Human Spaceflight from Mars to the Stars (Click the Red Link Below to Register and for More Info)

Co-Founder

The Planetary Society

  

Tuesday, February 8th, 2018, 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
(The presentation will start at 7 PM)
S-Café
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
(next to the Space Park)

One Space Park
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
 

(West of 405 Hwy, East of Pacific Coast Hwy (1), and South of 105 Hwy)
(Enter from the Marine Ave and then the Simon Ramo Dr. Entrance. After passing the Stop sign, keep going, and then turn Right to the parking lot.)
 
(Please See the Maps below for Directions. Email or call the organizer if questions)
 
Free Parking in front of the S-Cafe
 
                            5:30 pm - 6:55 pm Check-in, Networking, Reception, Dinner (6PM)
                            6:55 pm - 7:00 pm Introduction
                            7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation and Q & A
                            8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Networking
 
***Ticket sales will end after Tuesday, February 6, 2018***
REGISTRATION FEES
                                      $25.00 - Non-AIAA Member Regular Price
                                      $20.00 - AIAA Professional Member Price
                                      $15.00 - Student / Educator - Non-AIAA Member
                                      $10.00 - AIAA Student / Educator Member
                                        $5.00 - Presentation Only, No Meal

Dinner: Mediterranean Platters or Boxes
Snacks, and Hot/Cold Beverages will be provided

 
 

 

The Topic

Human spaceflight toother star systems has been one of the most fascinating subjects/goals of space-faring. Are we ready to go beyond the Voyagers, while we are going to Mars and becoming a multi-planetary species?

Please join us to learn more about current status and the state of the art from one of the most prominent leaders in this field, Dr. Louis Friedman.

Learn more about the science and technology readiness for human interstellar spaceflight beyond Mars
Learn more about NASA's human spaceflight program
Learn more about the technical aspect of how robotic technology is evolving so fast that it may make human presence moot and human spaceflight virtual
Learn more about the solar sail and nanotechnology related efforts
Learn more about the Breakthrough Initiatives & the Solar Gravity Lens Focus mission
Learn more about the Planetary Society in the Q & A session
Network with the speaker, aerospace professionals, educators, enthusiasts, business professionals, and other attendees

The Speaker
Dr. Louis Friedman
Dr. Friedman is a native of New York City. He received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin in 1961, an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics at Cornell University in 1963, and a Ph.D. from the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at M.I.T. in 1971. His Ph.D. thesis was on Extracting Scientific Information from Spacecraft Tracking Data.
Dr. Friedman worked at the AVCO Space Systems Division from 1963-1968, on both civilian and military space programs. From 1970 to 1980 he worked on deep space missions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. He performed mission analysis and navigation system studies for pre-project definition of Mariner Venus-Mercury, Voyager and Galileo and was the program development leader for Venus Orbital Imaging Radar, which later became Magellan. He led the development and design for the Halley Comet Rendezvous-Solar Sail proposal and was the leader of the post-Viking Mars Program in the late 1970s. In 1979-80 he originated and led the International Halley Watch. He was manager of Advanced Planetary Studies at JPL. Dr. Friedman is the author of more than 20 technical papers on Celestial Navigation, Astrodynamics, Mission Analysis and Design, and Mission Planning. He is the author of the book Starsailing: Solar Sails and Interstellar Travel, published by John Wiley, Inc.

In 1978-79, Dr. Friedman was the AIAA Congressional Fellow on the staff of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. He worked there on Space Policy, Operational Remote Sensing legislation, NASA program oversight and technology innovation on the railroads. He is a member of the American Astronautical Society, the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the British Interplanetary Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a National Fellow member of the Explorers Club.  He was recently elected to the International Academy of Astronautics.

Dr. Friedman left JPL in 1980 and co-founded The Planetary Society with Carl Sagan and Bruce Murray. He was Executive Director of the Society for 30 years and remained on the Board of Directors until Oct 2014.. The Society is a non-profit, popular society seeking to inspire the people of Earth to explore new worlds and seek other life, through research, education and public participation. It is the largest space interest organization in the world. While at the Society he worked on the Mars Balloon development, international Mars rover testing, a Mars microphone, and the joint educational project with LEGO – Red Rover Goes to Mars. He led Cosmos 1, the attempt to fly the first solar sail and was the Co-Inventor and Principal Investigator of the Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE) on the Russian Phobos Sample Return mission was lost in orbit following launch in Nov. 2011. This experiment was to have been the first instance of purposely sending life from Earth to interplanetary space.  We hope to fly it on the NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission in 2020. Friedman led the design and development of the LightSail ™ spacecraft scheduled for flights 2015 and 2016.

Dr. Friedman lectures in the U.S. and abroad about planetary missions and space exploration programs, has written many popular articles about planetary exploration and space policy as well as op-eds in major newspapers. He has frequently testified to the U.S. Congress about programs and policies in space exploration.  He has traveled on field expeditions to Kamchatka, the Arctic and Antarctic, tours to observe Halley’s Comet, Belize and to several places in the former Soviet Union.  Asteroid 3651 was named for Louis and Connie Friedman by its discoverer, Eleanor Helin.

Recently he was co-leader of the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study at Caltech.  He is also co-leader of a new KISS study: Science and Technology to Explore the Interstellar Medium.  In March 2015 he was reappointed (after and earlier stint in 2011) to the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) External Council.  His book examining the implications of robotic interstellar precursor missions using nano-spacecraft and solar sails on future human space flight is expected to be published in the fall of 2015 by the University of Arizona Press.  It is tentatively titled:  From Mars to the Stars: The Future of Human Space Flight.

Maps of Northrop Grumman Space Park and Location of the S-Cafe: 
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