Space 2003, Sept. 23-25 at the Long Beach Convention Center

Space 2003 gave students a unique opportunity to experience what space is all about and interact with industry.

CALVEIN participated in many aspects of the Space 2003 international conference.

• Poster sessions:
• Stanley Baksi, "1000 lbf Thrust Aerospike Rocket Engine"
• Olivier Albiges, Fabien Latourelle, and Jose Ruiz, "First Stage Recovery System for a Small Launch Vehicle: Ballistic vs. Glide Back"
• Stanley Baksi, "Release Mechanism for Testing Student Payloads on Prospector Rockets"
• International Space Station (ISS) downlink: CSULB students Ashley Carter and Jeffrey Tai asked questions to the crew of the ISS:

Ashley Carter asks her questions to the ISS Crew. Jeffrey Tai, foreground is waiting for his turn.

The ISS crew, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and astronaut Ed Lu respond to the student questions.

Alan Mulally (second from left), AIAA President and Chief Executive of Boeing Commercial Airplane Group visits the booth and learns about CALVEIN and the aerospike engine.

Steve Dobbs (left), Program Manager at Boeing Phantom Works and Instructor at CSULB is also here to welcome him.

• CSULB had a booth in the Education Alley in the Exhibit Hall:

The booth in Education Alley!

Students, faculty and industry mentor, John Garvey in the CSULB booth

Many thanks to all the students who participated, in particular to those who setup the booth and manned it. Your contributions and hard work helped give the Aerospace Program at CSULB the great image that it deserves.

Visit the AIAA website for more information about Space 2003

For more information about the AIAA chapter at CSULB, contact Ashley Carter (acarter@csulb.edu), CSULB AIAA Student Branch President.

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