Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Robert Braun, will talk about
First Flight Mars Airplane

DR. ROBERT BRAUN
Biography
As a member of the technical staff of the NASA Langley Research Center, Dr. Robert D. Braun has performed research and technology development of advanced aerospace transportation systems. Dr. Braun has managed the development of the Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey (ARES) Mars Scout mission, a proposed scientific survey utilizing a Mars airplane. He has received the 1999 AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award, 2 NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals and 6 NASA Group Achievement Awards. He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and the author or co-author of numerous publications in the fields of astronautics, atmospheric flight dynamics, guidance and navigation, aerospace design, and systems engineering..

Abstract: First Flight Mars Airplane
NASA has developed the technology to return fundamental scientific knowledge about the Mars atmosphere, surface interior by flying the first powered airplane above the unexplored landscape of another planet (http://marsairplane.larc.nasa.gov). By traversing greater distances than a rover and flying a controlled path over previously inaccessible terrain, powered air planes have been credible planetary exploration science platforms, complementing and extending NASA's core set of landers and orbiters. In this talk, the technological challenges and advancements of Mars powered flight will be presented and discussed.

WHEN: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, social 5:30pm, dinner 6:30pm, presentation 7:30pm
TICKET DEADLINE: Monday, October 20, noon.
WHERE: CROSSWINDS GOLF COURSE, Airways Avenue (Pooler Pkwy) on East Side of I-95

MENU: Beef tips, green beans, white rice, peach cobbler, garden sald, coffee, tea.
COST: $15 MEMBERS, $12 STUDENTS & CO-OPS, $18 NON-MEMBERS

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM: Alfred Stanley, x.25781; Jason Thomas, x.28803; or any other AIAA officer

Drawing will be held for door prize