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Horizons Newsletter
Current Newsletter: April 2008
April 2008
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Annual Technical Symposium 2008
ATS 2008
May 9, 2008 (Friday)
Event Details!
Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events


April
 
18-19 Student Paper Conference
30 Dinner Meeting: Topic TBD
  • Location: JSC Gilruth Center
  • Time: 5:30-8:00pm
  • Speaker: TBD

May
 
5 Council Meeting (All current and prospective council members are welcome.)
  • Location: Normally held at Northrup Grumman Office, 16055 Space Center Blvd, Suite 200, Houston, TX (call to confirm location)
  • Time: 5:30-6:30pm
9 Annual Technical Symposium (ATS)
  • Location: JSC Gilruth Center
  • Time: 8:00am-5:00pm

June
 
2 Council Meeting (All current and prospective council members are welcome.)
  • Location: Normally held at Northrup Grumman Office, 16055 Space Center Blvd, Suite 200, Houston, TX (call to confirm location)
  • Time: 5:30-6:30pm
10 Dinner Meeting: Topic TBD
  • Location: JSC Gilruth Center
  • Time: 5:30pm
  • Speaker: TBD

July
 
* NOTE: There will be no Council Meeting this month.
24-25 Regional Leadership Conference (Hartford, CT)
For Further Details, Please Contact:
chair@aiaa-houston.org or events@aiaa-houston.org or call 281-244-3925
Past Presentations

Take A Closer Look?

The following material has been provided for you to get a closer look at presentations and other material from past Lunch and Learn's or Other areas of interest.

Sailing The Space Station With Zero-Propellant Maneuver (ZPM) Guidance
March 12, 2008 - Nazareth Bedrossian Download Here  

JSC State of the Center AIAA, USALA, & SWAPRA Dinner
January 25, 2008 - Michael Coats / JSC Center Director Download Here  

Becoming an 'Aquanaut using an underwater extreme environment to train astronauts for spaceflight
October 15, 2007 - Marc Reagan / Deputy Project Manager, NASA Extreme Environmental Mission Operations (NEEMO) Download Here  

A Spacecraft Systems Engineer's Introduction to Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies
September 19, 2007 - Craig Cornelius / Program Manager, U.S. DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program. Download Here  

May 2007 Test Launch and A Vision for Commercial Space
May 23, 2007 - Elon Musk / SpaceX. Download Event Flyer Here
  • To download video of this event, click here , then scroll up to near the top of that page at forum.nasaSpaceFlight.com, and when you see the link "Download Video (45 MB)" under the note, "Hosted on behalf of AIAA Houston:", just click on the "Download Video" link. That will not download it to your computer. It will open the video file on your computer and play it using Windows Media Player. We thank www.nasaSpaceFlight.com for helping AIAA Houston Section in this manner.

Personal Positioning for Engineers
April 3, 2007 - Paul J. Kostek / Boeing. Download Here  

Kickin' Up Some Dust
February 22, 2007 - John Connolly / NASA, LSAM Project Office. Download Here  

Earth, Moon & Spacecraft - Stars A, B and Planet
November 11, 2006 - Wes Kelly / Triton Systems LLC. Download Here  Supplement

Space Shuttle Integration Lessons Learned - An Insider's View.
April 5, 2006 - Bo Bejmuk's, Space Shuttle Orbiter Program Director/Boeing: Download Here

Nanobacteria - The Discovery of a New Life Form
March 24, 2006 - Neva Çiftçioglu, PhD/Nanobac Life Sciences Inc.: Download Here

Evaluation of Return to Flight Issues for the Space Shuttle Orbiter
March 23, 2006 - Dr. Allan S. Benjamin/Ares: Download Here

Knowledge Capture and Management for Space Flight Systems
February 2, 2006 - John Goodman/USA: Download Here

Small Business Innovative Research, Small Business Technology Transfer
November 10, 2005 - Dr. Kumar Krishen/NASA-JSC: Download Here

Apollo EVA Lessons Learned
October 20, 2005:

    1. NASA Tech Memo 108846 - Interviews with the Apollo Lunar Surface Astronauts in Support of Planning for EVA Systems Design (Connors, Eppler, Morrow - Sept 1994) Download Here

    2. Interviews with Apollo Lunar Surface Astronauts in Support of EVA Systems Design - 10/20 LnL Presentation by Dr. Dean Eppler (JSC/SAIC) Download Here

    3. Apollo History Websites and Books - supplemental material provided by Dr. Dean Eppler Download Here

Systems Engineering Benchmark Study
September 29, 2005 - Jack Gavalas/Booz-Allen-Hamilton: Download Here

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