Thu, Apr 01, 2004
By Aleta*
Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University has received a special grant from NASA and
the FAA to develop faster than light technology or FTL as it is
called. NASA and FAA officials agree that the "Harvard of the
Skies" is considered the finest aviation/aeronautical school in the
world. There is no shortage of creativity and genius on the staff
and with many of the students. The joint press release on the FTL
project states "we feel Embry Riddle is the best place to have this
project brought to fruition."
E-RAU won the two trillion dollar grant over several other
contenders including MIT and the US Air Force Academy. The decision
to place the unprecedented grant with a university was based on
several factors, including peoplepower available to work on the
project, land availability for testing purposes and the FAA's
ability to visit the beach during Spring Break while they keep tabs
on the progress of the project. Allocating the grant to the most
logical choice, NASA had several drawbacks leading officials to a
university based solution.
NASA spokesperson, Ms.
Titan Tieu states "while NASA would love to get its hands
on that kind of money, we are too busy trying to figure out how to
hide the cities the rovers have found on Mars, especially since the
President points to Mars as the next frontier and this FTL drive
may just get us there.".
In charge of the project for Embry-Riddle will be Dr. Rocket, a
former NASA engineer who has been teaching engineering courses to
engineering students in the engineering curriculum. When asked
about the grant Dr. Rocket stated "Cha-ching!!"
When asked about the availability of personnel Dr. Rocket said
"Are you kidding, everyone on staff is chomping at the bit to
submit their ideas and be part of history." Some of the ideas have
already started to flow in, some ideas are reminiscent of the Star
Trek transporter (why even bother with a ship), others favor the
design of Serenity, the transport ship in the sci-fi series
Firefly.
"Serenity was cool looking" commented the engineering student
who submitted the proposal and whose 4.0 average has won him the
ability to be part of the FTL team. When asked about becoming part
of history the student replied "Dr. Rocket has my idea but I don't
have time to work on the project, come on man, this is DAYTONA
BEACH."
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