5. AIAA LIQUID PROPULSION

6. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE » Gaspare Maggio

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

8. 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

9. General Membership Meeting Agenda Aerospace Science Meeting

10. January 10, 2007 – 7:00-10:00pm

11. ATTACHMENT 2

12. General Membership Meeting Attendance List – General Membership Meeting

13. AssigneeOld Action Items ATTACHMENT 4

15. Handout from Gaspare Maggio

17. ATTACHMENT 4 (CONT)

19. Handout from Gaspare Maggio

20. ATTACHMENT 4 (CONT)

22. Handout from Gaspare Maggio

23. Awards (Besnard)

24. Education (Gorin)

25. External Affairs (Wang)

26. Web Site Status (Grayson)

27. History (Pugmire)

28. Membership (Sgarlata)

29. Publications (Wojnar)

30. Technology Assessment (Roler)

31. Liaisons

32. Electric (Wang)

33. Propellants & Combustion (Meyer)

34. JANNAF Liquid Propulsion (Meyer)

35. Space Exploration PC (Maggio)

36. Mass Properties Control Standards (Reber)

37. Hydrogen Committee on Standards (Naraghi)

39. New Polo Shirts

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

42. The steering committee approved use of treasury funds for shirts!

45. ATTACHMENT 5

47. LPTC External Affairs Subcommittee

48. January 2007

49. Reno Meeting Status Report

51. Aerospace America Article, 2006 Completed:

52. 2007 Article

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

54. Need inputs by end of July

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

56. Short, top level Word document.

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

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

59. No advertisements.

62. ATTACHMENT 6

64. LPTC History Subcommittee

65. January 2007

66. Reno Meeting Status Report

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

69. Moderator - Robert Sackheim TRW & NASA MSFC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

78. ATTACHMENT 6 (CONT)

80. LPTC History Subcommittee

81. January 2007

82. Reno Meeting Status Report

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

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

87. Hydrazine History Session, JPC – 2006, Recorded by Aerojet

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

90. JPC 2007 Propulsion

91. Space Vehicle Propulsion Legacy, Bipropellant Pioneers

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

93. Hughes Space, Lockheed Agena, Martin Trans Stage pending

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

96. Filming at History Sessions to also include direct interviews

97. Filming trips to selected individuals homes and making film of interview

98. Requesting e-mail input from LPTC members for recommendations

100. GOOD HISTORICAL ADVICE:

101. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE IN REALLY DEEP TROUBLE –

102. Look straight ahead and keep your mouth shut.

104. (Fox Hunt)

108. ATTACHMENT 7

110. LPTC Membership Subcommittee Report

111. January 2007

112. Reno Meeting Status Report

113. ATTACHMENT 7 (Cont)

114. LPTC Membership Subcommittee Report

115. January 2007

116. Reno Meeting Status Report

117. ATTACHMENT 7 (Cont)

118. LPTC Membership Subcommittee Report

119. January 2007

120. Reno Meeting Status Report

121. ATTACHMENT 8

122. LPTC Awards Subcommittee Report

123. January 2007

124. Reno Meeting Status Report

126. Best Paper Award

127. 27/28 session chair forms turned in for JPC 06

128. 23 papers to be reviewed by subcommittee

129. Papers, evaluation form and evaluation criteria available for review at http://www.csulb.edu/~besnarde/LP TC

130. Review of papers in progress by subcommittee members

131. Award selection for JPC 07 by end of Feb.

133. $1,000 Student & YP Awards

134. Scope – Internal to LPTC

135. Two (2) $1,000 Award

136. Nominations were due Nov. 30, 2006

137. Student award

138. 2 nominations

139. Both from UAH

140. YP Award

141. 9 nominations

142. 7 from PWR

143. 2 from JSC

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

146. Wyld Award

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

148. 4 TC’s: Liquid, Solid, Electric & Nuclear & Future Flight Propulsion (new for 2007)

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

150. 9 members: 2 from each TC + 1 from rotating TC chair (LPTC for 2007)

151. 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%)

152. Selection committee selects and forwards nomination to AIAA Awards

153. 3 nominations for 2007:

154. Frederick Boorady, Aerojet

155. Kenneth Kuo, Penn State

156. Rupert Stechman, Aerojet

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

159. ATTACHMENT 8 (CONT)

160. LPTC Awards Subcommittee Report

161. January 2007

162. Reno Meeting Status Report

164. Other Awards

165. Propellant & Combustion Award

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

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

168. ATTACHMENT 9

169. LPTC Treasurer’s Report

170. January 2007

171. Reno Meeting Status Report

173. LPTC 43 rd JPC Report

174. January 2007

175. Reno Meeting Status Report

178. ATTACHMENT 10 (Cont)

180. LPTC 42 nd JPC Report

181. January 2007

182. Reno Meeting Status Report

183. Initiate Conference Admin Session Builder – December 2005

184. Review Preliminary Program in Reno – 9 January 2007

185. Session Area Organizers Complete Final Updates – 19 January 2007

186. Confirm Keynote and Luncheon Speakers – 31 January 2007

187. Confirm Special Panel Speakers – 31 January 2007

188. Finalize Preliminary Program – 19 January 2007

189. Preliminary Program to AIAA Editor Aerospace America – 01 February 2007

190. Official Acceptance-Notification to Authors – 23 February 2007

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

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

193. Final Program Updates – May 2007

194. Cincinnati Conference – 8-11 July 2007

195. ATTACHMENT 10 (Cont)

197. LPTC 42 nd JPC Report

198. January 2007

199. Reno Meeting Status Report

200. Hydrogen Standards Liaison Report

201. January 2007

202. Reno Meeting Status Report

204. AIAA Hydrogen Committee on Standards Status of Development Activities

206. Status of Current Activities of Hydrogen Committee on Standards

207. Development of AIAA Hazards Analysis Procedures (Based on NASA/TM – 2003-212059, Guide for Hydrogen Hazards Analysis on Components and Systems)

208. Lessons Learned Database

209. Initiate revision process for AIAA Hydrogen Guide (AIAA G-095- 2004)

210. AIAA Hydrogen Safety Course Development

212. News & Related Standards Activities

213. Chairman’s Notes

214. WSTF Hydrogen Detector/Spill Study

215. Alternative Energy Systems Study

216. ISO TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies