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In Depth: NASA Techrise and Wisk Air Taxi
In segment one, Hal is joined by Anh Nguyen, Technical Lead for NASA Techrise. Then, Hal speaks to a student group from Connecticut who were one of last year’s winners of the Techrise challenge. Also, hear from Becky Tanner, the Chief Marketing Officer for Wisk Aero.
LOS ANGELES - In segment one, Hal is joined by Anh Nguyen, Technical Lead for NASA Techrise. That is a competition for middle school and high school students to submit experiments for the third Techrise student challenge.
Winners will have $1,500 to create their experiment, assisted by engineers, for deployment on a NASA rocket lander or high-altitude balloon.
The deadline is coming up on November 13. Submissions can go to futureengineers.org/nasatechrise.
In segment two, Hal speaks to a student group from Connecticut who was one of last year’s winners of the Techrise challenge.
They show Hal the project they created for that event, and what being a part of the program meant to them.
In segment three, Hal talks with Becky Tanner, the Chief Marketing Officer for Wisk Aero. Tanner tells Hal about their four-passenger, self-flying vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
The Wisk air taxi is a cross between a plane and a helicopter and will help to make transportation in urban areas more convenient and predictable.
The air taxi is in testing now but could be implemented in about a decade if it gets FAA approval.