{"560661":{"#nid":"560661","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Lars Blackmore: \u0022Landing SpaceX\u0027s Reusable Rockets\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe AE Space Systems Design Lab (SSDL) and the GT Decision \u0026amp; Control Lab (DCL) invite you to\u0026nbsp; hear\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Landing SpaceX\u0027s Reusable Rockets\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ea talk by\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELars Blackmore\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, September 2 at 11 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpaceX\u0027s reusable rocket program aims to reduce the cost of space travel by making rockets that can land, refuel and refly, instead of being thrown away after every flight. Precise landing of a rocket is a unique problem, which has been likened to balancing a rubber broomstick on your hand in a windstorm. Rockets do not have wings (unlike airplanes) and they cannot rely on a high ballistic coefficient to fly in a straight line (unlike missiles). In the past year, SpaceX has successfully landed five rockets, two of which were on dry land at Cape Canaveral, and three of which were on a floating platform in the Atlantic. This talk will discuss the challenges involved, how these challenges were overcome, and next steps towards rapid reusability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELars Blackmore is responsible for entry, descent and landing of SpaceX\u0027s Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) rocket. His team developed the precision landing technology required to bring F9R back to the launch site. He will explore some of the challenges he encountered.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SpaceX engineer to discuss the challenges of reusable rockets"}],"uid":"27836","created_gmt":"2016-08-09 12:12:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:18:40","author":"Kathleen Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-09-02T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-09-02T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-09-02T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-09-02 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-09-02 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-09-02 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"37041","name":"Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"2133","name":"rockets"},{"id":"167880","name":"SpaceX"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}