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MAY 2015 VOL. XLIII, No. 9 Published by and for the AIAA Long Island Section, Note from the Chairman P.O. Box 491, Bethpage, NY 11714 OFFICERS: We are concluding the 2014-15 year with our annual Chairman: Dave Paris (516) 458-8593 [email protected] Vice-Chair: Greg Homatas (718) 812-2727 [email protected] dinner meeting. Please see page 3 for details. It has Secretary: Ed Deutsch (516) 781-2262 [email protected] been a good year with a very impressive slate of Treasurer: W. Glenn Mackey (631) 368-0433 [email protected] speakers who gave excellent presentations on a COUNCIL MEMBERS: Anthony Agnone, Nick DiZinno, Joseph Fragola, Muhammad Hayan, variety of topics. Attendance was considerably Frank Hayes, Jason Herman, Peter Kontogiannis, John Leylegian, better than previous years and we must express Emil a Schoonejans, and Jason Tyll appreciation to our Program Chairman, Joe Fragola, ADVISOR: Dan Katzenstein for bringing these outstanding speakers to Long FLIER EDITORS: Dave Paris, [email protected] Island. We also appreciate the participation of the W. Glenn Mackey, [email protected] professional societies that have co-sponsored our FLIER PUBLISHER: John Leylegian, (718) 862-7279, [email protected] meetings and to the many students who have SECTION WEBSITE: attended. https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/Long_Island/default.aspx Webmaster: Nick DiZinno The new AIAA national Board of Directors has been EVENTS CALENDAR elected and took office on May 7. We congratulate the winners and look forward to working with them May 28, Christopher Scolese, NASA Goddard this year. Jim Albaugh will continue as president for Space Flight Center Director, “Space Astronomy another year and the new President-Elect is James and Space Earth Science at Goddard Spaceflight “Jim” Maser of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Now it is Center.” Details on page 2. the section’s turn to elect our Council for the coming year. Please look for the ballot soon and return it by May 31, Ultimate Science Street Fair. Organized by the due date. We do not have a full slate of the World Science Festival and NASA. Solar candidates for Council, so if you would like to serve System Ambassadors will participate. At on the Council, please write in your name on the Washington Square Park. 10:00 am – 6:00 pm. ballot or contact me about having the Council Contact Dave Paris [email protected] for appoint you to a Council position. The Council details. meets once each month to plan section activities and talk about current aerospace events. Members are June 25, William Cirillo, NASA Langley Research always welcome at Council meetings. Center. “Human Spaceflight Activities at NASA Langley Research Center.” Section Annual Meeting. Details on page 3. Dave Paris, 516-458-8593 [email protected] Suggestions for next year’s programs are welcome. Please send ideas to our Program Chairman, Joe Fragola at [email protected]. FLIER 1 MAY 2015 AIAA/AFA/IEEE(AES)/ASME/AOS/IIE Joint Section Meeting Thursday, May 28, 2015 Christopher Scolese Director, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center “Space Astronomy and Space Earth Science at Goddard Space Flight Center” Location: Bethpage Public Library RESERVATIONS REQUESTED 47 Powell Avenue RSVP BY May 27, 2015 Bethpage, NY 11714 to: David Paris at [email protected] Time: 6:00 PM Social Time or (516) 458-8593 6:30 PM Pizza 7:00 PM Presentation Cost for Pizza: $5, Members and Guests Free, for Students As Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Chris Scolese leads the nation's largest organization of scientists, engineers and technologists who build spacecraft and instruments, and develop new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system and the universe. Mr. Scolese will explain how Goddard's five installations across the country, including the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, seek to answer humanity's big questions. Why are we here and what is out there? What affects Earth's habitability? How do galaxies, stars, and planets form and evolve? He will discuss how Goddard translates the knowledge and technologies derived from NASA's areas of exploration to practical applications. Mr. Scolese will address Goddard's recent scientific and technical accomplishments, such as Maven and the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, as well as the agency's numerous current domestic and international partnerships and future business opportunities. Goddard's many activities include Hubble Space Telescope operations and the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. Goddard manages communications between mission control and orbiting astronauts aboard the International Space Station, operates spaceflight tracking and data acquisition networks, develops and maintains advanced space and Earth science data information systems, and develops satellite systems. Goddard also develops cubesats, conducts suborbital sounding rocket and balloon research, and oversees NASA's only launch range. Mr. Scolese looks forward to sharing his enthusiasm for the agency's fascinating scientific and engineering programs that advance the country's knowledge and understanding of the Earth and space. He will answer questions about any of Goddard’s activities. Mr. Scolese has served as NASA Associate Administrator and, for 6 months in 2009, was NASA Acting Administrator with responsibility for leading the development, design, and implementation of the nation's civil space program. Previously, he served as NASA's chief engineer, the deputy director of the Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Orbiting Satellite program manager, deputy director of Flight Programs and Projects for Earth Science at Goddard, and deputy associate administrator in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters. He is a Fellow of the AIAA and has received the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive, the NASA Distinguished Leadership Medal, Goddard Outstanding Leadership Award and two NASA Outstanding Leadership Medals among other leadership awards. Directions: The library is west of Route 135 in Bethpage. Take Route 135 to Exit 8, then West on Powell Ave. for about 0.25 miles. The library is on the south side of the street. Park across Powell Ave., opposite the library. FLIER 2 MAY 2015 AIAA/AFA/IEEE(AES)/ASME/AOS/IIE Joint Section Meeting Thursday, June 25, 2015 William Cirillo Senior Researcher, NASA Langley Research Center “Human Spaceflight Activities at NASA Langley Research Center” Location: Spumante Restaurant 1650 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow, NY 11554 RESERVATIONS REQUIRED RSVP BY June 23, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM Social Time to: David Paris at 6:30 PM Dinner [email protected] 7:15 PM Presentation or (516) 458-8593 Dinner: $30, Members and Guests $10, Students Over the past twenty-five years, the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD) at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia has directly supported all of the major human spaceflight design and development activities within NASA. Today, SACD works directly with the Human Spaceflight Architecture Team (HAT) lead by the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) at NASA Headquarters to define and assess potential system and architecture level options for expanding human presence beyond Low Earth Orbit. Mr. Cirillo will provide an overview of current NASA human exploration activities supported by SACD including human Lunar and Mars exploration architectures, the recently defined Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission, and on-going planning activities with our International Partners. Mr. William Cirillo currently serves as a Senior Researcher at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, where he has worked for the past 25 years in the area of Human Space Exploration Systems Analysis. He has contributed to studies of the Space Shuttle, International Space Station (ISS), and Human Exploration beyond low Earth orbit. In 2005, Mr. Cirillo served at NASA Headquarters as a core member of the Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) team, where he was responsible for studying the use of Ares I/Orion in meeting future ISS crew and logistics transportation needs. Mr. Cirillo currently leads a team of analysts in assessing, at a strategic and tactical level, the manifesting of assembly and logistics flights for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Directions: Spumante Restaurant is on the south side of Hempstead Turnpike ¼ mile East of Meadowbrook Parkway Exit M5 (Hempstead Turnpike) and 1/8 mile east of Merrick Avenue. FLIER 3 MAY 2015 REPORT ON THE APRIL MEETING On April 16, we were honored to host Ms. Lauri N. Hansen, the Director of Engineering at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) who spoke to us about “Paving the Path for Human Space Exploration, aka: The Mission to Occupy Outer Space!” As Director of Engineering, Lauri manages an organization of approximately 3000 civil servants and contractors and is responsible for the technical engineering of the ISS program, the Orion Program, supporting the Commercial Crew Program, and developing technology and engineering domains necessary for human spaceflight to Mars. The future of human exploration begins with earth reliant missions which are within hours of the Earth’s surface. These will utilize the International Space Station (ISS) to learn how to safely execute deep space missions. In addition to research, this phase allows NASA to build international and commercial partnerships. The next step is the proving ground, which consists of cis-lunar missions, an ideal environment for testing capabilities required for long duration missions in a region where activities cannot depend on Earth resources because the Earth is days away. The Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle and the Space Launch System rocket are instrumental in navigating the proving ground. These vehicles will enable missions like the Asteroid Redirect Mission, a robotic mission to either capture a small near earth asteroid (NEA) or grab a boulder from a larger NEA and direct it into a retrograde lunar orbit for a future crewed mission to explore. In order to be successful in the proving ground and become earth independent, NASA will be investing in advancing key technologies to assist human exploration.