Sun Microsystems of Canada Provides Hardware to Canadian Space Project Testing and Engineering to Help da Vinci Project
Sun Microsystems of Canada has joined the da Vinci Project, a space
project in Canada to launch a manned rocket into space. Sun is one of
the project's official technology product partners and will provide
hardware and network cluster tools for design simulation and virtual
prototyping, according to a news report by globetechnology.com.
"At Sun, we have 21 years of relentless innovation under our belts,"
Sun Canada president said Stephane Boisvert said. "Our role in
supporting the da Vinci Project is another example of our commitment to
incubate and showcase new applications that utilize proven
technologies, including those that take advantage of networking and
integrated software solutions."
The project is taking place in a town near the Alberta-Saskatchewan
border. The project is Canada's entry into an international contest, the X
Prize competition, designed to encourage commercial manned space
flights. The da Vinci engineering team is based at da Vinci Polytechnic
Institute in Toronto, another one of the project's sponsors.
According to the report "Sun's tools will power applications such as
Finite Element Analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics, important
processes in substantially reducing engineering costs and improving
time-to-market for aerospace designers and engineers. Sun's technology
will be used to reduce the time needed to run stress tests on the
spacecraft, solve complex analytics problems, and enhance graphics that
enable the team to visualize how design changes affect the design of
the spacecraft before construction even begins."
"This sponsorship allows direct integrated analysis of the flight
hardware during the preliminary design phase, thus reducing product
development phase down to six months while cutting product development
costs by several-million dollars," said Dr. Vladimir Kudriavtsev, head
of da Vinci engineering team.
"Not only has Sun equipped us with the world's best-in-class
technology, they have positioned us to build our spacecraft from design
to final-stage testing and performance validation," said Brian Feeney,
project team leader.
"We are delighted that Sun Microsystems of Canada has shown vision and
foresight in becoming a sponsor of the da Vinci Project," said Dr.
Peter Diamandis, X Prize Foundation chairman.
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