Does anyone know if ISPCS will be posting videos like they did for last year's conference? I don't see much coverage of the conference last week.
Suggest you ask about the effectiveness of the ERP software in doing cost recovery models for vehicles. (They got it from Tesla, and its allowed them to exceed federal standards/cost models.
NewSpace Europe conference is about to start in Luxembourg. This morning’s speakers include the president & CEO of SES and the president of SpaceX. http://newspace-europe.spacefrontier.org/2017/agenda/#9NWJi7zmpWUX3BmRq7
Abstract / Description: SpaceX's reusable rocket program aims to reduce the cost of space travel by making rockets that can land, refuel and refly, instead of being thrown away after every flight. Autonomous precision landing of a rocket is a unique problem, which has been likened to balancing a rubber broomstick on your hand in a windstorm. Rockets do not have wings (unlike airplanes) and they cannot rely on a high ballistic coefficient to fly in a straight line (unlike missiles). In the past two years, SpaceX has successfully landed nineteen rockets, some of which were on dry land at Cape Canaveral, and some of which were on floating platforms in the ocean. This talk will discuss the challenges involved, how these challenges were overcome, and next steps towards rapid reusability.Bio:Lars Blackmore is responsible for Entry, Descent and Landing of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) rocket. His team developed the precision landing algorithms and operations required to bring F9R back to the launch site. Previously, Lars was with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he was co-inventor of the G-FOLD algorithm for precision landing on Mars, and was a member of the control team for the SMAP climate change observatory. Lars was named one of MIT Tech Review's "35 under 35" innovators and has a PhD in Guidance, Navigation and Control from the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
EE Distinguished Lecture: Lars Blackmore, SpaceX Friday, January 12, 2018 - 3:30pm
Quote from: jpo234 on 01/11/2018 08:41 amEE Distinguished Lecture: Lars Blackmore, SpaceX Friday, January 12, 2018 - 3:30pmI will attend this talk today at Stanford and can post notes afterwords. If the opportunity arises, I'll ask one or two questions. Feel free to message me with suggested questions.
Quote from: G-pit on 01/12/2018 07:14 amQuote from: jpo234 on 01/11/2018 08:41 amEE Distinguished Lecture: Lars Blackmore, SpaceX Friday, January 12, 2018 - 3:30pmI will attend this talk today at Stanford and can post notes afterwords. If the opportunity arises, I'll ask one or two questions. Feel free to message me with suggested questions.Great! Yes please, post here all notes you can capture.Please ask him about BFS precision landing in unknown weather conditions during Earth to Earth suborbital transport flights. Would it be easy or difficult for EDL team to prepare robust enough flight SW for all possible conditions and scenarios? Thanks!
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - 10:00amSubcommittee on Space Hearing - An Update on NASA Commercial Crew Systems DevelopmentHans Koenigsmann will be witness for SpaceXN.B.: The term witness makes this sound like a trial...
kinda disappointing watching that. Id expect our elected representatives and their staff to be a little more educated and a little less reliant on sensational news
Quote from: chrisking0997 on 01/17/2018 05:27 pmkinda disappointing watching that. Id expect our elected representatives and their staff to be a little more educated and a little less reliant on sensational newsThis is NOT the Space Policy thread so let's not go there please. Thank you.