!