Reception address by Mr Xavier FRON

Le discours de réception a eu lieu lors de l’Assemblée Générale du 29 juin 2022 en distanciel. Xavier FRON est correspondant de l’Académie depuis 2018. Il a été élu membre titulaire le 25 septembre 2020. Il est membre de la Section 4 et de la Commission...

Highlights on the dark side of the Universe

Recording of the lecture (in French) by Peter von Ballmoos, astrophysicist of IRAP, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at the José Cabanis media library in Toulouse. Dark matter, dark energy, inflation, baryonic asymmetry are today essential hypotheses to explain the Universe...

Reception speech by Alain JOSELZON

Alain JOSELZON has the status of correspondent of the Academy since 2014. He was elected as a fellow member on September 25, 2020. He is a member of Section 2, the Civil Aeronautics Commission and the Energy and Environment Commission. His reception speech entitled...

Reception address by Wolfgang ENGLER

Wolfgang ENGLER has the status of correspondent of the Academy since 2016. He was elected as Fellow on June 21, 2019. He is a member of Section 2 and of the Civil Aeronautical Commission His acceptance speech entitled “45 years of engineering, Some thoughts on...

Reception speech by Jean-Jacques SPEYER

Jean-Jacques SPEYER has the status of correspondent of the Academy since 2016. He was elected as Fellow on June 21, 2019. He is a member of Section 5. His reception speech entitled “La Part du Rêve d’Icare” took place during the Session of February...

Reception speech by Andrew KNAPP

Andrew KNAPP has the status of correspondent of the Academy since 2016. He was elected as Fellow on June 18, 2021. He is a member of Section 5. His acceptance speech entitled “Bombardements aériens et mémoire, entre histoire et politique” took place during...

The space propulsion of the future

Lecture recording (in French): Mr. Alberto Rossi, Head of Propulsion, Pyrotechnics and Aerothermodynamics Department, CNESat the José Cabanis Media Library in Toulouse on February 22, 2022. Space propulsion systems have a great influence on our ability to travel to...

Why keep going into space? L’impératif éthique

Conference by Jacques Arnould, ethical expert, CNES. Sixty years after the launch of the first Sputnik, space has entered the NewSpace era. The arrival of new state actors and private entrepreneurs has upset the balance found after the race to the Moon. The...

Plenary Formal Session 2021

Relive the full solemn sitting of the PPA on 26 November 2021. It takes place partly in Toulouse Métropole and then in the Salle des Illustres of the ToulouseCity Hall. The session began with tributes to the deceased members, the presentation of the new Bureau of the...

The viability of small electric air vehicles

By André Bord, former Chief Engineer A320, Airbus, former Technical Director ATR, member of the AAE The use of electric energy sources deemed “green” for the propulsion of air vehicles seems, for a long time, reserved for small vehicles meeting the needs...

The lightest air is soaring to new horizons

Replay of the conference day of 03/11/2021 at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie with the interventions (in french only): New prospects for airships by Pascal TAILLANDIER, head of captive and airship balloon projects at ONERA Stratospheric balloons for...