Upcoming events
I've had many requests to balance Palmdale/Lancaster events with events held further north, so here are two:
1. A quick reminder that we will be having an informal happy hour and social at Coach's in Rosamond this Thursday the 13th from 4:30pm onwards in the back room. Relax over a pint and/or some pub food, and meet some of your AIAA officers and colleagues. I hope to see you there! No RSVP necessary. (AIAA is not buying).
2. Also, and I apologize for the short notice, but our VC for Events and Programming, John, has put together a great dinner meeting for us next week. On the evening of Thursday, Sept. 20th, we will be hosting Charles Pooley at a location TBA in Rosamond. Price will obviously depend on the location, but I would expect it to be quite reasonable. I will send out a flyer with more information and the location as soon as they are available. Please RSVP to aiaa.av@gmail.com with the subject line "Dinner RSVP".
About the talk:
"Microlaunchers: The Case for Very Small Spacecraft"
Presently the business of space exploration is characterized by
very large, expensive systems in which there is limited opportunity
for participation by more than a few. Even the recent entrepreneurial
efforts tend to involve investments on the order of tens to a hundred
million dollars.
Launches are so infrequent that there is little opportunity to
increase the scale of involvement.
Drawing on the history of computers of "The Mainframe Era" and what
suddenly happened in the 1970's, Pooley describes a pathway that
could in a manner analogous to that of the advent of the microcomputer
lower the cost of entry by development of tiny frequently launched
vehicles and spacecraft.
Microlaunchers is intended to create an evolutionary pathway that can
stimulate new industries and involvement of a much wider population
than now possible.
About the Speaker:
Charles Pooley is self employed as a consultant and designer with forty
years experience in electronics and electro-optics. His background
ranges from two years at sea on an oceanographic ship, involvement
in startups, patents, to the design of a sounding rocket.
As president of Pacific Rocket Society he designed and with a
small group tested the propulsion for a sounding rocket. Presently
located in Mojave, California he is involved with the startup
Microlaunchers.
For the past ten years he has been studying issues involved in space
entrepreneurism, and the impediments to its development.
1. A quick reminder that we will be having an informal happy hour and social at Coach's in Rosamond this Thursday the 13th from 4:30pm onwards in the back room. Relax over a pint and/or some pub food, and meet some of your AIAA officers and colleagues. I hope to see you there! No RSVP necessary. (AIAA is not buying).
2. Also, and I apologize for the short notice, but our VC for Events and Programming, John, has put together a great dinner meeting for us next week. On the evening of Thursday, Sept. 20th, we will be hosting Charles Pooley at a location TBA in Rosamond. Price will obviously depend on the location, but I would expect it to be quite reasonable. I will send out a flyer with more information and the location as soon as they are available. Please RSVP to aiaa.av@gmail.com with the subject line "Dinner RSVP".
About the talk:
"Microlaunchers: The Case for Very Small Spacecraft"
Presently the business of space exploration is characterized by
very large, expensive systems in which there is limited opportunity
for participation by more than a few. Even the recent entrepreneurial
efforts tend to involve investments on the order of tens to a hundred
million dollars.
Launches are so infrequent that there is little opportunity to
increase the scale of involvement.
Drawing on the history of computers of "The Mainframe Era" and what
suddenly happened in the 1970's, Pooley describes a pathway that
could in a manner analogous to that of the advent of the microcomputer
lower the cost of entry by development of tiny frequently launched
vehicles and spacecraft.
Microlaunchers is intended to create an evolutionary pathway that can
stimulate new industries and involvement of a much wider population
than now possible.
About the Speaker:
Charles Pooley is self employed as a consultant and designer with forty
years experience in electronics and electro-optics. His background
ranges from two years at sea on an oceanographic ship, involvement
in startups, patents, to the design of a sounding rocket.
As president of Pacific Rocket Society he designed and with a
small group tested the propulsion for a sounding rocket. Presently
located in Mojave, California he is involved with the startup
Microlaunchers.
For the past ten years he has been studying issues involved in space
entrepreneurism, and the impediments to its development.
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