Advanced Space Propulsion

• Instructed by leading experts (NASA, Blue Origin, Academia) from the AIAA Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion Technical Committee
• September 21-October 5, 2021 (2.5 weeks, 5 Lectures, 10 Hours)
• Every Tuesday and Thursday at 1300-1500 Eastern Time (all sessions will be recorded and available for replay; course notes will be available for download)
• All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

Overview

In this unique and exciting 10-hour online course, leading experts from the AIAA Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion Committee will take you through myriad topics in advanced space propulsion. An initial overview is provided on the wide breadth of advanced concepts, from the beginning of the early 20^th Century to the next several hundred years with technologies ranging from fission, fusion, antimatter, high energy density chemical propellants, in-situ resource utilization, etc. The remaining 4 lectures focus on Mars missions using metallized gelled propellants, atomic (chemical) propellants for launch vehicles, nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) for Mars and other missions, and antimatter, and advanced physics.