John Livingston, of the Engineering Design and Analysis Division in the Requirements and Capabilities Integration Directorate at the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC/XRE), will give a talk titled, “Space Launch-28 Years of Studies”. He has been involved with Air Force hypersonic and space access systems planning for over 40 years. His work has greatly influenced the nation’s hypersonic and space access decisions. He will review several years of interesting work that he personally participated in leading to the recent U.S. Air Force decision to opt for a next generation Reusable Booster System (RBS). The RBS plan is in development to replace the Air Force's Existing Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELV). This engaging and somewhat humorous “personal journey” will clearly show how good systems engineering and planning within the Air Force can avoid “false starts” and missteps, save immeasurable taxpayer funds and minimize development time which avoids obsolescence in our fast paced, technologically changing world.
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