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Launch Vehicles OFC_r1_Aviation_Aerospace_SEP201Page 1 8/16/11 2:58:56 PM 8 AMERICA AEROSPACE September 2011 SEPTEMBER 2011 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Launch vehicles: A worldwide roundup A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS Yes. It Does Data Management. Power and fidelity without the wait. FieldView 13 The Revolution Has Begun “Corvid Technologies generates thousands of three-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solutions every year on complex geometries. The ability to automate this process can reduce flow-viz time requirementsr by 50 percent or more.” David F. Robinson, Ph.D., President of Corvid Technologies ““We can now view animated transient filling sequences and at the same time rotate, move and zoom to gain new insights. The data management tools typically reduce file sizes by a factor of 50 and allow batch and interactive work on the same machine as our FLOW-3D making our work much easier.” Frieder Semler, President, CFD Consultants, GmbH. For more: www.smartcfd.com Chaderjian, N. M. and Buning, P. G., "High Resolution Navier-Stokes Simulation of Rotor Wakes", Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 67th Annual Forum, Virginia Beach, VA. May 3-5, 2011. 001_r1_Aerospace_SEP2011.pdf 8/16/11 3:28:42 PM September 2011 DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL 3 Playing with fire. INTERNATIONAL BEAT 4 South Africa opens new routes to space. Page 4 WASHINGTON WATCH 6 As an era ends, uncertainties loom. CONVERSATIONS 10 With Jim Maser. THE VIEW FROM HERE 14 Finding NEOs: Stepping stones for human exploration. AIRCRAFT UPDATE 18 Military rotorcraft: Strongest aero market. Page 6 OUT OF THE PAST 50 C CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 52 M Y CM MY FEATURES CY WINGS OF GOLD: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF U.S. NAVY AIRPOWER 22 At its century mark, U.S. naval aviation marks achievements unimaginable Page 14 CMY to those who pioneered it. K by Edward Goldstein SPACE LAUNCH: A WORLDWIDE ROUNDUP 34 A few major ‘space powers’ continue to dominate the world’s launch activities, but membership in that exclusive club is on the rise. by J.R. Wilson RUSSIAN LANDER TO HEAD FOR MARTIAN MOON 46 A successful sample return could provide major data not just on Phobos but also on Mars and the solar system. by Craig Covault Page 18 BULLETIN AIAA Meeting Schedule B2 AIAA Courses and Training Program B4 AIAA News B5 Meeting Program B11 Page 46 Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722X) is published monthly, except August, by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. at 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, Va. 20191-4344 [703/264-7500]. 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INNOVATION IN ALL DOMAINS AIR LAND SEA SPACE CYBER Every day, Raytheon customers undertakeEvery day, vital Raytheon missions customers across air, undertakeland, sea, vital space missions and cyberspace. across air, Ourland, mission sea, is space to provide and cyberspace. innovative, Our missionintegrated is to technologies provide innovative, across theseintegrated domains technologiesto ensure customer across successthese and domains deliver to a ensuretrue operational customer successadvantage, and deliver mission a true after operational mission. advantage, mission after mission. www.raytheon.com www.raytheon.com Follow us on: Follow us on: © 2011 Raytheon Company. All rights reserved. “Customer Success Is Our Mission” is a registered trademark of Raytheon Company. © 2011 Raytheon Company. All rights reserved. “Customer Success Is Our Mission” is a registered trademark of Raytheon Company. 003_r1_Aerospace_SEP2011.pdf 8/16/11 4:44:29 PM ® is a publication of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Elaine J. Camhi Editor-in-Chief Patricia Jefferson Associate Editor Greg Wilson Production Editor Jerry Grey, Editor-at-Large Playing with fire Christine Williams, Editor AIAA Bulletin Correspondents This summer in our nation’s capital, loud and often ugly political warfare Robert F. Dorr, Washington Philip Butterworth-Hayes, Europe broke out that passed for discussions about raising the nation’s debt ceiling. Michael Westlake, Hong Kong The rancorous back-and-forth between the two houses of Congress seemed to be more about anointing winners and losers than dealing with America’s Contributing Writers growing economic woes, shedding more heat than light on the actual issues Richard Aboulafia, James W. Canan, at hand. But as lawmakers rushed to meet one deadline, they allowed another Marco Cáceres, Craig Covault, Leonard to go unmet. David, Philip Finnegan, Edward Goldstein, Tom Jones, James Oberg, At the final hour, after reaching an agreement that seemed to please no David Rockwell, J.R. Wilson one, the lawmakers went off for their August break. But the partisan bickering had resulted in a failure to extend the operating authority of the Federal Fitzgerald Art & Design Aviation Administration. As a consequence, nearly 4,000 men and women Art Direction and Design were put out of work and thousands of people in the construction industry who were set to work on airport projects around the country lost wages as C Brian D. Dailey, President Robert S. Dickman, Publisher they were told to stand down. M Craig Byl, Manufacturing and Distribution Since the FAA could no longer impose taxes, airlines could not collect Y them, and the federal government lost an estimated $388 million in revenues. STEERING COMMITTEE CM (Some airlines fared better, however; they raised their ticket prices to match Col. Neal Barlow, USAF Academy; Michael what they would have collected in taxes, pocketing the difference; and MY B. Bragg, University of Illinois; Carol Cash, passengers who paid the taxes were told they would not receive refunds.) Carol Cash & Associates; Basil Hassan, Sandia; CY Mark Lewis, University of Maryland, Robert This sum is particularly ironic, because one of the sticking points in the failure CMY E. Lindberg, National Institute of Aerospace; to agree to an extension was a disagreement over a $16-million cut in subsidies Mark S. Maurice, AFOSR; Merri Sanchez, to rural communities. K Sierra Nevada; Vigor Yang, Georgia Institute Air traffic controllers and airplane inspectors are paid from separate of Technology; Susan X. Ying; Boeing accounts, and they continued to work. So did dozens of airport inspectors, who worked without pay and were asked to cover their own travel expenses. EDITORIAL BOARD Ned Allen, Jean-Michel Contant, That back pay may never be restored. Said Randy Babbitt, the FAA adminis- Eugene Covert, L.S. “Skip” Fletcher, trator, “We can neither pay them nor can we compensate them for expenses. Michael Francis, Cam Martin, We are depending and living on their professionalism at this point.” Don Richardson, Douglas Yazell Two weeks later, an agreement of sorts was reached on the Hill, with both parties taking credit for working for the greater good. But the agreement will ADVERTISING only last until the middle of this month, and then the whole ugly cycle may National Display and Classified: begin again. Robert Silverstein, 240.498.9674 [email protected] While most transportation bills are traditionally part of long-term spending West Coast Display: Greg Cruse, packages, the FAA’s last long-term funding expired in 2007; since then there 949.361.1870 / [email protected] have been more than 20 short-term extensions as Congress has bickered over details. Ross B. Garelick Bell Business Manager Air travel is the lifeblood of U.S. and international commerce. Safe and reli- able air transportation is crucial in a global community. So we ask ourselves Send materials to Craig Byl, AIAA, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 500, Reston, VA this: Should the department responsible for maintaining the outstanding safety 20191-4344. Changes of address should be records posted in the past be asked to function with funding that might disap- sent by e-mail at [email protected], or by fax pear in weeks, or months? Should the highly skilled, dedicated workforce that at 703.264.7606. makes sure you and I arrive safely every time we travel be asked to do so Send correspondence to [email protected]. without compensation from time to time, because politics has trumped reason? We really need to do better, or the consequences may catch up with all of September 2011, Vol. 49, No. 8 us one day. Elaine Camhi Editor-in-Chief BEATlayout0911_Layout 1 8/10/11 1:09 PM Page 2 South Africa opens new routes to space THIS MAY, THE $250-MILLION INTELSAT services specifically tailored for Africa, New Dawn communications satellite it will also herald the dawn of a new was launched on board an Ariane 5 era where Africans enjoy far greater from Kourou, French Guiana, marking involvement in the space communica- another important step for Africa’s tions industry.” growing space industry capabilities. The satellite’s 28 C-band and 24 Ku- Industry grows as needs increase band 36-MHz transponder units have Although Africa’s involvement in the been designed to supply critical com- space industry is relatively small com- munications infrastructure for African pared with other regions of the world, customers, although a problem with and concentrated in just a few coun- the west antenna reflector has im- tries, it covers a wide range of appli- paired the delivery of C-band services cations and is growing rapidly. The to the region.
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