Several of our SAWE HR members are quite excited to note that NASA’s new crewed access to space capability will undergo an Ascent Abort test on July 2nd.
NASA Television will broadcast launch and prelaunch activities for the Ascent Abort-2 flight test of the launch abort system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will help pave the way for Artemis missions with astronauts to the Moon and then Mars.
Details are available here on how to view a NASA broadcast of the event.
SAWE HR involvement in this program was also captured in several papers at the recent International Convention, including the Best Paper provided by Anjie Emmett:
Best Paper #3710: Application of the Law of Propagation of Uncertainties to a Weight and CG Measurement System – Anjie Emmett
Presentation: Ascent Abort 2 (AA-2) Integrated Flight Test Vehicle: How Mass Properties are Used to Manage Flight Test Objectives – Amanda Cutright
Student Paper S3730: Path of a Future Engineer – Brittany Johnston
We are sorry to note that SAWE Hampton Roads member Mac MacConochie passed away on June 20th of this year, 2019. Mac was a Richard Boynton SAWE Lifetime achievement awardee as well as a Peninsula Engineer of the year. He shared an active engineering career with us, starting at NASA in 1962. His passion for weight engineering helped sustain our chapter vitality and inspired us with his insights. He was an active participant at local and International SAWE meetings, often accompanied by his wife Corinne “Sissy”, and family. His work demonstrated how a lifelong interest in that as well as broader technical and human interests, contributed to a full life, and a better one for us for knowing him.