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Image Caption: The Sector 33 air traffic management game app is now available for Android devices. Credit: NASA <\/p>\n
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Feel like exercising your math skills to virtually manage the nations crowded airways? Yup, theres an app for that and has been for about a year now. <\/p>\n
But until now, the popular NASA-developed game app called Sector 33, which gives you a sense of what its like to be an air traffic controller, was only available for mobile device owners who use the Apple-based iOS operating system. <\/p>\n
Now Sector 33 is available to a wider audience of students and adults alike with its recent release of a version for the Android operating system, which you can download for free at GooglePlay. <\/p>\n
We didnt want to overlook the millions of students who have access to and use Android-based devices, so now they too can enjoy the educational and entertaining Sector 33 app, and perhaps be inspired to pursue a career in aviation, said Rebecca Green, lead for the Smart Skies project at NASAs Ames Research Center in California. <\/p>\n
In the game, the player acts as an air traffic controller by guiding airplanes through a sector of airspace spanning Nevada and California. <\/p>\n
The player can adjust the planes path and speed to quickly reach certain spots in the sky, while at the same time keeping the planes a safe distance from each other obviously a key objective of real-life Air Traffic Control (ATC). <\/p>\n
To achieve a perfect score, players must apply a little math and use problem-solving skills as they balance time, aircraft positions and safety. <\/p>\n
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