IEEE Galveston Bay Section

This is the first of the three "GBS AEROSPACE WEEK" Presentations Developing advanced spacecraft avionics and scientific instruments for unmanned space missions is a particularly challenging endeavor that requires solutions accommodating many conflicting design constraints including: - State-of-the-art technologies for data, signal, and image processing, - High-reliability hardware and software requirements, - Long-duration missions involving dormant and operational periods, - Extreme physical, electromagnetic, and radiation environments, - Size, weight, and power limitations, - High Technology Readiness Level (TRL) designs, and - Proven flight heritage. The purpose of this lecture is to discuss these design considerations, illustrated by several examples from past and current unmanned space missions. Speaker(s): Walt, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/319543

THIS IS THE SECOND OF THE THREE GBS AEROSPACE WEEK PRESENTATIONS. Since the dawn of the space age more than 60 years ago, most of what has been accomplished in space has been carried out by governments or government space agencies. In the future, that is no longer likely to be the case. For example, just since July 2021, 3 different companies have successfully conducted a total of 8 commercial human spaceflights, with 36 private citizens having the opportunity to travel to space. This presentation provides a fascinating first-person account of one such mission and the training leading up to it: the fourth human flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. Speaker(s): George, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/319544

THIS IS THE THIRD AND THE LAST PRESENTATION OF GBS AEROSPACE WEEK The impacts of CoVid on the supply chain have increased the design and component acquisition portions of avionics development. The result is a compression of the time available for manufacturing and testing prior to qualification. This presentation reviews some strategies to manage program risk in this new environment. Speaker(s): Chuck, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/319547