APRIL 2014 VOL. XLII, No. 10 Published by and for the AIAA Long Island Section, EV ENTS CALENDAR P.O. Box 491, Bethpage, NY 11714 OFFICERS: Chairman: Dave Paris (516) 458-8593 [email protected] March, April, and May 2014 AIAA Section Meetings: Vice-Chair: Greg Homatas (718) 812-2727 [email protected] Lecture Series at Hofstra University Secretary: Ed Deutsch (516) 781-2262 [email protected] Current Challenges in Space Exploration: Commercial Treasurer: W. Glenn Mackey (631) 368-0433 [email protected] COUNCIL MEMBERS: and International Anthony Agnone, Nick DiZinno, Joseph Fragola, Muhammad Hayan, Frank Hayes, Jason Herman, Peter Kontogiannis, John Leylegian, March 13, 2014, Lecture 1, "The Future of Commercial

Emil Schoonejans, and Jason Tyll Space Transportation." See report on page 5. ADVISOR: Dan Katzenstein FLIER EDITORS: Apr. 24, 2014, Lecture 2, "Commercial ISS Cargo Dave Paris, [email protected] W. Glenn Mackey, [email protected] Delivery at Orbital." See details on page 2.

FLIER PUBLISHER: May 14, 2014, Lecture 3, "China’s Rise as an Aerospace John Leylegian, (718) 862-7279, [email protected] SECTION WEBSITE: Nation." See details on page 3. https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/Long_Island/default.aspx Webmaster: Gerry Yurchison May 5, 2014, Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame

Note from the Chairman Honoree Induction Luncheon. At the Cradle of Aviation

This month, we continue the spring lecture series at Museum. Details on page 5. Hofstra University with outstanding speakers on topics of current interest in the area of commercial and May 5, 2014, “An Evening with Space Shuttle Astronaut international space activities. In the first lecture in Jim Wetherbee.” At the Cradle of Aviation Museum. March, Dr. George C. Nield of the FAA gave us insights Details on page 4. into the FAA’s licensing of commercial space flights and spoke of future commercial space activities. May 19, 2014, An Evening with NASA Engineer Kobie Boykins, At the Cradle of Aviation Museum. Details on Our April speaker, Robert T. Richards, a Senior VP at page 5. Orbital Sciences Corporation, will review Orbital’s 32 year history of successful commercial space May 24, 25, Jones Beach Air Show. See page 8. developments: satellites; the Pegasus Air Launched Booster; the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; the June 5, 2014, AIAA Section Meeting, Dr. Michael Antares Launch Vehicle; and the Cygnus Cargo Vehicle Griffin, past NASA Administrator and AIAA President. which recently completed a successful ISS cargo “National Security and Human Spaceflight.” At Palmer’s resupply mission and is under NASA contract for American Grill in Farmingdale. Details in a future FLIER. additional missions. He will also discuss commercial approaches to beyond low earth orbit exploration. Sept. 24, 2014, AIAA Section Meeting, Doolittle Blind Flight Commemoration, at the Cradle of Aviation In May, AIAA Distinguished Lecturer Richard Hallion Museum, organized by IEEE and co-sponsored by AIAA. updates us about Chinese space activities. Details in a future FLIER.

Dave Paris, 516-458-8593 [email protected] FLIER 1 APRIL 2014

Hofstra University Spring Lecture Series Current Challenges in Space Exploration: Commercial and International Presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Long Island Section Co-sponsored by /AFA/IIE/IEEE(AES)/ASME and

The Hofstra University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Lecture 2 Thursday, April 24, 2014

Robert T. Richards Senior Vice President, Human Spaceflight Systems, Advanced Programs Group, Orbital Sciences Corporation

“Commercial ISS Cargo Delivery at Orbital”

Location: Hofstra University RESERVATIONS REQUESTED Student Center Theatre RSVP BY April 23, 2014 Hempstead, NY 11549 to: David Paris at [email protected] Time: 6:30 PM Social Time or (516) 458-8593 7:00 PM Presentation ASME will offer PDH credits if Cost: Free (Fee for PDH credits, if available) arrangements can be made. Check when you register.

The successful completion of Orbital's first Cygnus mission to the International Space Station (ISS) marks the beginning of an era of competitive commercial cargo delivery to low earth orbit. Mr. Richards will review the Cygnus spacecraft, the Antares launch vehicle, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and discuss the multiple relationships among these projects and how they came together to create a new launch site, a new launch vehicle, and a highly capable spacecraft.

Mr. Richards is responsible for Orbital’s Human Spaceflight business development activities. This work extends the ISS Cargo Resupply Services already under contract to NASA including Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) and Commercial Resupply Services (CRS). The COTS/CRS program involves full-scale development and flight demonstration of a commercial cargo delivery system for the ISS, and will complement Russian, European, and Japanese vehicles. Orbital’s COTS solution includes the Antares medium-class launch vehicle, the Cygnus cargo delivery spacecraft, and mission operations. Previously, Mr. Richards managed successful launches of 39 Pegasus missions and 7 Taurus missions. These vehicles continue to provide commercial low cost launch of small science satellites for NASA. He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, an Academician of the IAA, and has received the National Medal of Technology, and the National Air and Space Museum Trophy for technical achievement as part of the Pegasus Development team.

Directions: The Student Center is on the North Campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead. Take Meadowbrook Parkway Exit M4, west onto Hempstead Turnpike (Route 24). After about 1 mile, turn right into the Main North Campus entrance. Park in first or second lot on your left. Walk south towards Hempstead Tpke. to the Student Center. After entering the Student Center, look for Student Center Theatre and/or AIAA signs. FLIER 2 APRIL 2014

Hofstra University Spring Lecture Series Current Challenges in Space Exploration: Commercial and International Presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Long Island Section Co-sponsored by /AFA/IIE/IEEE(AES)/ASME and

The Hofstra University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Lecture 3 Wednesday, May 14, 2014

AIAA Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Richard P. Hallion

“China's Rise as an Aerospace Nation”

Location: Hofstra University RESERVATIONS REQUESTED RSVP BY May 13, 2014 Hofstra USA, North Campus to: David Paris at Hempstead, NY 11549 [email protected] Time: 6:30 PM Social Time or (516) 458-8593

7:00 PM Presentation ASME will offer PDH credits if arrangements can be made. Check Cost: Free (Fee for PDH credits, if available) when you register.

The rise of China as a major air and space power has been one of global aerospace's most significant developments over the last two decades. This talk traces the development of aeronautics and astronautics in China from antiquity to the present, showing the role of indigenous Chinese development, foreign influences, and the political-military-commercial environment that has shaped China's choices and ability to pursue its own air and space future.

Dr. Hallion has been the Curator of Science and Technology, National Air and Space Museum; a NASA Contract Historian, Adjunct Faculty at the University of Maryland; the Air Force Historian; Senior Advisor for Air and Space Issues, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; and the Special Advisor for Aerospace Technology to the Air Force Chief Scientist. He is currently a Senior Advisor, Commonwealth Research Institute/Concurrent Technologies Corporation; Vice President of the Earth Shine Institute; a Senior Consultant to the Science and Technology Policy Institute of the Institute for Defense Analyses; and a Research Associate in Aeronautics, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Dr. Hallion has authored or edited numerous books, monographs and articles. He is a Fellow of AIAA, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Royal Historical Society.

Directions: Hofstra USA is on the North Campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead. Take Meadowbrook Parkway Exit M4, west onto Hempstead Turnpike (Route 24). After about 1 mile, turn right into the Main North Campus entrance. Continue on the road until just before the road ends at a T, turn left into the parking lot and drive diagonally across the lot. Hofstra USA is the building on the west side of the lot. Map on request or at: http://www.hofstra.edu/directions FLIER 3 APRIL 2014

Charles Lindbergh Boulevard Garden City, NY 11530

Visit the Cradle with your children and grandchildren, explore their world-class aerospace history exhibits, talk to their knowledgeable docents, join in their events, watch a first run movie in their wide screen domed theatre, or enjoy an exciting show in the immersive, all-digital, JetBlue Sky Theater Planetarium. The Cradle currently features four planetarium shows: Back to the Moon for Good; One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure; Wildest Weather in the Solar System; and Cosmic Collisions. Three Domed Theatre Shows are also offered: JERUSALEM - Discover the Heart of the World; Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure; and Air Racers: The Ultimate Air Show Experience.

For event details, go to: http://www.cradleofaviation.org/ or call (516) 572-4111

The Cradle of Aviation Museum

LEGENDS OF AIR & SPACE LECTURE SERIES

“An Evening with Space Shuttle Astronaut Jim Wetherbee”

Monday, May 5th, 7:00 p.m. Admission is only $10.00/$8.00 for museum members

The Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center is honored to have Space Shuttle Astronaut and Huntington native, Jim Wetherbee as a guest speaker. Earlier that same day at a luncheon held at the Cradle, Mr. Wetherbee will be inducted into the Long Island Air and Space Hall of Fame. See details on FLIER page 5. Mr. Wetherbee is a Long Islander, having grown up in Huntington Station and attended Holy Family Diocesan High School in Huntington Station. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.S. in aerospace engineering.

Mr. Wetherbee received his commission from the U.S. Navy, became a naval aviator and flew A-7Es aboard the USS John F. Kennedy and logged 125 night landings. He was a test pilot for the F/A-18 Hornet and flew operationally from January 1984 until his selection into the astronaut candidate program in l985. He is a veteran of six space flights and is the first American to command five space missions. He flew Columbia twice and volunteered to head the recovery team of Columbia when it crashed in February 2003. He left NASA in January 2005. Jim was a Safety Auditor for BP until his retirement last year.

Join us on May 5th and listen to Jim Wetherbee talk about his exciting space shuttle career. The Cradle of Aviation Museum is home to over 75 planes and spacecraft and is located on Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Museum Row in the Garden City/Uniondale area.

Seating is limited and reservations are required. For information or to reserve your seat, please call (516) 572-4066 M-F from 10AM-4PM. FLIER 4 APRIL 2014

LONG ISLAND AIR & SPACE HALL OF FAME

6TH ANNUAL LUNCHEON, MAY 5, 2014

Presented by Curtiss-Wright Corporation

At the Cradle of Aviation Museum

Monday, May 5, 2014, 12:30-2:00 PM

Honoring the Induction Class of 2014:

Astronaut James Wetherbee, Huntington Station Grumman Executive E. Clinton Towl, Syosset Grumman Executive William T. Schwendler, Farmingdale Grumman Executive Leon ‘Jake’ Swirbul, Sag Harbor

Tickets $75.00* per person or $700.00 for a table of 10 For reservations, please call 516-572-4066 M-F from 10AM-4PM

*Proceeds generated from the luncheon support the museum’s education and preservation programs.

The Cradle of Aviation Museum and National Geographic Live present

An Evening with Kobie Boykins - NASA Engineer

Monday, May 19, 2014 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Cost: $10 per person. Free for museum members.

A dynamic young engineer at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kobie Boykins is on the front line of Mars exploration. Boykins designed the solar arrays that power the Mars exploration rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. Most recently, Boykins was responsible for the design of actuators on Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, which safely landed on Mars on August 6, 2012.

Seating is limited and reservations are required. For information or to reserve your seat, please call (516) 572-4066 M-F from 10AM-4PM.

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REPORT ON THE FEBRUARY AIAA SECTION MEETING

On February 20, the section hosted AIAA Distinguished Lecturer Robert Zimmerman whose topic was: “Fixing What's Broke: A History of Manned Servicing in Space.” Mr. Zimmerman is a well-known science journalist, historian, and author of four books and over 100 articles about space flight.

Mr. Zimmerman reviewed a number of servicing achievements of the American space program. A panel that separated from Skylab at launch was repaired during a Pete Conrad spacewalk, but he unexpectedly flew off from Skylab twice and returned using a tether. There were five Hubble Space Telescope repair missions. Replacement of solar panels, circuit boards, the mirror, and insulation panels were accomplished by astronauts working in concert with robots. Some of these repairs were carefully worked out far in advance, then executed with astonishing precision and success. More often, the equipment failures arrived unexpectedly, requiring fixes that had to be improvised quickly.

He also described the far less well known repair efforts of the Russians on their early Salyut space stations and on Mir. Fuel leaks on Salyut were dangerous and improvised fixes were necessary.

His conclusion: expect things to break, so design them to facilitate repair and be prepared.

Mr. Zimmerman posts daily commentary about space, science, politics, and culture on his website, http://behindtheblack.com.

The Air Force Association and the IEEE(AES) joined us as co-sponsors of this meeting.

REPORT ON THE MARCH AIAA SECTION MEETING

On March 13, Dr. George C. Nield presented the first Lecture in the AIAA organized Hofstra University Spring Lecture Series: Current Challenges in Space Exploration: Commercial and International. Dr. Nield is the FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation. He spoke about “The Future of Commercial Space Transportation,” a subject with which he is well acquainted because it is his office that grants licenses for commercial space operations. He previously served as Senior Scientist for the Advanced Programs Group at the Orbital Sciences Corporation. That fits in well with our April lecture, which will be presented by Orbital Senior Vice President Robert Richards.

The Office of Commercial Space Transportation was established in 1984 and is concerned with promoting private sector space operations with an emphasis on safety. It has licensed over 220 launches to date and there have been no injuries. It has licensed 8 space ports, of which 4 are vertical launch and 4 have runways. There are 6 additional potential sites. After the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, the ISS supply mission has been taken over by Russian, European, Japanese and private American companies. Both SpaceX and Orbital Sciences have already completed cargo resupply missions. The FAA issued the first reentry license to SpaceX. While we temporarily depend on the Russian Soyuz to transfer astronauts to the ISS at a cost of $70M per astronaut, American companies are developing crew capsules under NASA contract with the promise of lower costs, more innovation, and risk tolerance. NASA is in charge of crew training while the FAA is concerned with safety.

Dr. Nield also spoke about space tourism, noting the investment of American billionaires. If you are interested, note that the FAA will not require physical exams of tourists, just of crew.

The Air Force Association, IEEE(AES), IIE, ASME and the Hofstra University School of Engineering and Applied Science joined us as co-sponsors of this meeting. FLIER 6 APRIL 2014

REPORT ON THE FEBRUARY 26 ASME/ISA SECTION MEETING

On February 26, the ASME and ISA held a joint section meeting at which historian and author John Laurence Busch talked about the Savannah, the first steamship to successfully cross the Atlantic. His book, “Steam Coffin, Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier,” describes that 1819 voyage and the efforts necessary to make it happen. His book has received positive reviews from over two dozen periodicals and he has given over 200 presentations on the subject.

John explained why the proposition of making the first Atlantic crossing by a “steamship” was met with a mixture of skepticism and fear. He described how Captain Moses Rogers addressed that skepticism and fear, by designing and building the steamship Savannah, the first of her kind. He explained that at the beginning of the nineteenth century, people depended entirely on natural forces for transportation: wind; water; animals. Steam-powered transportation would change commerce, travel, communication, and mind-set. The presentation provided a detailed description of the challenges faced, and the specific design features incorporated into the Savannah. These included a turntable smokestack to aim combustion products away from the sails, a wrought iron drive train, boiler placement to reduce vibration danger, collapsible iron and wood paddle wheels, sails of hemp and flax, and a live oak hull sheathed in copper.

In 1807, steamboat service from Albany to New York City was started. In 1814, steam ferry service from Brooklyn to Manhattan commenced. After the Savannah’s voyage in 1819, it was not until 1838 that a ship crossed the Atlantic totally under steam and not until 1920 did a ship without any sails cross the Atlantic. But it was the Savannah that changed how people thought about the possibility of ocean voyage.

REPORT ON SCIENCE FAIRS AND THE ENGINEERING EXPO

AIAA members judged science and engineering projects at the LISEF and WAC Lighting Science Fairs in February, March and April. Once again, we were impressed by the hard work, imagination, and depth of knowledge many of the students exhibited.

AIAA members manned a booth at the Engineering Expo held at White Plains High School in March. There were over 140 booths representing engineering firms, over 35 colleges and universities, military academies, government agencies and 21 professional societies. We represented aerospace engineering. We spoke to over 50 students about their interests and how aerospace engineering might prove challenging and rewarding for them. We stressed how important the aerospace industry is to the future of this country and how the industry needs talented engineers. We handed out dozens of LI Section Secretary Ed Deutsch talks to AIAA “Careers in Aerospace” booklets, balsa gliders, and students at the Section’s booth other AIAA logo items. The students had many questions. The one question that is always hard to answer is “what aerospace engineering employment opportunities are there in this area?” We told the students of the limited number of companies that remain here.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Electrical Engineer Position

WAC Lighting (sponsor of the Science Fair) is seeking an Electrical Engineer.

Design, present and oversee new quality lighting products development utilizing cutting edge technologies to meet market demands including prototyping, manufacturing review, photometrics, applications, specifications, testing, etc.

Requires Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field, with 3-5 years experience. Power supply and/or LED related experience is a plus.

If interested, please contact Jonathan Reetz in HR at WAC. [email protected] 516-515-5029

Summer Job Sought

A student from Westchester, Jesse Bauer, whom we met at the Engineering Expo two years ago is looking for a summer position. He is completing his second year in engineering at the SUNY University at Buffalo. If a Long Island company is interested, he could reside on Long Island over the summer. I have his resume.

If your company has a position, please contact me and I will forward the information to the student.

Dave Paris [email protected]

Open Thursday to Sunday 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM Closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

American Airpower Museum April and May events currently on their website. 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale, New York, Check there for Air show information. 11735

At the northeast corner of Republic Airport http://americanairpowermuseum.com/

Jones Beach Airshow

May 24 & 25 10AM - 3PM Admission: FREE Parking Cost: $10.00

Performing: Military: Navy Blue Angels; U.S. Army Golden Knights; USMC V-22 Osprey; US NAVY Parachute Team “The Leap Frogs” Civilian: GEICO Skytypers; Miss GEICO Powerboat vs. GEICO Skytypers Race; Sean D. Tucker – Aviation Specialties: Oracle Challenger III; Misty Blues All Women Skydiving Team; Matt Chapman Airshows: Embry-Riddle Eagle 580; David Windmiller: Bethpage Waterfiller Zivko Edge 540; Carl Skinner T-28 Trojan; John Klatt Airshows Screamin’ Sasquatch; B-17 Yankee Lady; American Airpower Museum Warbirds

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