Seminars

Abstract. Since 2006, NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Ca has become NASA’s leading Center for Small spacecraft.  Ames developed and led the LCROSS lunar impacter in 2009, is currently flying the in-house designed and developed LADEE lunar orbiter, and is in formulation on a future Lunar Lander mission.  In addition, Ames has been a strong supporter of the Cubesat concept having flown 14 in-house developed Cubesats since 2006, including the first NASA Cubesat to be deployed from ISS, and the Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System (NLAS).  In 2014-15, Ames will launch 12 more Cubesats including our first 6U.  This talk will cover the NASA Ames missions and future plans in these areas.

Bio. Dr. David Korsmeyer is Director of Engineering at NASA Ames Research Center.  His responsibilities cover Ames' new spaceflight mission concepts skunkworks, spacecraft engineering efforts, advanced manufacturing, and spacecraft mission operations . He began his career at Ames in 1991 supporting advanced software and information technology infusion into NASA missions. He has led many successful engineering projects and served in several senior Program roles.  He was the lead of the 'Humans to NEO' mission concepts study for the Constellation Program, and the lead support for the President’s 2009 Human Space Flight Review panel on the Flexible Path Architecture for Exploration.  He leads the Advanced Exploration Systems work at NASA Ames.  Dr. Korsmeyer received B.S. from PennState University, his M.S, and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Astrodynamics from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a Sloan Fellow with a Master's in Business Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.