{"id":22128,"date":"2014-05-30T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T16:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=22128"},"modified":"2014-05-30T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T16:09:15","slug":"for-star-trek-fans-its-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-thanks-to-harvard-smithsonian-center-for-astrophysics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2014\/05\/for-star-trek-fans-its-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-thanks-to-harvard-smithsonian-center-for-astrophysics.html","title":{"rendered":"For Star Trek Fans It’s the Dawn of a New Era thanks to Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics"},"content":{"rendered":"

In many ways, living in Boston is just like living in Silicon Valley. The city is teeming with technological innovation and cutting-edge research coming from the communities surrounding top universities such as MIT and Harvard University. Everywhere you go, whether it\u2019s driving down Route 2, Route 128, Route 495 or Route 90 (the Mass Pike), there is a plethora of companies and research laboratories working to push the limits of what\u2019s possible and create revolutionary products and research. Today on my morning commute, I passed by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics<\/a> (CFA), a SOLIDWORKS customer that combines the research resources of the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) to explore the evolution of the universe. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics designs cutting-edge research instruments such as the Solar Probe Plus\u00a0\u00a0 with SOLIDWORKS solutions to facilitate development, prototyping, and production in one integrated design system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pioneering the next wave of space exploration, CFA is tackling one of the most difficult engineering challenges with SOLIDWORKS Simulation \u2013 mankind\u2019s first visit to a star, a feat that will no longer be limited to your favorite episode of Star Trek. Launching in 2018, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solar Probe Plus (SPP) will plunge directly into the Sun with the help of SAO\u2019s Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons payload, which will measure the electron, proton and helium ion properties of solar wind. Given the Sun\u2019s extreme environment, SAO needed a robust integrated analysis tool that could test their sensor and give them information on where to change materials and thicknesses to optimize the design. In addition to tackling challenging space problems, SAO is developing a digital sensor system for observatory towers that will monitor our planet\u2019s health, REMO, with the help of SOLIDWORKS. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics REMO digital imaging sensor for monitor the Earth’s ecosystems from observatory towers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While many of the technologies used in Star Trek may not become common for decades, Star Trek fanatics or \u201cTrekkies\u201d can still rejoice because we\u2019re certainly moving in that direction with leading research projects from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and SOLIDWORKS.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to launch into the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics case study.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in the area<\/a>, visit the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to stargaze for free.<\/span><\/p>\n

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