AIAA SF, P.O. Box 1548, Mountain View, CA 94042-1548
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AIAA SF, P.O. Box 1548, Mountain View, CA 94042-1548 |
The San Francisco section of the AIAA serves about 1100 members of AIAA in the San Francisco Bay area. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world's premier organization for professionals in aerospace and aeronautics.
Send questions to webmaster@aiaa-sf.org. We also have an archive of past events.
AIAA SF/SVSC Small Payloads TechTalk
Wednesday, February 8, 2012; 6:30pm-8:00pm
NASA Research Park, Moffett Field
The wealth from mines, from the dawn of recorded human history, is the epic march of mankind along the path of progress. It was the mines that made ancient civilizations great; and in more recent times have created immense wealth for the people of Europe, North America, Australia and now China, India, Brazil and Russia. John Chapman, a veteran of mining industry, will discuss the application of proven methods on earth for successful mineral exploration, mineral deposit development and mine/process operations on the moon and Mars. [ More info and RSVP ] [ More TechTalks ]
AIAA SF/SVSC Small Payloads TechTalk
Monday, March 5, 2012; 6:30pm-8:00pm
Hacker Dojo, Mountain View
Start-up "Made in Space" will discuss their 3D printing technology for the micro-gravity environment of sub-orbital vehicles and the International Space Station. [ More info coming. ] [ More TechTalks ]
Recent AIAA SF Dinner Meeting
Monday, January 16, 2012; 6:30-9:00pm
Michael's at Shoreline, Mountain View, CA
As we look beyond the Shuttle era, NASA has accumulated over 50 years of experience with developing and implementing operations concepts for human missions into space. However, no crewed mission has ever been mounted to a destination beyond the Earth-Moon system. One of the grandest challenges that NASA must meet in order to enable journeys to more distant destinations, such as Mars, is how to “re-tool” mission operations to adapt to the fact that speed-of-light limitations are going to force astronauts to deal with unplanned mission problems, such as systems malfunctions and equipment failures, without real-time assistance from the Earth. Dr. Robert McCann, of NASA Ames, will identify the scope of this problem using examples from Apollo missions, and discuss the various technologies that must be developed, tested, and built to provide the astronauts with the capabilities they will need to manage their missions when they are millions of miles from home. [ More info and RSVP ]
Recent Joint AIAA SF/SVSC TechTalk
Thursday, December 1, 2011; 6:30-8:00pm
Hacker Dojo, 140 S. Whisman Rd., Mountain View, CA
Free; RSVP requested
Designed originally for smartphones and tablets, mobile application processors have expanded their impact to robotics and small avionics. Like their larger cousins, many of these provide hardware support for 4-element floating point vectors, thereby making them attractive for guidance, navigation, and control. Their small size and low cost have made them ideal for university research and even hobbyist projects. [ More info and sign-up ]
AIAA SF wishes to thank and recognize those who have been continuous members
of AIAA or its predecessors (IAS and ARS) on their 25, 40, 50, 60, and 70 years
of membership. These dedicated members include:
70 years:
John A. Stern
60 years:
Frank M. Friedlaender
50 years:
Stephen C. De Brock, Robert F. Flagg, John T. Hart
40 years:
Brian J. Cantwell, Anthony R. Gross, John M. Klineberg, Mohamad A. Yousef
25 years:
Jay H. Ambrose, Bimal L. Aponso, Larry L. Chien, Leroy E. Dove,
Dennis M. Haas, Dean A. Kontinos, Sastri Kota, Bernadette Luna,
Nagi N. Mansour, Gary L. Martin, James W. McDonald, Frank S. Milos,
Jayanta Panda, David R. Schleicher, Duc T. Tran, Ethiraj Venkatapathy
People with 25 and 40 year anniversaries receive certificates from HQ. Those that have 50 years become emeritus, and they receive a special notification also. Please join us in congratulating these dedicated members.
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