Schedule

Breakout group topics & speakers as presented.  Presentations for many are available by clicking on the link at the group’s title.

• TARC Rocketry
  • 3D Printing Parts for Rockets  –  Doug Cullen
  • Altimeter Design and Operation  –  Dan Wolf
  • Finishing and Painting Rockets  –  Carl Curling
  • Applying RockSim to TARC Rockets  –  Tim VanMilligan
  • Model Rocket Stability & Aerodynamic Equations  –  Jim Barrowman
  • Flight Testing in TARC  –  Trip Barber
  • Rocketry Challenge Programs Beyond TARC  –  John Lyngdal & Ken Biba
• Professional Rocketry & Spaceflight
  • NASA Sounding Rocket Worldwide Launch Operations  –  Phil Eberspeaker, NASA Wallops Sounding Rocket Manager
  • Air-launching NASA Satellites from the South Pacific  –  Will Marchant, UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab
  • James Webb Space Telescope  –  Charlie Atkinson, Deputy Program Manager for JWST at Northrop Grumman
  • NASA Sounding Rocket Program –  Dr. Dan Moses, NASA HQ Sounding Rocket Program Officer
  • NASA’s Orion Manned Spaceflight Program  –  Jimmy Spivey, NASA Program Executive for Orion
  • Licensing Commercial Spaceflight Operations  –  Randy Repcheck, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
  • Future Scene at Cape Canaveral Spaceport  –  Pat McCarthy, Director of Spaceport Florida Operations
• Model Rocketry
  • The Stine and Desind Collections at the Smithsonian  –  Brian Nicklas, Smithsonian Archivist
  • Making Lightweight Fiberglass Bodies for Competition Rockets  –  Tim VanMilligan
  • 2016 World Spacemodeling Championships  –  John Langford, U.S. Team Manager
  • Getting Started with Gliders  –  Mark Bundick
  • What’s New in Designing for Helicopter Duration  –  Chris Flanigan
  • Steampunking Your Rocket  –  Ted Cochran
  • The New Look of NAR Competition  –  Ed LaCroix
• High Power Rocketry
  • HPR Safety – Trip Barber
  • Dual-deployment Systems & Techniques  –  Ben Russell
  • Flying HPR in Australia  –  Adam Martin
  • Fiberglassing HPR Bodies  –  Bart Merkley
  • GPS Systems for High Power Rocketry  –  Will Marchant
  • Flying High Power to Above 20 Kft  –  Jerry O’Sullivan
  • Level 3 Certification  –  Elaine Russell

7:00 am	Registration Opens: In the Crowne Plaza Hotel’s Conference Center
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4
Track:	TARC Rocketry	Professional Rocketry & Spaceflight	Model Rocketry	High Power Rocketry
9:00 am	3D Printing Parts for Rockets— Doug Cullen	NASA Sounding Rocket Worldwide Launch Operations— Phil Eberspeaker, NASA Wallops Sounding Rocket Manager	The Stine and Desind Collections at the Smithsonian— Brian Nicklas, Smithsonian Archivist	High Power Rocketry Safety— Trip Barber
9:50 am	Break	Break	Break	Break
10:00 am	Altimeter Design and Operation — Dan Wolf	Air-launching NASA Satellites from the South Pacific— Will Marchant, UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab	Making Lightweight Fiberglass Bodies for Competition Rockets— Tim VanMilligan	Dual-deployment Systems & Techniques— Ben Russell
10:50 am	Break	Break	Break	Break
11:00 am	Finishing and Painting Rockets— Carl Curling	James Webb Space Telescope— Charlie Atkinson, Deputy Program Manager for JWST at Northrop Grumman	2016 World Spacemodeling Championships— John Langford, U.S. Team Manager	Flying HPR in Australia— Adam Martin
11:50 am	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:00 pm	Applying RockSim to TARC Rockets— Tim VanMilligan	NASA Sounding Rocket Program— Dr. Dan Moses, NASA HQ Sounding Rocket Program Officer	Getting Started with Gliders— Mark Bundick	Fiberglassing HPR Bodies— Bart Merkley
1:50 pm	Break	Break	Break	Break
2:00 pm	Model Rocket Stability & Aerodynamic Equations— Jim Barrowman	NASA’s Orion Manned Spaceflight Program— Jimmy Spivey, NASA Program Executive for Orion	What’s New in Designing for Helicopter Duration— Chris Flanigan	GPS Systems for High Power Rocketry— Will Marchant
2:50 pm	The Big Break— Refreshments Available in the Conference Center Lobby
3:10 pm	Flight Testing in TARC— Trip Barber	Licensing Commercial Spaceflight Operations— Randy Repcheck, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation	Steampunking Your Rocket— Ted Cochran	Flying High Power to Above 20 Kft— Jerry O’Sullivan
4:00 pm	Break	Break	Break	Break
4:10 pm	Rocketry Challenge Programs Beyond TARC— John Lyngdal & Ken Biba	Future Scene at Cape Canaveral Spaceport— Pat McCarthy, Director of Spaceport Florida Operations	The New Look of NAR Competition— Ed LaCroix	Level 3 Certification— Elaine Russell
5:00 pm	End of Breakout Groups
5:00 pm	Open forum presentations on new products by rocketry manufacturers
6:00 pm	Social and cash bar: In the hotel conference center
7:00 pm	Banquet Dinner:  In the hotel banquet room
8:00 pm	After-dinner Keynote Speaker:  Lee Piester on the History of Centuri Engineering Company and Early Days of the Rocket Industry