Sharing the experience of Zero Gravity Flight
Mr F R Sarker, General Secretary of Bangladesh Astronomical Society and the First Bangladeshi to participate in Zero Gravity Flight shared his �weight-less experience� with hundreds of audience in FREPD auditorium on 11th June. The experience sharing gathering was organized jointly by Bangladesh Astronomical Society and Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN). As the first Bangladeshi, Mr. Sarker participated in a Zero Gravity Flight on 24 May, 2008 on board a Boeing 727 plane operated by Zero Gravity Corporation from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
This plane had about 15 parabolic flights and the passengers inside this plane felt weightlessness or Zero Gravity in each dive for 20-25 seconds. Mr Sarker shared his experience with the audience and replied the questions they had asked for. The session was also addressed by eminent physicist Professor Ali Asgar, Dr Rezaur Rahman and Professor A R Khan. The speakers opined that the experience of Mr Sarker helped our young generation to take more interest in astronomy in particular and in science in general. Mr Munir Hasan conducted the programme.
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Regards,
Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub
(আবু মোহাম্মদ ওমর শেহাবউদ্দীন আইয়ুব)
Software Engineer, Nilavo Technologies, Banani, Dhaka
Bangladesh Open Source Network, Dhaka
2000 batch, Dept. of CSE, SUST
www.nilavo.com
www.bdosn.org
www.sust.edu
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