Session Descriptions

Missiles & Missile Defense

Chair(s): Dr. Michael Lavan, USA SMDC & Dr. Robin Buckelew, USA RDEC
Organizers: Mr. Dale Perry, USA SMDC; Dr. Doug Deason, MDA; Dr. Gerald Russell, USA ARMDEC; Mr. Paul Marchol, Aerojet
This session includes topics addressing materials and material process technologies for missile systems. Presenters will include materials engineers, researchers, system designers, and test and evaluation personnel developing missile defense, tactical missiles, and reentry systems for both civil and military applications. Presentations will include missile material/component performance, material producibility, affordability, and sustainability; ground- and flight-test materials evaluations; material manufacturing advances and innovative techniques; and laboratory characterizations of missile materials. Program and system overviews with pertinent materials issues and program materials updates related to current missile programs are also included.

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Space Exploration

Chair: Dr. Ralph Carruth, NASA MSFC
Organizers: Dr. Chris Barret, NASA MSFC; Mr. Doug Kiser, NASA GRC; Mr. Jerry Brockmeyer, Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne; and Mr. Andy Haaland, ATK Thiokol Launch Systems
The Vision for Space Exploration calls for NASA to retire the Space Shuttle in 2010 and to replace it with a new generation of space transportation systems to return to the moon, paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond. This session addresses critical materials and processes technologies enabling access to and from space, and protection of personnel while in space for extended durations. The session addresses innovative research for advanced material concepts that support the development of technologies applicable for space transportation vehicle systems, propulsion systems, structures, thermal protection systems and planetary access and operations.

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Hypersonics

Chair: Dr. Juan Alonso, NASA HQ
Organizers: Mr. Kon Haake, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne; Mr. Kevin Rivers, NASA LaRC; Mr. Bob Klacka, GE; and Dr. Kran Daryabeigi, NASA LaRC
This session addresses materials and structures activities focused on enabling hypersonic flight
for acceleration, cruise, and re-entry. Topics include materials for propulsion, airfire, and re -ntry systems, including: scr-jet engines; active cooling; hot structures; leading edges; aeroshells; and thermal protection systems. This session includes introductory overviews discussing NASA and DoD hypersonic activities associated with future hypersonic flight vehicles, Propt Global Strike, and Blackswift.

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2008 Breakthrough Innovations

Chair: Dr. Charles Smith, NASA ARC
Organizers: Dr. Gary Hawkins, The Aerospace Corporation; Dr. Sylvia Johnson, NASA ARC; Dr. TaeWoo Park, ARFL; and Mr. Cliff Eberle, ORNL
Talks for this session will address breakthrough materials innovations, especially including application of nanomaterials and development or application of smart materials or new materials with unexpected properties.
Nanomaterials – Application of nanomaterials to spacecraft and missiles, including structures, coatings, electronics, optics, electromagnetic management, and thermal management applications.
Smart Materials – Smart materials including self-ordering, self-assembling, self-monitoring, self-healing/self-repairing.
New Materials – Development and/or application of new materials with unanticipated properties, significantly improved properties, energy harvesting, unique combinations of properties / multifunctional materials, or extraordinary property retention in extreme service environments.

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Operating In Space

Chair: Col Shawn Barnes, AFSPC (Invited)
Organizers: Mr. Chris Wiacek, Northrop Grumman; Dr. Suraj Rawal, Lockheed Martin;
Dr. Jeff Welsh, AFRL; and Mr. Eric Becker, AFRL
Papers in this session address key materials technologies, requirements, process improvements, or materials innovations for current and future satellites, spacecraft, or payloads for either commercial or government missions. Papers were selected that address issues related to the rapid assembly of multimission, affordable satellites, sensors, nanomaterials, thermal management, MMOD, and MISSE.

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Responsive Space Access

Chairs: Mr. Steve Steel, AFRL and Mr. Mitch Petervary, Boeing Phantom Works
Organizers: Dr. Larry Quinn, Aerojet Mr. Mitch Petervary, Boeing Phantom Works;
Dr. Todd Steyer, Boeing; Dr. Brian Sullivan, Materials Research & Design
Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) refers to responsive space access delivery systems. This session addresses the driving material needs to launch spacecraft relatively quickly at a reasonable cost, in response to pop-up threats, or as a means to deliver payloads to rapidly provide a global reach. The game changer for the DoD is a responsive launcher which could be an expendable, partially reusable, or fully reusable vehicle driving increasingly toward the model of how we operate aircraft today. Large improvements in all subsystems and their related processes will be necessary to provide this capability.