AIAA Dinner at CSULB featuring Dr. Marc Rayman March 19, 2009

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Time

Event

Location

4:00
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6:00 PM

Engineering Recruitment Night

The Pointe - Foyer

4:30
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7:30 PM

Cash Bar

The Pointe - Foyer

5:00
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5:45 PM

'Career Marketing' Workshop

The Pointe

6:00
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7:00 PM

Dinner

The Pointe

7:00
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8:00 PM

AIAA Distinguished Lecture Series (featuring Dr. Marc Rayman)

The Pointe

8:00
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9:00 PM

Dessert Social

The Pointe - Foyer

Directions to The PointeThe Pointe Conference Center is located at street level next to the "Yellow Entrance" of the Walter Pyramid Sports Arena,California State University Long Beach. Each face of the pyramid has a different colored entrance.
From LAX, Santa Monica, West LATake the 405 south and exit at Bellflower Blvd. Turn left from the off-ramp and then make an immediate right on Bellflower Blvd. Turn left at Atherton St. Turn right into campus on Merriam Way. Park in lot 13 or 14 (FREE Parking for Event Guests).
From Orange CountyTake the 405 north or 22 west. The two freeways merge and continue on the 405 north. Exit at Palo Verde. Turn left on to Palo Verde. Turn right on Atherton St. Turn left into campus on Merriam Way. Park in lot 13 or 14 (FREE Parking for Event Guests).
From Downtown LA, East LATake the 605 south to the 405 North. Exit at Palo Verde. Turn left on to Palo Verde. Turn right on Atherton St. Turn left into campus on Merriam Way. Park in lot 13 or 14 (FREE Parking for Event Guests).



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Now Flying Through a Solar System Near You:The Dawn Mission to the Asteroid Belt

Dr. Marc Rayman, chief engineer and mission manager on a mission to study two of the largest unexplored worlds in the inner solar system. Launched in September 2007, Dawn will visit the two most massive asteroids, Ceres and Vesta, in an ambitious mission that should reveal much about the dawn of the solar system. Dr. Rayman will describe the Dawn mission, its use of ion propulsion, its two exotic destinations, and the excitement of an interplanetary voyage.



The ambitious and exciting Dawn mission, launched in September 2007, is NASA's latest venture into the solar system. The spacecraft will orbit both Ceres and Vesta, which are among the last unexplored worlds in the inner solar system. They are the two most massive residents of the asteroid belt, that vast collection of bodies between Mars and Jupiter. Ceres is so large that it is included in the category of dwarf planets, along with Pluto. The alien landscapes Dawn will reveal should provide humankind with a new perspective on the solar system. Remnants from the time that planets were formed, Ceres and Vesta hold clues that will help scientists understand the dawn of the solar system. Dawn will be the first spacecraft ever to orbit an object in the asteroid belt and the first ever to orbit two targets. Such a mission would be impossible without the use of ion propulsion, a technology that has mostly been in the domain of science fiction, but which was tested extensively on the Deep Space 1 (DS1) mission, paving the way for Dawn. Read more about the mission at Dr. Raymans blog at http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal.asp.
In 1994, Dr. Rayman helped initiate a new NASA program to characterize highly advanced and risky technologies for future space science missions by flying them on dedicated test flights. The first mission of this New Millennium program, DS1, was launched in October 1998, and he worked on it from its inception in 1995 to its conclusion in 2001. During the course of the project, Dr. Rayman served as chief mission engineer, mission director, and project manager. The new technologies that were tested on DS1 (including such exotic systems as ion propulsion and artificial intelligence) were designed to reduce the cost and risk and to improve the performance of subsequent interplanetary missions. The primary mission was extremely successful and led to a very productive and exciting extended mission, culminating in a spectacular encounter with Comet Borrelly that yielded the best images that had ever been taken of the nucleus of a comet. The spacecraft remains in orbit around the Sun.





The dinner and speaker series are a joint event between the professional members and the students professional members will have the distinct opportunity to "visit" with the best and brightest students in the western region!

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Ticket Info:  

• Free (Region VI Conference Registrants Only), Free
• Regular Entrance, $35.00
• AIAA - Member, $30.00
• AIAA - Active Military & Young Professionals, $30.00
• Educators/Teachers & Students, $30.00
• AIAA - Educator Associates, $25.00
• AIAA - Student Members, $15.00
• Presentation Only (No Meal), $5.00

Official Website: http://csulbraymandinner-upcoming.eventbrite.com