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The
1st
AMRASE International
Aerospace Research
Conference held on December 8, 2007 was a great
success. During the conference,
several renowned professionals shared their expertise
with more than 200 people, in the following fields: |
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Petrônio Noronha from INPE (National Institute of
Space Research) talked about the Brazilian space program.
He talked about the various research programs of the
institution,
the current status of the
brazilian
participation in the International Space Station
(ISS) and about the construction of brazilian satellites
and the benefits of space technology to the brazilian people.
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From left to right: Marivaldo Sales (AMRASE Public
Relations), Mary de Sá (AMRASE Educational Manager),
Astronaut Marcos Pontes (NASA), Tadeu Fernandes
(AMRASE President), Robert Bruninga (WB4APR), Edson
Chaves (ICAO) and Felipe José (AMRASE Treasurer) |
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Conferencists waiting for astronaut Marcos
Pontes entrance |
Nivaldo Hinckel, one of the greatest space
propulsion
brazilian
specialists, also from INPE,
talked about different types of rocket engines, types of
combustibles, whether solid or liquid, and all other
alternatives. He also showed various graphs where
estimations of the necessary power to take men to the
moon
and to
mars
were analyzed. |
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Robert
Bruninga
(WB4APR),
the inventor of APRS (Automatic Positioning Report System)
was the highlight of this event. He demonstrated the power
of the APRS system and also
in
low-cost
amateur radio
space education project. During his lecture,
he mounted an
amateur
radio
station to
operate
a amateur
satellite prototype.
He used commands from his laptop computer to demonstrate
how
to
control the torque and attitude of this kind of device in
space. |
Robert Bruninga showing details about APRS |
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Bruninga
also visited a school in Rio de Janeiro, where he did a demonstration
about magnetorque and reaction wheel devices using APRS
system. In photo shown left, we can see AMRASE
Educational Manager, Mary de
Sá, and two students paying attention to Bruninga
explanation. |
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Tadeu Fernandes, AMRASE
President,
talked about GPS and how it works. He also showed the
difference between models
with
portable receptors
and those
certified for instrument flight
(IFR
- Instrument
Flight Rules).
He showed a summary of how GPS
augmentation system
is currently being implemented in Brazil
and in other parts of the world. He also
emphasized the
importance
for GPS training by the pilots to increase
the flight safety during the
landing
procedures. |
Edson Chaves
(ICAO)
left the audience at awe with his
professional
flight
simulator
presentation. He was able to show clearly how important,
expensive, and complex it is to train a pilot. He showed
several different types of simulators, from the simplest
one to the most sophisticated models, such as
used in
Boieng
737, 747
and 777,
amongst others. |
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Astronaut Marcos Pontes
(NASA)
talked about the
brazilian
space
mission
that celebrated 100 years since Santos Dumont flew his
14-BIS
airplane (Centenario Mission).
He also explained several interesting details of his
training as an astronaut at NASA and in Russia. He
described the dangers involved in space flights.
Pontes highlighted the importance of the International
Educational Program ARISS (Amateur Radio and International
Space Station). He showed a video when he was in space and
he was talking via
amateur
radio to different people around the world. He said he was
really happy when he heard
portuguese
speaking
during his
radio
contacts
over Brazil. |
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After his lecture, Marcos handed out the ARISS
participation certificates to students of the American
School of Rio de Janeiro (EARJ). This was the third ARISS
contact
with
Brazil.
This NASA educational program is supported in Brazil by
AMRASE.
To know more,
click
here |
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