Events for November 23 - September 13, 2023

Tech Talk: Tom Marotta Please join us for a virtual meeting on Wednesday, December 7th, at 6:30pm to discuss how to build a flourishing human civilization in space. Our guest, Tom Marotta, will talk about the next steps: wider spaceport access and increased transportation to orbit. Tom Marotta is the Founder and CEO of The [...]

Holiday Happy Hour We'll be having a fun after-work get-together to help celebrate the holidays on Tuesday, December 13th, in Sunnyvale. AIAA-SF will provide a round of drinks and appetizers. Come and revel with us as we get ready to see off 2022 and welcome in the new year! Please RSVP so we can get [...]

https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ Tech Talk: SOFIA: High-flying Infrared Astronomy SOFIA was a 2.7 meter infrared telescope in a Boeing 747 SP. It was a US-German project; NASA provided the aircraft, and the German aerospace center, DLR, provided the telescope. The airborne observatory allowed us to study the cold universe using infrared light, which is inaccessible from the [...]

The Art of Dynamics Dynamics is the oldest of the mathematical sciences, dating back to antiquity, and was the driving force behind the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, as well as all of modern science. After reviewing the various historical periods in the development of dynamics, David will discuss how he became interested in dynamics, [...]

https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ Interstellar Travel - Nuclear Propulsion and Other Fun Topics The fact that we measure interstellar distances in light-years (the distance that light can travel in a year, going 186,000 miles per second) demonstrates the vastness of the medium. Using NASA’s fastest rockets, it would take more than 10,000 years to travel to our closest [...]

196 Days Off the Planet with Astronaut Dan Bursch Dan Bursch will discuss the adventure of living in space during his stay on the International Space Station from December 2001 until June 2002. Through pictures and stories, he will discuss the challenges of working on an international program, and show just a few of the [...]

Registration: https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/   Come join AIAA-SF for food and fun at our 2023 Annual Banquet on December 9th. Help us celebrate with this year’s Section Awards winners. Your ticket includes lunch, admission to the Oakland Aviation Museum and its exhibits, and a presentation from our special guest Shannah Withrow-Maser about the Mars Helicopter. Ingenuity has [...]

Registration: https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ Defects in Aircraft Design & Materials: Engineering Lessons Learned Why have preventable mishaps in aircraft occurred (which are not the fault of pilots), resulting in loss of life and property? How are aircraft put into service with potentially fatal control and stability issues? Many of these incidents are directly attributed to human error [...]

Registration required: https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/   Rotorcraft Flight Control Technology - Advancements and Future Challenges with Dr. Mark B. Tischler at Santa Clara University, Daly Science Building, Room 207   Special joint event with the Santa Clara University student branch of AIAA, and the IEEE Control Systems Society in Silicon Valley! In his updated Nikolsky Lecture “Rotorcraft [...]