HyTASP Program Committee

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HyTASP Program Committee

• David E. Reubush, Chair
• (NASA Langley Research Center, retired)
• TAC Workshop
• 43nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
• January 9, 2005
• Reno, NV

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HyTASP Program Committee

• HyTASP - A very active International committee of
  those whose interests focus on Hypersonic
  Technologies Aerospace Planes. - Members from
  every organization with major hypersonic
  activities. (Approximately 75 members)
• Founding chair was Dick Culpepper who was
  followed by Walt OBrien Dave Reubush became
  chair in October, 2002
• Provides an interface to bridge between TCs
• Sponsors the AIAA International Space Planes and
  Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference
  approx. every 18 months
• Brings an awareness of hypersonic issues to
  stakeholders (Aerospace America November, 2002
  editorial, CVD White Paper 2004)
• With an increasing emphasis on hypersonics in DOD
  as well as in foreign countries an attempted
  abandonment by NASA the committee sees an
  increasing need for its coordination advocacy
  activities

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HyTASP Program Committee

• TC Liaisons
• Air Breathing Propulsion - Balu Sekar
• Modeling Simulation - Peter Montgomery
• Fluid Dynamics - Mike Holden (Joint Membership)
• Ground Test - ? - Recently published book on Hyp.
  Facilities)
• TCs with Common Interests as Evidenced by Papers
  Presented at HyTASP Sponsored Conferences
• Applied Aerodynamics
• Aerodynamic Measurement Technology
• Atmospheric Flight Mechanics
• Guidance, Navigation Control
• Thermophysics
• Aircraft Design
• Flight Testing
• Space Transportation
• Design Engineering
• Structural Dynamics
• Structures

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HyTASP - Meetings Conferences

• Meets 2 or 3 times per year
• Aerospace Sciences
• Joint Propulsion
• International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems
  and Technologies (HyTASP Sponsors)
• Last Conference 12/15-18/03 in Norfolk, VA to
  coincide with 100th Anniversary of Powered
  Flight. Conference adjourned and participants
  were bused to reenactment in Kitty Hawk.
  Conference was very well attended.
• Next Conference scheduled for May 16-20, 2005 in
  Capua, Italy
• Overwhelming number of papers submitted
• Had to resort to poster sessions to accommodate
  all the good submissions
• Following Conference tentatively scheduled for
  Fall 2006 in Australia

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HyTASP - Advocacy

• Concern by committee members that hypersonic
  technologies have insufficient funding to insure
  availability by the time the nation will need
  them
• Subcommittee developed white paper which was
  presented during past Congressional Visits Day
• White paper contributed to success of 25M
  earmark in FY05 NASA budget
• Continuing advocacy required to maintain support