From oasis at oasis-nss.org  Tue Jan 13 21:28:49 2009
From: oasis at oasis-nss.org (OASIS)
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:28:49 -0800
Subject: [oasis-announce] =?utf-8?q?OASIS_Presentation_=22Not_Your_Parents?=
	=?utf-8?q?_Lunar_Lander=3A_USC=E2=80=99s_Project_Leapfrog=E2=80=9D?=
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OASIS invites you to a lecture by David E. Barnhart,
Associate Director, Space Engineering Research Center

"Not Your Parents Lunar Lander: USC's Project Leapfrog"

When : Saturday. January 17, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Where: El Dorado Public Library
       2900 Studebaker Rd.
       Long Beach, CA

Admission Free

About the presentation:

A Return to the Moon requires a new generation of rocket engineers.
Decades removed from the Apollo program that trained an earlier
generation, they need to innovate on a deadline, using the latest
technology to construct low-cost prototypes for testing and
evaluation. Where can future rocket engineers learn these skills? Look
to USC.

David A. Barnhart will explain how Project LEAPFROG is providing USC
students the opportunity to design, build, and test a low cost,
working model of a lunar lander. The hovering platform will
demonstrate descent and landing profiles similar to those performed on
the Moon. Placed in a tightly integrated team environment, these
future engineers gain valuable aerospace experience ? the sort their
parents may have gotten working on Apollo.

Mr. Barnhart is manager of Project LEAPFROG. He has a Master of
Science degree in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering from the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Bachelor of Science
degree in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University.

*This event is not library-sponsored*