We plan to hold at least two lunch-and-learns each year. These events may be professionally recorded by NASA/USA. There is no charge to borrow a copy of the DVD. AIAA membership is not required.

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - The Rise of China's Space Program - View Event Announcement

• Ludmila Dmitriev-Odier, United Space Alliance, Chair
• George Abbey, Jr., United Space Alliance
• Linda Andruske, NASA/KSC
• Dr. Albert Jackson, Jacobs, FBIS (Fellow, British Interplanetarty Society), Visiting Scientist, Lunar Planetary Institute - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/jackson
• David Jih, NASA/JSC
• Michael Kezirian, Engineer - The Boeing Company, Adjunct Professor - University of Southern California
• James McLane III
• Padraig Moloney, NASA/JSC
• Dr. Zafar Taqvi, Barrios
• Chris Taylor
• Dr. Gary Turner, Odyssey Space Research
• Douglas Yazell, Honeywell

If you are interested in joining the work of the committee, contact the Chair or Douglas Yazell at 281-244-3925. We are looking for qualified new professional and student members. A video recording of Mr. Rishikof's presentation is available for free loans. AIAA membership is not required.

To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and information regarding international space activities. To stimulate education, professional development, and accomplishment by fostering communication and by providing resources.

• Make international sister sections come alive to entertain, educate, and inspire, while conducting citizen-to-citizen diplomacy
• Encourage lectures from government, industry, and universities
• Conduct two to four lunch-and-learns per year
• Meet in person quarterly to discuss the committee's work and to keep up to date with related current events
• Cooperate with other AIAA committees and other professional societies in our field
• Recruit members for this committee, including one or more from each 'international human space activities' organization in this Houston Clear Lake area

China -
Shanghai Astronautical Society (SAS)
SAS Secretary-General: Wu Wenxuan
AIAA Houston Section contact person: Chris Taylor
Members in Houston: James McLane III

This sister section relationship never stopped its activity in the last 15 years but was most active from 1987 to 1992 when it was led by James McLane, Jr., with help from many others including his son James McLane III.

The 1987 Sister Section Proclamation with the Shanghai Astronautical Society - Shanghai Astronautical Society / Chinese Society of Astronautics / Houston Section American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Proclamation view

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French -
Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France (AAAF) Toulouse - Midi-Pyrenees branch (AAAF TMP) AAAF TMP contact: Garrett Smith, with help from Philippe Mairet and Alain Chevalier
AIAA Houston Section contact: Douglas Yazell
Members in Houston: Ludmila Dmitriev-Odier

Voted into existence for 3 years, to be renewed on a regular basis. Started in the 2007-2008 year for both groups. The new year starts on the first of July in AIAA and on the first of September in AAAF. AAAF is looking into a trip with 30 of its members in late October and early November of 2008 to Houston, Orlando, then DC. AIAA will host their visit, then look into traveling to Toulouse in the same time frame in 2009. A 2009 conference in Houston or Toulouse is an idea in work with a three-year planning horizon. AAAF TMP technical committees include: Space Tourism: Garrett Smith, Chair (link to a document for Space Tourism, which is 4 pages, 2 pages in French and two pages in English) Human and Robotic Space Exploration: Philippe Mairet, Chair

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The 2007 Sister Section Proclamation - Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France (AAAF) / Houston Section American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Proclamation view

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Russian -
Russian sister section idea in work as of December 2007
AIAA Houston Section ISAC contact: Ludmila Dmitriev-Odier.

She traveled to Russia in this role and in other non-AIAA capacities to see the Soyuz launch on October 10, 2007.

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British -
British sister section: an idea in work as of December 2007
Contact person: Dr. Gary Turner
Members in Houston: Sheikh Ahsan

Past AIAA Houston Section sister sections included Australia, Austria, and India (contact person in Houston: Dr. Zafar Taqvi)