Gliders and the Public

As gliders gain more popularity, it is possible for them to be counted on for missions commissioned by a company. In the case of RU 29, it was recently featured in an article of the NY Times which garnered attention for the Rutger's program. For example, one company contacted the program in hopes of gathering data on the sea floor. The gliders present many opportunities for research and as they grow more popular companies will increasingly become interested in what the program has to offer. Another example of outside parties being interested in the data being collected by the gliders is a conservation society on the island of Ascension. The beaches of Ascension Island are where the largest number of Green Turtle mating occurs. The glider is equipped with a fish tracker and this was of great interest to the conservation group because they could gather data on the tagged turtles. So, it is in ways like these that the public can take advantage of the program in order to gather the data they need.