What do the size of the Opportunity rover's parachute, the Apollo spacecrafts' paths around the Moon, and the Galileo probe's helium data from Jupiter have in common? NASA scientists used pi in their calculations! #PiDay
More ways pi is used at NASA: https://go.nasa.gov/404eeT2
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More ways pi is used at NASA: https://go.nasa.gov/404eeT2
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Student Project: 18 Ways NASA Uses Pi | NASA/JPL Edu
Whether it's sending spacecraft to other planets, driving rovers on Mars, finding out what planets are made of or how deep alien oceans are, pi takes us far at NASA. Find out how pi helps us explore space.NASA/JPL Edu