Session Category: the HUB schedule

Meet, and have your books signed by, Eugene Fleeman author of Missile Design and System Engineering. Books available for purchase at a conference discount.

Rolls-Royce will have at its booth one of the fuel/oxidizer tanks used for the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), manufactured in the 1960’s by Allison. Come hear about the tank from the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust – Allison Branch and from some of the people who worked on the program and helped make the lunar landings a success.

So you are thinking of where you want to take your career? Energetic components allow you to touch every portion of space launch, beginning to end……Within the energetics industry there is a whole host of products in the space launch, tactical missile, automotive and commercial ordnance produced at very high reliability and low relative costs. High energy density of pyrotechnics provides a lot of work (large energy source / high mechanical power) in a small package – that is the boom! We now know that the successful engineer or scientist in the industry gets to apply everything from classical statics/dynamics through in depth chemical engineering to pure statistics! We get to do it all….

Purdue Orbital is a dynamic interdisciplinary team made up entirely of Purdue students with the goal of delivering a low-Earth orbit launch vehicle for cube satellites. Orbital has decided to take the novel ‘rockoon’ approach which consists of launching a custom-built rocket from a high-altitude polyethylene balloon at an altitude of 25 kilometers. This ambitious goal has required a lot from the students involved. Labeled a “startup simulator”, Purdue Orbital aims to provide its members with a unique opportunity to work together to accomplish tasks related to science, engineering, management, marketing, and business development all with the common goal of designing and funding our rockoon system. Orbital is currently working towards the first flight of its fully-integrated rockoon system in December 2019, and the first hot-fire of its hybrid rocket motor prototype the following May.

Grab a foam rocket launcher and take aim at the bullseye for your chance to win a prize!  Rockets are provided.

Join us in the HUB during the coffee break to learn more about ASCEND! Launching November 16-18, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, ASCEND will convene luminaries from across the space community to discuss, debate, and develop a shared vision for the future of the space economy and human exploration. As a taste of what to expect at ASCEND, we are proud to feature Dr. Stanley Borowski, the 2019 Wyld Propulsion Award winner for sustained outstanding contributions in advanced propulsion, including the development and application of nuclear thermal propulsion for future human lunar and Mars exploration missions. He will deliver an encore presentation of his paper entitled, “Commercialization and Human Settlement of the Moon and Cislunar Space – A Look Ahead at the Possibilities Over the Next 50 Years”.

NASA is unveiling plans for bold new missions to return humans to the Moon and to go to Mars. As we reflect this year on the 50^th anniversary of Apollo, history can teach us some valuable lessons.  One challenge that we must not lose sight of is the need to maintain strong political will across many election cycles for such an ambitious, long-term effort.  Another is the classic military logistics challenge of long supply lines.  This talk will discuss why certain architectures are more adaptable and capable of achieving sustainable human presence in deep space – from the Moon to Mars.