Dayton-Cincinnati AIAA

In July 1989, on the 20th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing, the first President Bush called for America to renew its pioneering push into space with the establishment of a permanent Lunar base and a series of human missions to Mars. While many have said that such an endeavor would be excessively costly and take many decades, a small team at Martin Marietta drew up a daring plan that could sharply cut costs and send a group of American astronauts to the Red Planet within ten years. The plan, known as "Mars Direct," has attracted international attention and broad controversy.

Photographs from an AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Section dinner meeting in which Robert Horton discusses the X45-A Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV).

These photographs were taken at a AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Section dinner meeting with Margaret Hanson, who presented "Aiming for the Stars: Frontiers of Modern Astronomy." Dr. Hanson touched on current topics in astronomy such as the Big Bang Theory, dark energy and matter, and exo-planets. She will also talk about current research in the field and where it is going.

A photograph from a dinner meeting with speaker John Clarke.

Photographs from a dinner meeting held on 27 September 2007.