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ASCEND Rewind @ AVIATION: FAA Commercial Space Transportation

AIAA’s newest event is building a fast-growing community that propels the global conversation about space commerce, exploration, and new discovery. Before ASCEND kicks off in November 2021, get a taste of the type of cross-cutting content that is part of this event. Join ASCEND Executive Producer, Rob Meyerson, for a special play-back of the 2020 session “FAA Commercial Space Transportation: Why Public Safety Enables An Off-World Future” featuring Wayne Monteith, the FAA’s Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation who shared his views on safety, regulatory reform, and how they enable an off-world future.

Durand Lecture for Public Service and Lunch Reception

Lecture Topic:  Human Spaceflight – ‘The Ultimate Team Sport’  

The Durand Lecture, named in honor of William F. Durand, is presented to showcase notable achievements by a scientific or technical leader whose contributions have led directly to the understanding and application of the science and technology of aeronautics and astronautics for the betterment of mankind. A lunch will be offered to the first 100 guests on a first-come, first-served basis. The lecture will be presented after lunch and is open to all attendees at that time.

Wind Energy Lecture & Networking

Lecture Title: Offshore Wind Development – Today and Tomorrow

The offshore wind industry began in 1991 in Denmark, with eleven 35-m rotor turbines (rated for 450 kW of power output) at the Vindeby Wind Farm.  Today, the world’s largest offshore wind farm is being built in the UK, with 174 Siemens Gamesa 154-m rotor turbines (7 MW), with a total output of 1,218 MW—enough energy for 1 million homes. Even larger projects are planned, utilizing the industry’s biggest machine: the MHI Vestas 10 MW, 174-m rotor turbine. In the U.S. market, the latest projects off the East Coast are planning for even bigger machines utilizing the GE 12 MW, 220-m rotor turbine. So, as the industry continues to accelerate and larger machines with ever-increasing rotor sizes are developed, what will be the engineering challenges? What are the issues we will be revisiting?

Please join us for this exciting talk organized by the Wind Energy Technical Committee, which will discuss three decades of progress in the offshore wind industry. An informal networking hour will follow.