CANADIAN AERONAUTICS AND SPACE INSTITUTE

CASI FLYER APRIL 2018, Volume 25 #5

Toronto Branch Membership Newsletter NEWSLETTER LINKS SPREAD THE WORD INDUSTRY NEWS Click on any of the links below to Help us to publicize our Toronto move to other sections of the Branch meetings. Share your Newsletter meeting notice with friends and Industry News colleagues, and post them around your school or workplace. Academic News Museum News Bombardier Foresees 2,050 CONTACT US Obituary New Aircraft for Asia-Pacific Get in touch with CASI Toronto by 2036 Branch Executive with questions, TORONTO – February 6, 2018 – UPCOMING CASI EVENTS comments, suggestions or to volunteer: Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s The CASI Toronto Branch April 2017-2036 Market Forecast, meeting will be held on Thursday, [email protected] covering the 60- to 150-seat April 19, 2018. We will have a segment, shows that the Tour of the Bombardier Factory Facebook (“CASI Toronto”) Asia-Pacific region, which in Downsview. Watch for more Bombardier defines as Asia details in the meeting notice, which CASI website casi.ca/toronto without Greater China, is will be distributed shortly. Space is forecasted to undergo impressive limited, and registration will be Executive members plan and run growth over the next 20 years. required. We look forward to the monthly meetings, connect This region is expected to take seeing you there. with GTA aerospace schools, and delivery of 2,050 aircraft, or 16 per host the annual dinner meeting. Our Annual Dinner Meeting will cent of a worldwide market for 12,550 aircraft valued at $820 be held on May 12, 2018 at the Our 2017/18 Executives are: billion U.S. Asia-Pacific deliveries Holiday Inn Yorkdale - details should consist of 1,050 large forthcoming. Chairman – Chris Hayball regional aircraft (50 to 100 seats) Vice Chair & ‘Flyer’ Editor – and 1,000 small single-aisle YOUR NEWSLETTER Gillian Clinton aircraft (100 to 150 seat). The CASI Toronto Flyer brings you Councillor – Alex Tsoulis “Asia-Pacific region is the home of l o c a l a e r o s p a c e n e w s . Treasurer – Bhavik Mody the fastest growing economies. Suggestions and/or contributions Education – Yasmin Saeedi Strong GDP growth and a are always welcome. If you’ve Secretary – Fatemeh Mousavilar booming middle class should drive been to an interesting lecture or passenger traffic numbers to triple want to see coverage of an Members at Large: in the next 20 years,” said Francois aerospace business in southern Amir Masoud Tahvilian Cognard, Vice President, Sales, Ontario, let us know. Contact the Harshita Patel A s i a - P a c i f i c , B o m ba r d i e r Editor, Gillian Clinton, of Clinton Commercial Aircraft. “Bombardier Research, at: aims to build upon its strong [email protected] foundation in Asia-Pacific. Due to or the demand for more frequencies [email protected] and more city pairs to increase connectivity between smaller start-up airlines in Asia-Pacific operated by Hisdesat Servicios communities, there is a great have selected the CRJ200 as the Estrategicos S.A. The hosted AIS opportunity to continue to support right aircraft to commence payload is owned by exactEarth the expected growth with operations with. These include and is expected to be high-performing regional and small Zoom Air of India, Shree Airlines & commissioned in the coming single-aisle aircraft.” Saurya Airlines of Nepal, and Air months. Pohang of Korea. Globally, 68% of The drive for domestic and The high-performance EV-8 all CRJ200 operators have gone regional connectivity means that payload is part of exactEarth’s o n t o o p e r a t e l a r g e r the fastest traffic growth in the first-generation constellation and is CRJ700/900/1000 aircraft. region would be seen from small the first commercial AIS payload and medium sized cities with Bombardier developed its all new which has been launched on a challenging airports. This is C Series aircraft, to fill an radar satellite. The Paz satellite creating an increased number of emerging 100- to 150-segment was launched into the dawn-dusk point-to-point routes where the between large regional jets and sun synchronous orbit that is traffic is insufficient to allow large single-aisle aircraft. The occupied by most of the world’s economical operation of a larger launch customer for the C Series radar satellites and will be uniquely single aisle aircraft. Thus, the in Asia was Korean Air, who positioned to provide high quality i n c r e a s i n g d e m a n d f o r ordered 10 CS300 with 10 options. AIS vessel data which is fully time high-performing regional and small Korean Air have taken delivery of synchronous with the Paz radar single-aisle aircraft. two CS300 aircraft to date, and and near synchronous with had their first revenue flight from Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) In the region, over 60% of all Seoul to Ulsan on January 20, imagery from other radar satellites. routes flown today have demand 2018. The fusion of these two data sets for less than 150 passengers per for enhanced vessel identification day. The forecast says that by is expected to be an important 2036, intra-regional traffic will element of future maritime account for 80 per cent of all surveillance capabilities as Asia-Pacific demand, with the authorities can now rapidly majority of passengers taking short correlate two data sources to haul flights of under 500 nautical identify non-reporting or miles (925 km). non-cooperative vessels. B o m b a rdie r F o o t p r in t in “We congratulate Hisdesat on the Asia-Pacific exactEarth High successful launch of Paz. The Over 40 operators are flying or will Performance AIS Payload launch of our EV-8 AIS payload is soon be flying a total of 330 a major milestone for our team Bombardier regional and small Launched on Paz Radar here at exactEarth as we mark the single-aisle aircraft in the region Satellite completion of our first-generation and 27 of these operators fly more Completes exactEarth's First constellation,” said exactEarth than 260 Q Series turboprops. Generation Satellite AIS CEO Peter Mabson. “The unique Bombardier’s Q400 aircraft is the Constellation capabilities of this AIS payload to only turboprop that can seat up to enable high quality radar/AIS data 90 passengers. SpiceJet is the CAMBRIDGE, ON – February 22, fusion are expected to further launch customer for the 90-seat 2018 – exactEarth Ltd., a leading advance our reputation as leaders configuration, having placed an provider of Satellite AIS data in the AIS industry. When order for up to 50 of this type to services, announced today the combined with the ongoing roll-out support regional connectivity in successful launch of an advanced of our second-generation real-time India. Nok Air and Philippine Automatic Identification System satellite constellation, our AIS Airlines also operate the Q400 in a (AIS) payload, exactView-8 (EV-8), service offering clearly provides high-density 86-seat configuration. aboard the Spanish radar satellite, important differentiation and Paz. The satellite was launched There are 50 CRJ Series aircraft compelling value to a host of from the Vandenberg Air Base in global AIS users.” already flying in Asia-Pacific with California, using the SpaceX 13 operators, such as IBEX Falcon 9 rocket, and is owned and Airlines of Japan. Recently, many

Page 2 The CEFI consists of four sensors, Thanks to this international a charged faceplate and all the cooperation and formalized associated command, telemetry through ESA’s “Third Party and readout electronics. Mission” program, e-POP has effectively become a fourth These include one pair of element of the Swarm mission. Langmuir probes developed by Known as Echo, it joins Swarm’s Honeywell Helps “Swarm” IRFU (Swedish Institute of Space Alpha, Bravo and Charlie satellites. Study Earth’s Magnetic Field Physics) that measure electron CAMBRIDGE, ON – March 13, density, electron temperature and Flying in formation, it is hoped that 2018 – As geologists know, the the spacecraft potential and one these four sophisticated satellites Earth’s north and south poles pair of thermal ion imagers will unravel one of the most reverse polarity roughly every few (developed by COM DEV, based mysterious aspects of our planet: hundred thousand years. on a University of design) the magnetic field. COM DEV Thankfully, our planet’s magnetic that measure ionospheric winds International—which was acquired field protects us from deadly solar and ion temperatures. by Honeywell Aerospace in 2016—designed and built the CEFI radiation and cosmic rays and The e-POP RRI is a four-channel which will be positioned at the front allows life to thrive, no matter digital VLF-HF receiver that covers of each satellite and characterize which polarity is in effect this year. a wide range of the electric fields the Earth’s electric fields. CEFI is However, recently Earth’s of waves from 10 Hz to 18 MHz. It the first 3D ionospheric imager in magnetic field has been interfaces to the spacecraft for orbit. weakening and scientists are command, control and power concerned that it could collapse supply. Since its launch, the three identical with dangerous and unpredictable Swarm satellites have been About the Swarm Mission results for life on Earth. returning a wealth of information Honeywell Aerospace has taken a The European Space Agency about how our magnetic field is significant role in a project known (ESA) launched the “Swarm” generated and how the ionized as “Swarm” to help scientists to mission in 2013—basically, a part of the upper atmosphere—the predict the future evolution of mini-satellite constellation mission ionosphere—behaves. to study the Earth's magnetic field Earth’s magnetic field. Now with Echo, the four with unprecedented accuracy to Honeywell-equipped satellites will We are supplying the Canadian help scientists to predict the future be monitoring the changes that Electric Field Instrument (CEFI) to evolution of Earth’s magnetic field. the three existing Swarm satellites, occur in Earth’s magnetic field, developing the magnetometer on “The Earth’s magnetic field providing advanced warning of the Enhanced Polar Outflow strength has reduced by potential exposure to harmful Probe, better known simply as “e approximately 15 percent over the radiation from space. past 150 years and the drift in the POP,” and helping the University “The last pole reversal was magnetic north pole was up to 40 of Calgary build the e-POP digital 780,000 years ago and, as they kilometers per year in 2000. In Radio Receiver Instrument (RRI). happen every 200,000 to 300,000 fact, current estimates are as high years, we’re long overdue,” Smith as 65 kilometers per year,” said said. Mike Smith, Program Manager for Honeywell Aerospace. “We’re no longer just dealing in far-distant geologic epochs and ages.” Originally consisting of three satellites flying in formation, ESA and Canada have made a deal that turns Swarm into a CEFI four-satellite mission to shed even more light on space weather and features such as the aurora borealis.

Page 3 technology”, said David O’Connor, award-winning PurePower family Division Manager Defence and of geared turbofan commercial Space Products, Magellan engines. The advanced common Aerospace, . core technology, employed in 16 different PurePower engine “Robinson and Mag ellan applications, has amassed more engineering worked in partnership than 585,000 in-service hours. Magellan Wire Strike to develop an R66-specific Protection System™ Now installation that is simple, "With the new Falcon 6X, our Available for the Robinson lightweight, and meets all industry- PurePower PW800 engine once R66 Helicopter standard wire protection criteria. again demonstrates its leadership We look forward to offering the in the long range business jet TORONTO – February 22, 2018 – WSPS™ option to our future and category, said Irene Makris, Magellan Aerospace (“Magellan”) existing Robinson customers,” said Vice-President, Marketing, Pratt & and Robinson Helicopter Company Peter Riedl, Vice President of Whitney Canada. The PW812D (“Robinson”) announced today that E n g i n e e r i n g , R o b i n s o n offers the highest level of a Wire Strike Protection System™ Helicopters. technology available, paired with (WSPS™) is now available for the the reliability provided by an Robinson R66 helicopter platform. award-winning platform." The WSPS™ is designed to The PurePower PW800 engine provide a measure of protection for incorporates the latest generation helicopters in level flight in the of technologies: delivering event of an encounter with double-digit improvement in fuel horizontally strung wires and efficiency, setting a new "green" cables, using the concept of P&WC's New engine standard for emissions with guiding wires over the fuselage PurePower(R)PW812D the advanced TALON™ X into high tensile steel cutting Engine Application Selected combustor, and its low-noise blades. The R66 WSPS™ system by Dassault Aviation to design and low vibration levels will is comprised of an upper cutter, Power the new Falcon 6X result in an exceptionally quiet lower cutters, and a windshield Business Jet cabin, enabling a more deflector. c o m f o r t a b l e p a s s e n g e r Magellan’s R66 WSPS™ platform MISSISSAUGA, ON – Feb 28, experience. is available as a field kit option for 2018 -- Pratt & Whitney Canada Thanks to its robust design, all R66 helicopters. Factory announced today that a new exceptional maintainability, and provisions are available on new variant of its ground-breaking advanced diagnostics capabilities, helicopters to simplify field PurePower PW800 turbofan the PurePower PW800 engine will installation. A comprehensive engine has been selected to power deliver best-in-class availability aftermarket kit, including the the new Dassault Falcon 6X and dispatch reliability to internal provisions, will be available business jet, unveiled by Dassault operators. This will be coupled with from Magellan’s authorized Aviation earlier today. P&WC is a the Pure Power PW800 family's d i s t r i b u t o r s subsidiary of United Technologies enhanced service offering tailored (http://magellan.aero/product/wsp Corp. for operator needs. s), to retrofit in-service R66 The PW812D engine, thrust helicopters.” 13,000-14,000 lbs, is set to offer The Falcon 6X is designed to have a top speed of Mach 0.90 and a “We are excited to announce the exc e p t io n a l perf orma nc e , maximum range of 5,500 nautical R66 WSPS™ kit, which is the unparalleled reliability and miles (10,186 km). It will be able to product of the combined expertise sustainability. Ready to enter fly directly from to of both Magellan Aerospace and service on other aircraft, the Geneva, Beijing to San Francisco Robinson. This new kit is a PurePower PW800 engine is or Moscow to Singapore at long remarkable achievement. Magellan optimized for high-flying, fast, range cruise speed or connect has been making and delivering long-range business jets and Moscow to New York, Paris to WSPS kits since 1980, and has shares the same proven, Beijing or Los Angeles to London established itself as the global rigorously-tested core technology at Mach 0.85. expert for this unique product and used in Pratt & Whitney's

Page 4 ACADEMIC NEWS Systems, presented a preview of experts and a great showcase for what to expect and where the the Centennial College-Safran focus must lie for the research Landing Systems partnership.” process. Presentations by nine The program is just one of the other industry experts provided an initiatives that ARIC has pursued overview of landing systems, to push innovation and ingenuity at certification requirements, Centennial College. Through the components, energy absorption, partnership with Safran Landing safety/reliability, suspension and Systems, many students will be retraction, materials, actuation, able to learn on the job and make Student Researchers Get a control systems and the technical a strong contribution to the Primer in Aircraft Landing aspects of landing gear research of new landing gear Gear technology. technology. TORONTO – March 8, 2018 – The One of the main goals of the Applied Research and Innovation program is to provide experiential Centre (ARIC) at Centennial learning opportunities to Centennial Awarded College recently hosted the Centennial College students. A Research Funding for Landing Gear Training program in total of 16 students have been Electric Landing Gear and partnership with Safran Landing hired on to work on the landing Smart App Initiatives Systems. The training is supported gear project; these students will by the $2.3 million funding take what they learned at the TORONTO – February 6, 2018 – received from the Natural Sciences training sessions and apply it to Centennial College has been and Engineering Research Council their research work. awarded more than $1 million in of Canada (NSERC) to research research and innovation grants landing gear technology for from the Colleges Applied energy-efficient aircraft. Research and Development Fund (CARDF) to support research into By developing electrically actuated innovative electrically actuated landing gear, which weighs less aircraft landing gear, as well as than traditional hydraulic systems, smart app initiatives. future aircraft will be lighter and CARDF is supported by the more fuel-efficient, reducing the “I learned so many things. I didn’t Ontario Ministry of Research, carbon footprint of commercial know much about landing gear and Innovation and Science in flights. The three-day program was (the training) helped give me a partnership with Ontario Centres of attended by Centennial students basic understanding about them,” Excellence and Colleges Ontario. and faculty from the Advanced said Automation and Robotics The $20-million CARDF program Manufacturing and Automated student Krina Gandhi, who is in her aims to drive increased Technology department, student Professional Training Year. “I i n d u s t r y / p o s t - s e c o n d a r y researchers from the Applied found (the training) very helpful collaborations while creating an Research, Innovation and and it was a good learning efficient marketplace for industry to Entrepreneurship Services experience for all of us.” (ARIES) department, as well as access innovation, productivity and industry partners and engineering ARIC Project Coordinator Erika commercialization services from interns from Safran Landing Oliveira, one of the organizers for the province’s public colleges. the training program, was also on Systems – the world's largest “Our province needs talent to hand. “The training provided a manufacturer of aircraft landing continue to sustain its growing basic understanding for the gear. innovation eco-system. Investing in students from which to build upon applied research and development The objective of the training was to in their research, and further the is a step towards a brighter and familiarize the research staff and technology for a more efficient and more prosperous future for our faculty on landing gear design and environmentally friendly landing province,” said Reza Moridi, technology. Kyle Schmidt, VP of gear solution,” said Oliveira. “This Minister of Research, Innovation New Product Development and was a unique opportunity for and Science. “By bringing together Research and Technology students to get input from industry Engineering at Safran Landing colleges and the R&D sector,

Page 5 we’re creating opportunities for our priority. Centennial’s funded Funded with the support of almost students and ensuring they are research will support six projects 40,000 undergraduates, the ready for the jobs of tomorrow.” related to additive manufacturing University of Toronto Aerospace using polymers and metals. Team Space Systems (UTAT-SS) A major portion of Centennial’s division has signed a contract to funding is through CARDF Stream Centennial has also been awarded launch their miniature satellite, or 1 for research into next-generation funding from CARDF’s Colleges CubeSat, HERON Mk II, in 2019. electrically actuated landing gear Voucher for Technology Adoption This satellite contains a for commercial aircraft. Aerospace stream to develop the next microbiological experimentation manufacturing is vital to Canada, generation of smart mobile and platform where the effects of contributing more than 211,000 web apps powered by artificial space are assessed on Candida value-added jobs to the economy intelligence, Internet of Things albicans, a fungus often found in in 2015. It’s especially important to (IoT) support, cloud-based the human gut. Ontario, which builds 40 per cent solutions and a gamified user of the world’s landing gear used by experience. Replacing the In the past, studies involving commercial airliners. traditional, rigidly structured apps, microbiology were performed by these smart apps will enable astronauts on the International Weight savings is key to businesses to offer more Space Station (ISS). As astronaut developing next-generation landing interactive services and drive health is paramount, organisms gear technology that will minimize profits and user retention. above a Biosafety Level 2 (BSL2) maintenance costs, improve fuel are not permitted onboard, leaving consumption and reduce airliners’ a significant number of potentially carbon footprint. Centennial is harmful species understudied. working with the landing gear (Biosafety Levels are standard supply chain to help address these guides for scientists that outline challenges by developing additive the risk to human health, ranging manufacturing design, building and from 1-4, where 4 includes testing methodology to decrease microbes like the Marburg and the weight of aircraft systems. The Finding New Ways to Keep Ebola viruses.) project leverages existing Astronauts Healthy investments and Centennial’s TORONTO – March 15, 2018 – Not only will HERON Mk II change robust record of accelerating The recent SpaceX Falcon Heavy the way biological studies are industry-led innovation. launch sparked a vision of humans performed in space, but it also on Mars in the very near future, but ushers in a new age of alternative, a major remaining unknown is how crowd-sourced funding for to ensure astronaut health over Canadian amateur projects (they long-duration missions. A lack of raised over $400,000!). The innovative methods to investigate ultimate goal is to make all the effects of long-term spaceflight HERON Mk II designs open on astronaut health has plagued source, enabling students and scientists worldwide to launch their At the same time, the college is space medicine for decades. One own space biology experiments committed to training the next student team from the University of without the development time and g eneration of aerospace Toronto wants to change this. cost. The easier it is to perform innovators. Over the 30-month experiments, the better informed research program, the $1.0 million we can be before sending OCE CARDF Stream 1 grant will astronauts to far-off destinations. be matched with $250,000 in cash a n d $ 1 , 3 1 5 , 4 0 0 i n - k i n d Physicians have long suspected contributions from the college’s that traveling in space for long aerospace industry partners. The periods would have adverse research will employ a number of effects on the human body, but the paid students, ensuring that 2017 Twins Study provided developing highly qualified and significant proof. In the study, The UTAT-SS leadership team skilled personnel through NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and industry-led innovation remains a his twin brother (who remained on

Page 6 Earth) were assessed for genetic With this in mind, UTAT-SS has differences and health response come up with an experiment that during Scott Kelly’s year on the explores the gene expression and ISS. Preliminary results (more to drug resistance of C. albicans come this year) showed notable during microgravity exposure. differences in gut microbiology, The HERON Mk II engineering immune response, blood clotting, project bridges the innovative Out of this World: U of T bone formation and others, inviting fields of genetic testing, more research to investigate Student's SpaceX Internship microfluidics, and nanosatellite particular species that may Involved Working on Falcon development with crowd-funding, negatively impact long-term Heavy's Engines scientific communication and astronaut health. marketing – inspiring other student TORONTO – 16 February, 2018 – This is where satellites come in teams to follow suit. Not only has The image is both silly and handy. But where past studies t h e r e b e e n g r o w t h i n awe-inspiring: Elon Musk’s have been high-cost, typically undergraduate satellite student midnight cherry-coloured Tesla involving sealed containers which teams – there are over 14 teams roadster piloted through space, must be returned to Earth to be nationwide – but the Canadian Earth as a backdrop, by a analyzed, date from the HERON aerospace industry has recently spacesuit-wearing dummy. Mk II is sent back to Earth in real seen the launch of several “I was actually surprised they time – an as yet untapped method future-thinking groups like launched the car,” says Askar of experimental data sharing. nanosatellite company Kepler Kazbekov, a University of Toronto Communications (formed by The premise for HERON Mk II was student who is working on a alumni of UTAT-SS) and Nova inspired by a study from scientist master’s degree in aerospace, Scotia-based Maritime Launch Aurelie Crabbe and her aeronautical and astronautical Services. colleagues, where Candida engineering. albicans, a fungi inherent to the Among all the challenges for “The running joke [at SpaceX] was human gut, was first analyzed for current and future engineers, a that the Falcon Heavy could lift a b e h a v i o u r a l c h a n g e s i n major potential for transformation school bus in the faring – so we microgravity. Victor Nechita, lies in supporting Canadian should put a school bus into Project Manager for UTAT-SS, industry and teams like UTAT-SS. space.” explains that the team is motivated Student teams bring energy and by this study because it proved C. fresh ideas to the Canadian albicans “under particular aerospace landscape, pushing the c o n d i t i o n s c a n b e c o m e boundaries of the final frontier, opportunistic, meaning that it can with HERON Mk II as a lading take advantage of its host and example. Nechita is confident that begin to attack it. Having a what makes UTAT-SS special is platform to test this behaviour is “coming together as a student critical before we send astronauts team to build something that most to Mars.” people don’t think we can.” Kazbekov, 24, spent nearly a Avinash Mukkala, payload biology By Katie Gwozdecky, UofT year-and-half working for lead for UTAT-SS, explains how Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX previous studies have illuminated during two separate internships – three major points of recent one of which was organized discovery: “Some genes get through the Faculty of Applied over-expressed as a likely Science & Engineering's response to environmental stress; professional experience year astronauts do in fact become program. His most recent stint at physiologically, neurologically and the space company helmed by immunologically impaired after Musk came two years ago, when long term spaceflight; and some he worked in the propulsion drugs become less efficient at analysis group. clearing infections.”

Page 7 He says the team he was part of SpaceX is soon scheduled to focused mainly on engine valves launch two demonstration used on SpaceX's Falcon 9 satellites. The satellites will test the rockets. So he watched nervously concept of offering space-based earlier this month when the Falcon broadband internet access, Heavy – composed of three Falcon another possible revenue stream Western Researcher Sets Eyes 9 engine cores – blasted off from to pay for Musk’s more grandiose on Saturn’s Largest Moon NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in space plans. Florida, making it the most LONDON, ON – February 22, Kazbekov compared working at powerful rocket to launch in nearly 2018 – Co-led by a Western space SpaceX to being at a startup half a century. scientist, NASA is exploring a company: full of young, bright revolutionary plan that could see a “The systems are incredibly employees working incredibly long drone-like quadcopter buzz above complex,” Kazbekov says. “There’s hours. the surface of Saturn’s largest millions of things that could go He also recounted delivering a moon. wrong.” presentation on his work in a small Now back at UTIAS, Kazbekov conference room when Musk says his plan is to complete his walked in unannounced and took a master’s degree and then move on seat. to a PhD in the field. “He actually sat in on my review,” His ultimate goal is to play a role in Kazbekov says, adding Musk, who pushing human exploration and is also CEO of electric carmaker understanding of space. Tesla, didn’t ask any questions but Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL made him nervous nonetheless. “I would definitely want to see An artist’s rendering shows the proposed people on another planetary body “He’s very random. He can slide in Dragonfly quadcopter landing on the – other than the moon,” says at any time.” surface of Saturn’s moon Titan, unfolding Kazbekov, who was born in its rotors and lifting off again to survey the What likely wasn’t random, Kazakhstan to parents who are landscape and atmosphere. according to Kazbekov, was both engineers. The Dragonfly project would take Musk’s decision to hurtle his old advantage of Titan’s dense, calm It’s a vision championed by Musk, car into orbit around the sun – its atmosphere to fly from site to site who has repeatedly cited the speakers blaring David Bowie’s as it measures and analyzes the importance of making humans an Space Oddity no less – instead of massive moon’s chemistry, “interplanetary” species. The a standard test payload consisting geology – and potential for life. Falcon Heavy “was designed from of a giant hunk of metal or The craft is modeled after drones the outset to carry humans into concrete block. on Earth, and would have four space and restores the possibility pairs of stacked rotors that would of flying missions with crew to the enable it to zip – as much as an Moon or Mars,” according to object with a mass of a few SpaceX’s website. hundred kilograms could be said to Musk has also outlined plans to ‘zip’ – across Titan geography that build an even bigger ship called an has intrigued and mystified Interplanetary Transport System scientists for decades. that would one day ferry humans Unlike conventional, slow-moving and cargo to Mars with the goal of rovers that suss out the surface of setting up a permanent colony. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Tesla roadster after being launched into orbit (photo by Mars, Dragonfly would be able to But getting there requires building SpaceX via Flickr) explore across hundreds of a financially viable business “You’re trying get people interested kilometres, all the while scouting around space travel, which is why in space again,” Kazbekov says. for geologic points of interest and SpaceX has focused on bringing taking valuable measurements of down the costs of operating a If that’s the case, then mission surface, sub-surface and launch vehicle by making its accomplished. atmospheric conditions. rockets reusable. In addition,

Page 8 made the moon largely inscrutable. marble-sized pebbles when they The veil lifted only in part in 2005 flood low-lying terrain. A smoggy, when the Huygens probe (part of windless atmosphere floating the Cassini mission) produced above frozen hydrocarbon lakes. A some images of the surface. peculiar, ice-water chemical soup Those were enough to tantalize sits near or below the surface and researchers but not enough to maybe, just maybe, could be a show more than a glimpse of the nursery for some form of life. whole. We know so little about Titan, “It’s like landing on a London street Neish said, and what little we do Earth Sciences professor Catherine Neish, and saying you’ve seen the whole know is so recently discovered. shown here at Mt. Whitney in California’s Sierra Nevada Range, is co-leading a Earth,” Neish said. “Before Huygens in 2005, we had no idea what the surface of Titan project that could see a quadcopter With solar power unavailable exploring Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon. would be like.” because of both Titan’s distance As co-investigator, Earth Sciences from the sun and its dense Neish’s specialty is the geology of professor and planetary geologist atmosphere, Dragonfly would be planetary surfaces, specifically Catherine Neish is helping define plutonium-powered, using a understanding the processes of and achieve the mission’s science Multi-Mission Radioisotope impact cratering through radar goals. She is part of a team led by Thermoelectric Generator. That is imaging. She is involved in several Elizabeth Turtle at Johns Hopkins the same power source as the spacecraft missions with Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Mars Curiosity rover and the international, multi-disciplinary whose proposal for a revolutionary Cassini space probe. It could fly teams. She is believed to be the rotorcraft to investigate Titan was several kilometres on a single only Canadian researcher on the recently selected by NASA as one ‘Titan overnight’ charge and Dragonfly project. of two finalists for the agency’s potentially cover hundreds of “Planetary science is such a next New Frontiers mission. kilometres during a Titan day collaborative endeavour. It’s a (equivalent to 16 Earth days). Not quite as tiny, but at least as team effort,” she said. nimble, as its namesake in the Dragonfly would spend less time Dragonfly is one of two NASA low-gravity atmosphere, this flying than taking science recently short-listed– from an Dragonfly would be about two measurements during its two-year original proposal group of a dozen metres long, with multiple rotors mission. Its main tasks would be – as part of the agency’s New that enable good control of the sampling for organic chemistry and Frontiers planetary science vehicle and built-in mechanical h a b i t a b i l i t y ; m o n i t o r i n g program. redundancies. atmospheric and surface The other project is called For many years, people thought to conditions; shooting and CAESAR (Comet Astrobiology explore Titan by balloon, rover or transmitting images of landforms; Exploration Sample Return), which small airplane but each has and conducting studies of the would seek to return to Earth a limitations that include mobility, moon’s seismology. sample from a comet called durability, range and effective The potential for significant 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and control. discovery is exciting, Neish said. determine its origin and history. “There’s something very ‘simple’ “The chemistry is going to be Led by Steven Squyres of Cornell about having a little drone flying amazing but I’m really interested in University in New York, CAESAR around Titan,” Neish said. “It’s what Titan looks like. I’m guessing would be managed by NASA’s clever in a way that people weren’t it’s just this weirdly wonderful world Goddard Space Flight Center. expecting and, I think, it’s that looks like Earth – a strange, Both teams will receive NASA audacious and exciting –- and frozen sedimentary place – but funding this year to develop their realistic.” with all the wrong ingredients.” ideas further and then re-submit The atmospheric conditions of There’s tantalizing evidence there proposals. NASA is expected by Titan – with its orange-brown haze are rivers of methane and ethane, mid-2019 to decide which one of methane and nitrogen – obscure flowing at 95 Kelvin (or minus-200 project to support. high-resolution views and have Celsius) and burnishing ice into

Page 9 If Dragonfly were chosen, it could 1 pm Presentation - Ted Barris TORONTO INTERNATIONAL launch as early as 2025 and then follows his well honed and highly AEROSPACE potentially take five years or more successful approach of combining to reach Titan, Neish said. In vivid characters with thumping [formerly Canadian Air & Space Museum] space time, that’s not long, she narrative in his presentation of said, noting Dragonfly has gone " C a n a d i a n D a m b u s t e r s " . www.casmuseum.org from hypothesis to concept to was the daring No current news. scale modelling in just two years. attack on German dams carried out on May 16/17, 1943 by 617 Squadron Lancasters. Of the 133 airmen who took off on the Dams Raid, 30 were Canadian and 15 of them did MUSEUM NEWS not return. NATIONAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM OF CANADA CANADIAN WARPLANE Official Dedication - In memory of HERITAGE this daring raid and the Canadian involvement, the port side of our Lancaster will wear the markings of Guy Gibson's aircraft, AJ-G ED932 in honour of the Dambuster's 75th Anniversary. For leading the raid, Gibson was awarded the and his crew (including two Canadians) each received the Distinguished airforcemuseum.ca Flying Cross. No current news. We will also be inviting family www.warplane.com members of all Dambusters to this occasion. 75th Anniversary DAMBUSTERS Exhibition - Great Posters from the Great War; Recruitment in Canada 1914-1918

May 12, 2018, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Enjoy a day at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and learn about the Canadian Great Posters from the Great War; involvement in the famous Recruitment in Canada 1914-1918 Dambuster Raid with a illustrates the commendable effort presentation by accomplished that Canada devoted to the conflict author, journalist and broadcaster and act as a pictorial example of Ted Barris. how Canadian society evolved from the beginning of the war to its conclusion. Exhibit ends June 17, 2018.

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Henry"Harry" Fraser

Sadly, Harry passed away on Tuesday March 6, 2018. Predeceased by his loving parents Ernest and Mary Fraser and his siblings Bob (Carly), Lloyd and Isabelle, and brother-in-law Daniel Jefferson. Harry is survived and cherished by his wife of 60 years Ruth Jefferson, his son Colin and grandchildren, Molly and Gregory; and his in-laws Ruth Fraser, Craig Nicholson and Judy Jefferson. Droll uncle to Carolyn, David, Kevin, Nola, Heather, Mary Beth, Linda, Rob, Jamie and “Andy, Dawne, Deborah and Allison”. Harry served as a pilot in the R.C.A.F. & T.C.A. and later was employed as a computer programmer at Coca Cola and Teacher’s Pension Plan. Private Burial will take place Saturday March 10, 2018at Prospect Cemetery. A Memorial Service was held on Thursday March 15, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at Armour Heights Presbyterian Church, Toronto. In memory of Harry, donations may be given to Armour Heights Presbyterian Church Fraser Music Fund.

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