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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 from 7:00 PM to 8:40 PM PST
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AIAA LA-LV 12/15 Section Town Hall e-Meeting
Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 7 PM PST (US and Canada)
an AIAA LA-LV Zoom webinar

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Lunar Roving Adventures
Dust, Dust, Everywhere - What Are We Going To Do?

by

Mr. Ron Creel
Retired Space And Thermal Systems Engineer
Member of the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Team

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Please join us and learn more about the exciting Lunar Rovers, and the issues for dust exposure for the Lunar Missions and Human Settlement on the Moon !
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"This presentation will be a look at the two main (and sometimes conflicting) aspects of my astronomical career, the search for comets, and the relation of English poetry to the night sky.  One involves looking at the sky; the other involves feeling the sky."

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Tickets:

$2.95: AIAA Professional Member

$5.95: Non-AIAA Member - Professional

$1.95: AIAA Educator Member

$4.95: Non-AIAA Member - Educator

$1.45: AIAA University Student Member

$4.45: Non-AIAA Member - University Student

$0 (No Charge): AIAA High School (HS) Student Member, Non AIAA Member HS Student, and other K-12 Student

(Those K-12 student registrants will be required to type in a statement during registration to confirm with honesty they are indeed High School or K-12 Students.)

$2.95: AIAA Member - Other Categories

$5.95: Non-AIAA Member - Other Categories


Mr. Ron Creel is a space thermal and systems engineer who began his NASA career in 1965 as a co-op student at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), joining full time in 1969, after graduating from Florida State University with a degree in Engineering Mechanics. Creel has more than 51 years of extensive experience on space engineering projects, both for the Government and industry.

As thermal control engineer on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Team, his responsibilities included design, test verification, and mission support engineering for the vehicle's thermal control system - in his words, "a high-speed and challenging task on America's spacecraft with wheels." For his contributions, he was awarded the "Silver Snoopy," the NASA Astronaut Corps' own special award for outstanding performance.

Following his Apollo experiences, Creel worked on other thermal engineering projects at NASA, including the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS), the High Energy Astronomical Observatory (HEAO) and the X-Ray Calibration Test Facility, and performed extensive thermal/stress analytical work on Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) internal flow components.

After his NASA career, Creel performed systems engineering on Strategic Defense Initiative Organization "Star Wars" space-based defense projects including extensive field testing in the Pacific. He continued thermal engineering on several satellite programs, including the International Space Station launch-to-activation program at the Boeing Company. Ron also served as Thermal Subject Matter Expert on the Independent Readiness Review Team for U.S. Air Force satellites.

During the Apollo Moon missions using the LRV, Creel experienced the frustration of trying to cope with the adverse effects of lunar dust and is an active and enthusiastic resource for technology development efforts to develop Isolation Technologies for mitigation of adverse lunar dust effects for NASA.

He is also interested in contributing to development of nuclear systems for survival and robotic and manned exploration of the Moon. He is a much-sought-after expert and speaker who willingly describes the Apollo LRV thermal design, test verification, and mission support systems and shares experiences gained in coping with the harsh lunar environment.

He supports several educational projects, such as lectures and the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge held at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center for High School and College student teams, and enjoys sharing his experience with students and young and old aerospace professionals. He has also formed a team which is developing LUROVA - the LUnar ROVing Adventures 3D "Edutainment" simulation for student involvement and challenge.

Selected Publications:
J.R. Gaier and R.A. Creel, (2005) "The Effects of Lunar Dust in Advanced EVA Systems: Lessons from Apollo," Lunar Regolith Simulant Materials Workshop, NASA MSFC.
R. Creel, SAIC, (1995, 2004,2005) "Applying Thermal Control Experiences on the Apollo Lunar Rover Project to Rovers for Future Space Exploration," 1995 and 2004. Linked here.
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"This presentation will be a look at the two main (and sometimes conflicting) aspects of my astronomical career, the search for comets, and the relation of English poetry to the night sky.  One involves looking at the sky; the other involves feeling the sky."