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January 9, 2007 LPTC General membership and Steering Committee Minutes from the

Chairman Gaspare Maggio called the meeting to order at 1900 hours on 9 January 2007 in the Reno Sierra Resort. The agenda for the LPTC meeting is included as Attachment 1. Twenty three members and alternates were in attendance (Attachment 2). Action Items established during the course of the meeting have been added to outstanding action items from previous meetings, and are listed in Attachment 3. Attachment 4 is a reproduction of the presentation material used by Gaspare Maggio in the meeting. » -No report was made for the 2008 JPC. Subcommittee Reports

General Membership Meeting Agenda Aerospace Science Meeting

January 10, 2007 – 7:00-10:00pm

ATTACHMENT 2

General Membership Meeting Attendance List – General Membership Meeting

AssigneeOld Action Items ATTACHMENT 4

Handout from Gaspare Maggio

ATTACHMENT 4 (CONT)

Handout from Gaspare Maggio

ATTACHMENT 4 (CONT)

Handout from Gaspare Maggio

Awards (Besnard)

Education (Gorin)

External Affairs (Wang)

Web Site Status (Grayson)

History (Pugmire)

Membership (Sgarlata)

Publications (Wojnar)

Technology Assessment (Roler)

Liaisons

Electric (Wang)

Propellants & Combustion (Meyer)

JANNAF Liquid Propulsion (Meyer)

Space Exploration PC (Maggio)

Mass Properties Control Standards (Reber)

Hydrogen Committee on Standards (Naraghi)

New Polo Shirts

Kurt Kreiner had the action item to research the production of Polo shirts with the new logo for all committee members.

The steering committee approved use of treasury funds for shirts!

ATTACHMENT 5

LPTC External Affairs Subcommittee

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

Aerospace America Article, 2006 Completed:

2007 Article

Need inputs from all areas – industry, university, government, foreign, etc.

Need inputs by end of July

Achievements, new programs, technologies, successes, breakthroughs, setbacks, industry changes, etc.

Short, top level Word document.

Stand-alone, spell out acronyms – goes out to 40,000 +, needs to be written so that all can understand.

One high-resolution color photo (300 or greater dpi, jpeg) per input.

No advertisements.

ATTACHMENT 6

LPTC History Subcommittee

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

Invited Session - July, 2006 Pioneers of US Hydrazine Propulsion - Session 36-LP-6 Chairs: Pugmire & Gorin

Moderator - Robert Sackheim TRW & NASA MSFC

Don Lee, JPL & TRW - Early pre catalyst development and pre first orbiting spacecraft and beyond

Dave Altman, JPL from 1945, for his recollections of the very earliest work

Eckart Schmidt, Rocket Research Co. - Early engine development and first RRC flight designs and disasters.

Milton Marcus, Hamilton Standard - Early Hamilton Standard, UTS development and first Hamilton Standard Flight designs & testing.

Philip Moynihan, JPL - Development & qualification studies to support early applications of hydrazine engines.

Steve DeBrock, Lockheed Martin - Development, testing and integration of hydrazine systems and vehicle/flight challenges.

Olwen Morgan, Aerojet, Redmond Operations (RRC) - Evolution of hydrazine engines through electrically augmented and arc jets.

ATTACHMENT 6 (CONT)

LPTC History Subcommittee

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

Thanks to all that helped bring together a great session at the Sacramento JPC

Thanks to Barney Gorin for his support to me and the History Subcommittee

Hydrazine History Session, JPC – 2006, Recorded by Aerojet

Apollo - Saturn Propulsion Session, JPC – 2004, Recorded by NASA

JPC 2007 Propulsion

Space Vehicle Propulsion Legacy, Bipropellant Pioneers

Carl Steckman, Fred Borady, George Huson (Reaction Motors - COMSAT)

Hughes Space, Lockheed Agena, Martin Trans Stage pending

CHALLENGE: HOW TO COLLECT - DOCUMENT PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT OF PIONEERING LP PROPULSION EXPERTS

Filming at History Sessions to also include direct interviews

Filming trips to selected individuals homes and making film of interview

Requesting input from LPTC members for recommendations

GOOD HISTORICAL ADVICE:

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE IN REALLY DEEP TROUBLE –

Look straight ahead and keep your mouth shut.

(Fox Hunt)

ATTACHMENT 7

LPTC Membership Subcommittee Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

ATTACHMENT 7 (Cont)

LPTC Membership Subcommittee Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

ATTACHMENT 7 (Cont)

LPTC Membership Subcommittee Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

ATTACHMENT 8

LPTC Awards Subcommittee Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

Best Paper Award

27/28 session chair forms turned in for JPC 06

23 papers to be reviewed by subcommittee

Papers, evaluation form and evaluation criteria available for review at TC

Review of papers in progress by subcommittee members

Award selection for JPC 07 by end of Feb.

$1,000 Student & YP Awards

Scope – Internal to LPTC

Two (2) $1,000 Award

Nominations were due Nov. 30, 2006

Student award

2 nominations

Both from UAH

YP Award

9 nominations

7 from PWR

2 from JSC

Under review; selections to be forwarded to steering committee by end of Jan.

Wyld Award

“Presented for outstanding achievement in the development or application of rocket propulsion systems “

4 TC’s: Liquid, Solid, Electric & Nuclear & Future Flight Propulsion (new for 2007)

Subcommittee established & documented a selection process per TAC & HAC requirements

9 members: 2 from each TC + 1 from rotating TC chair (LPTC for 2007)

Evaluate members based on significance of the technical contribution of the candidate to the development and/or application of rocket propulsion systems as well as recognition by leaders in the field (50%), sustained contribution to the field (30%) & AIAA service (20%)

Selection committee selects and forwards nomination to AIAA Awards

3 nominations for 2007:

Frederick Boorady, Aerojet

Kenneth Kuo, Penn State

Rupert Stechman, Aerojet

Forward input on these candidates, if any, to LPTC reps: Eric Besnard, Carl Englebrecht & Gaspare Maggio

ATTACHMENT 8 (CONT)

LPTC Awards Subcommittee Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

Other Awards

Propellant & Combustion Award

“Presented for outstanding technical contributions to aeronautical or astronautical combustion engineering”

LPTC involved if nominees have a liquid propulsion background (TBD for 2007)

ATTACHMENT 9

LPTC Treasurer’s Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

LPTC 43 rd JPC Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

ATTACHMENT 10 (Cont)

LPTC 42 nd JPC Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

Initiate Conference Admin Session Builder – December 2005

Review Preliminary Program in Reno – 9 January 2007

Session Area Organizers Complete Final Updates – 19 January 2007

Confirm Keynote and Luncheon Speakers – 31 January 2007

Confirm Special Panel Speakers – 31 January 2007

Finalize Preliminary Program – 19 January 2007

Preliminary Program to AIAA Editor Aerospace America – 01 February 2007

Official Acceptance-Notification to Authors – 23 February 2007

Follow-up with Authors/Session Chairs – February thru July 2007

Program on Website/Aerospace America and Registration opens – April 2007

Final Program Updates – May 2007

Cincinnati Conference – 8-11 July 2007

ATTACHMENT 10 (Cont)

LPTC 42 nd JPC Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

Hydrogen Standards Liaison Report

January 2007

Reno Meeting Status Report

AIAA Hydrogen Committee on Standards Status of Development Activities

Status of Current Activities of Hydrogen Committee on Standards

Development of AIAA Hazards Analysis Procedures (Based on NASA/TM – , Guide for Hydrogen Hazards Analysis on Components and Systems)

Lessons Learned Database

Initiate revision process for AIAA Hydrogen Guide (AIAA G )

AIAA Hydrogen Safety Course Development

News & Related Standards Activities

Chairman’s Notes

WSTF Hydrogen Detector/Spill Study

Alternative Energy Systems Study

ISO TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies