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Opportunity Taken: The Value of Diverse Career Experience

Opportunity Taken: The Value of Diverse Career Experience. Dr. Robert D. Braun Alvin Seiff Memorial Lecture June 18, 2012 9 th International Planetary Probe Workshop. Diverse Experience Blessings*. Student Aerospace technologist and systems engineer Project, program and line manager

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Opportunity Taken: The Value of Diverse Career Experience

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  1. Opportunity Taken: The Value of Diverse Career Experience Dr. Robert D. Braun Alvin Seiff Memorial Lecture June 18, 2012 9th International Planetary Probe Workshop

  2. Diverse Experience Blessings* • Student • Aerospace technologist and systems engineer • Project, program and line manager • Educator • Policy maker *Continuously mentored

  3. Innovation Lives Here Through passion and dedicated effort, the EDL community has developed proven solutions to seemingly insurmountable challenges.

  4. Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) Stardust PICA-Flex Orion MDU Dragon MSL • Invented in 1997, 0.8 m uni-piece heatshield enabled Stardust 1200 W/cm2, 12.7 km/s Earth return • Technology investment continued for possible use on Orion • Tiled, 4.5 m heatshield developed for MSL, when thermal issue was discovered with the baseline SLA TPS post CDR. Flight in August 2012. • Tiled, 3.6 m PICAx heatshield for Dragon flight proven • PICA-flex invented in 2009 for potential heavy mass Mars missions • Incorporates phenolic into flexible carbon felt rather than rigid carbon substrate • Arcjet and laser testing shows PICA-flex to be a viable ablator (up to 400 W/cm2) • Broad and diverse range of applications

  5. What Does the Future Hold?

  6. Take the Opportunity • Technology advances are required for NASA’s future missions • Technology advancement requires risk taking • Innovative solutions often come from diverse experiences and the mindset that failure is an option. • Hard work is required to demonstrate technical feasibility • Capitalize on lessons learned and the community experience • Create your opportunity • Work passionately towards bold challenges

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