1. Solid Rocket Technical Sessions Fred S. Blomshield (Solid Rocket Propulsion Organizer) Mike Popp (Overall Technical Chair) 40 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Meeting Fort Lauderdale, Florida 11-14 July 2004

2. Statistics 49 Papers in 8 Sessions 49 Papers in 8 Sessions –Solid Rocket Technologies (5 papers) –Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Propulsion Special Session (6 papers, presentations only, Joint with ASME) –Motor Combustion Instability and Ignition (6 papers) –VEGA SRM Technologies (9 Papers) –Segmented Large Booster Special Session (8 papers) –Modeling Rocket Motor Combustion Instability I (6 papers) –Solid Rocket Investigations (5 papers) –Modeling Rocket Motor Combustion Instability II (4 papers) Believe it or not, only 2 papers withdrawn after their abstracts were sent in but before program went out Believe it or not, only 2 papers withdrawn after their abstracts were sent in but before program went out

3. More Statistics Paper Origins Paper Origins –U.S. 22 –Italy 8 –French 7 (1 co-au) –Canada 3 –Japan 3 (1 co-au) –South Korea 2 –Germany 1 –India 1 –Iran 1 –Netherlands 1 –United Kingdom (1 co-au) U.S. Paper Origins U.S. Paper Origins –University 9 –Big Industry 6 –Government 5 –Small Industry 2 Paper Submissions, as of 1500, 12 July 04 Paper Submissions, as of 1500, 12 July 04 –Papers at Meeting 28 –No Papers Yet 15 –Presentations Only 6 No Paper Notes No Paper Notes –7 are from the VEGA session –Most others are none U.S. –Others will be coming –None withdrawn, to the best of my knowledge

4. Other Comments AIAA Tech folks were very helpful AIAA Tech folks were very helpful Overall, I thought the online paper submittal system worked fine Overall, I thought the online paper submittal system worked fine I thought the online paper acceptance, session organization and program adjustments worked well I thought the online paper acceptance, session organization and program adjustments worked well Mike Popp did an excellent job Mike Popp did an excellent job Need to define what makes a special session Need to define what makes a special session –Invited only papers –Joint session, i.e. with ASME –Narrowly defined subject matter –Subject overview, i.e. management overviews of a topic I don’t think you should limit session chairs to SRTC members I don’t think you should limit session chairs to SRTC members –I tried, but had volunteers from outside who needed an excuse to come