Special Collaboration Event with SWAPRA: Gene Kranz

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AIAA Houston Section in collaboration with the South Western Aerospace Professional Representatives Association (SWAPRA) invites you to a luncheon with a special speaker, Mr. Gene Kranz, Former NASA Flight Director. His talk, “Failure is Not an Option” will be at Bay Oaks Country Club on January 29th, 2014 at 11:30am and will discuss the Apollo 13 crisis, the stresses and challenges, and how it was all overcome.

RSVP before Monday, January 27 to Chris Elkins at celkins@atec.com 281-276-2792 to make sure you have a seat at this special engagement. AIAA Members will also need to reserve their seat through PayPal unless also a part of SWAPRA. For those and further event details please see the event page.

Spirit of Apollo Scholarship

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The Houston Section of the AIAA is pleased to announce the Spirit of Apollo Scholarship for the 2014-2015 school year in the amount of $1000. Applicants must be pursuing a course of study in any field of engineering, math, or science (i.e., physical science, physics, or computer science) that is pertinent to the technical activities of the AIAA. For detailed eligibility requirements and an application see the Spirit of Apollo Scholarship page. The application deadline is March 7, 2014.

November/December 2013 Horizons Available

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The November / December 2013 issue of Horizons is now online at www.aiaahouston.org/newsletter   (50 pages in an 11 MB PDF file). Horizons is the newsletter of the Houston Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The cover story is, “Potentially Hazardous Obect (PHO) 2013 TV135,” by Daniel R. Adamo, Astrodynamics Consultant. Articles include, “The Enigmatic Giant Polygons of Mars,” by Dr. Dorothy Z. Oehler, “Short Report from the Golden Spike Workshop,” by Larry Jay Friesen, “The 15th Anniversary of the International Space Station,” by Olivier Sanguy, la Cite de l’Espace, “Comet ISON: AWOL,” by Dr. Patrick E. Rodi, the first in a series of columns by Wes Kelly, Triton Systems LLC, and many more regular features. Articles from the JSC Astronomical Society include, “Building an Astronomer’s Chair,” by James Wessel, “The Antarctic Search for Meteorites,” by Dr. Stanley G. Love.

September/October 2013 Horizons Available

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The September/October 2013 issue of Horizons is now online at www.aiaahouston.org/newsletter (52 pages in a 6 MB PDF file for its low resolution version). Horizons is the newsletter of the Houston Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The cover story is, “100 Year Starship Public Symposium,” by Wes Kelly, Triton Systems LLC, and Shen Ge. This issue also contains, “Comet ISON: Bang or Bust?” by Dr. Patrick E. Rodi and an update on our back cover about planning for the Houston Spaceport. That update comes from the Houston Airport System and Professor Larry Bell of the University of Houston’s Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA). This issue concludes with part 8 of 8 of our page by pageP high resolution reprints of the 1952-1954 series of articles from the weekly magazine Collier’s, Man Will Conquer Space Soon! Wernher von Braun led that team of editors, writers and artists.