Lecture by Dr. Robert Zubrin, President of both the Mars Society and Pioneer Astronautics, author. This lecture investigates means for achieving human expeditions to Mars utilizing existing or near-term technology. The mission plan described here, Mars Direct is accomplished with tandem direct launches of payloads to Mars using the upper stages of the heavy lift […]
"From the manufacture of the first launchers to the development of space activities" Launch lecture organised by Paul Andrieu of the AACE. With Laurent Thierry, doctor in history, historian at La Coupole (Centre of history and memory in Nord Pas de Calais) Claude Favre, granddaughter of a deportee from Toulouse, and author of the biographies […]
It was in France, in 1907, that the earliest attempts to fly "helicopter" type aircraft took place. It would then take nearly 30 years of research and testing to ensure that this complicated concept reached industrial stage, and 20 years more for the precursors of a future European helicopter industry to emerge. Today, rotary wing […]
by Gal. Bernard Molard, former defence and security adviser to the President of EADS Astrium, AAE member This lecture will be presented in cooperation with the AQUI-IHEDN. Navigating in the desert, firing a bomb at a target, or communicating in the open sea... In a few years satellites have become indispensable to the smooth operation […]
Gérard Théron, former head of the Airbus Propulsion competence centre, AAE member At a time when supersonic aircraft projects, mainly business aircraft, are flourishing once again in the media, this presentation begins by analysing the characteristics of Concorde, the only supersonic commercial aircraft in the civil market. It then presents the projects developed in the […]
From legend to reality, the Chinese Moon exploration programme. Lecture by Linli GUO, Chief Engineer at the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Moderated by Michel BLANC, astronomer, IRAP/Midi-Pyrénées Observatory, UPS-CNRS; Executive Director, International Space Science Institute in Beijing, AAE Member . Organised in partnership with the Air and Space Academy and IRAP/OMP/CNRS as part […]
Lecture cancelled Their real story : a longer and different history than what is known. Lecture by Pascal Bultel, Expert at CNES, former airline world engineer and historian. SPACEX performed a number of premiers since 2015 : first recovery of a commercial reusable launcher, first recovery at sea, first reflight, first flight of a multi […]
Presented by Michel DEWERDT, Director of the Toulouse Establishment, Airbus Operations SAS The success of a new aircraft programme such as the A350XWB depends on a very large number of factors. In a context of technological change, strong competition and production ramp ups, industrial excellence is one of the keys to this success. With its […]
Lecture by Dr. Paul Weissenberg, former deputy general director of the European Commission, correspondent of Air & Space Academy Space cannot be dissociated from the political identity of the European Union. With a proposed budget of 16 billion euros over 7 years and a single regulatory framework, the EU is accelerating and expanding its space […]
INCOSE International Conference on Human Systems Integration intends to inspire and engage researchers, innovators and practitioners in productive discussions of how technologies, organisations, jobs and responsibilities of operations actors, engineering designers, certifiers, trainers, maintainers and many other technology stakeholders can be reshaped to meet near and long-term goals of safe, efficient and comfortable operations. Preliminary […]
Why Horizon 2061? 2061 will be the centennial of the first human space flight and of President Kennedy’s Moon address to Congress 2061 will see the return of comet P/Halley in the inner solar system, reminding us of the international fleet of spacecraft which flew by it in 1986 ! Thus, 2061 is a symbolic […]
Photographs and recordings will not be allowed by Jean-Claude Hironde, former Rafale technical director at Dassault Aviation, AAE member The Rafale programme, spearhead of French national Defence, will be presented in its complete cycle, from upstream studies to delivery to the French Navy and Air Force. The specifications of the Rafale programme are very ambitious: […]