Join leading experts to examine major issues in space policy, including space traffic management and integration, Earth observation and data management, and logistical infrastructures. Tory Bruno, President and CEO of United Launch Alliance and member of the ASCEND Guiding Coalition, will also lead a conversation on education and workforce development, and you will hear from cutting edge University programs that are striving to produce the next generation of space leaders. This event will also feature opportunities to participate in real time training and certification courses.
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ASCENDxSummit: National Security Space
The ASCENDxSummits are FREE and open to the public!
Meet with leaders from across industry, academia, and government to discuss the future of National Security Space priorities and policies. Following the keynote address by Steve Isakowitz, President and CEO of the Aerospace Corporation and a member of the ASCEND Guiding Coalition, interactive panels and workshops will focus on acquisition and innovation, cybersecurity and digital engineering, architectures and infrastructure, and more. This event will also feature a networking and engagement zone devoted to learning about partnership opportunities for launching payloads into space.
Attend a half-day interdisciplinary event featuring lectures, panels, and workshops that will help you stay up to date on trends and technology and form partnerships that will advance space commerce, exploration, and discovery.
ASCEND event registrants will be automatically registered for the ASCENDxSummits and will have exclusive access to additional content.
ASCENDxSummit: Space Science and Technology
Registration is FREE.
Find out what’s driving the scientific discoveries that are propelling the space economy.
Enjoy a half-day interdisciplinary event featuring keynote presentations, panels, and workshops that can help you stay up to date on trends and technology, and form partnerships that will advance space commerce, exploration, and discovery.
ASCEND event registrants will be automatically registered for this ASCENDxSummit. If you haven’t joined ASCEND yet but want to attend the ASCENDxSummit, you can register for free.
2021 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition (2021 AIAA AVIATION Forum)
The AIAA AVIATION Forum is the only aviation event that covers the entire integrated spectrum of aviation business, research, development, and technology. The 2021 forum will bring together experts to share ideas on aeroacoustics; applied aerodynamics; fluid dynamics; multidisciplinary design optimization; air traffic operations, management, and systems; and much more.
Economically Viable Lunar Settlement (ASCENDxCo-Lab)
This event is part of the ASCENDxSeries, a collection of online events powered by AIAA and ASCEND—the new, global platform for innovation that’s accelerating space commerce and new discoveries.
On 2 April 2020, NASA released the “Plan for Sustained Lunar Exploration and Development,” in response to direction from the National Space Council. As humanity works to develop a “vibrant Earth-Moon future,” we must think not only about role of space agencies and the technologies required, but also about the economic conditions needed to sustain humanity in space. This virtual collaborative working session will collect expert feedback to identify both the technology and information gaps and the economic conditions needed to support long term settlement of the moon and Mars.Working Group.
DC-X/XA – The Genesis of Fully Reusable Access to Space
The amazing vertical launching and landing capabilities for the rockets of SpaceX and Blue Origin are very exciting. The facts and histories of the NASA DC-X/XA rockets were rarely mentioned. Please join us for this inspiring mega event / meeting to learn more about it, and experience the thrills and inspirations, from the leaders in this groundbreaking and historic project! And networking together!
Speakers
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- Dan Dumbacher, Executive Director, AIAA
Moderator and Keynote Speaker
NASA interest in DC-X/XA and their linkage to SpaceX
- Dan Dumbacher, Executive Director, AIAA
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- Jess Sponable, President and Chief Technology Officer, New Frontier Aerospace (NFA), Inc.
DC-X firsts
- Jess Sponable, President and Chief Technology Officer, New Frontier Aerospace (NFA), Inc.
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- Joaquin H. Castro, Aerojet Rocketdyne Space Advanced Programs
Propulsion
- Joaquin H. Castro, Aerojet Rocketdyne Space Advanced Programs
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- James R. French, AIAA Fellow (60+ year member of AIAA!) President, JRF Aerospace Consulting LLC
Systems engineering and schedule
- James R. French, AIAA Fellow (60+ year member of AIAA!) President, JRF Aerospace Consulting LLC
- Jeff Laube Senior Project Leader, The Aerospace Corporation, Associate Fellow, AIAA Chief Emeritus, Integration and Outreach Division, AIAA Council of Directors
Live Panel Discussion: Staking Your Claim to the Trillion-Dollar Space Economy (Free Webinar)
Visions of a trillion-dollar space economy are driving planning and investment. Register for the webinar to join Carissa Bryce Christensen and Christian Davenport to analyze the burgeoning trillion-dollar space economy.
After the panel discussion, participate in one of the following interactive workshops:
- Commercial LEO
- Lunar Economy
- Satellite and Services
- Space Exploration and Longshots
This panel discussion is part of a new series of online events powered by ASCEND—the new, global platform for innovation that’s accelerating space commerce and new discoveries.
2021 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (AIAA SciTech Forum)
Accelerating Innovation Through Diversity
The AIAA SciTech Forum is the world’s largest event for aerospace research, development, and technology. The 2021 forum will bring together experts to share ideas on Fluid Dynamics; Applied Aerodynamics; Guidance, Navigation, and Control; Structures; and much more.
Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Curiosity Right Over
The Orange County Section will host a presentation by Todd Barber, senior propulsion engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His presentation will cover Curiosity’s mission to the red planet in detail. Topics to be discussed include a bit on the history of Mars rovers at JPL, the scientific motivation for Curiosity, and the preparations for launch two days after Thanksgiving 2011. Todd Barber has spent two decades as lead propulsion engineer on the Cassini mission to Saturn, following part-time work on the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission, Deep Impact mission, and the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, which landed the large rover Curiosity on the red planet on August 5, 2012.
Building Our Off-World Future (On-demand Webinar)
On 29 May 2020, an ethicist, an astronaut, an engineer, and a business leader convened for a spirited discussion about the return to human spaceflight and how close we are to building a sustainable civilization beyond Earth. This session covers:
- How to cope with inherent human challenges – both physiological and psychological – to living and working off-Earth.
- Technical and design solutions needed to expand off of planet Earth to other worlds.
- Our ethical responsibility as this journey unfolds, and how we ensure we meet it.
This panel discussion is part of a new series of online events powered by ASCEND. In future sessions like this, ASCEND will give you the chance to:
- See the impact of new research across government, civil, and commercial
- Hear how domestic and foreign policies are affecting the space economy
- Build new partnerships that can help you achieve your business goals