DESIGN
History
The history page contains information on the conception of the Student Dust Counter and how it worked in its early forms.
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- How did the SDC come about?
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- Why did students design the SDC?
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- Why at the University of Colorado?
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- How did the SDC get approved?
The Instrument
How does the actual instrument look and work? Here's where you'll find out!
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- What Are the Parts to the SDC?
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- How Does the SDC Measure Dust?
Construction
How to you go about building a scientific instrument that will go up into space? Look here to find out!
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- What materials were used to build the SDC?
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- How much does it cost to build the SDC?
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- Who paid for the construction of the SDC?
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Precision
When making a scientific instrument, you have to make sure that it's as precise as you need. But what does that mean and how do you go about doing that? Read here to find out!
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- How much error can there be in the SDC?
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- What causes error in precision?
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- How can precision be improved?