SRTC Education Subcommittee

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Solid Rockets Technical CommitteeVice-Chair
Report Tom Moore 11 July 2005
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CPIA is Now CPIAC!
Johns Hopkins University awarded new, 10-year
contract on 8 July 2005 from the Army Contracting
Agency on behalf of the Defense Technical
Information Center to operate the Chemical
Propulsion Information Analysis Center
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Lecture Series Compilation on CD

• SRTC Lecture series (1986 2003)
• 267 Mb, 3851 pages scanned to pdf
• Concerns that collective documentation may be
  subject to U.S. export control laws (ITAR)
• Tom Moore will ask his CPIAC Contracting Officer
  Representative (COR) for an opinion on release
• Communication with COR limited over past 3 months
  due to CPIA ? CPIAC competitive procurement
  action

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Solid Rocket Fundamentals Textbook

• SRTC Adopted Bob Geisler outline in principle
  (2003 ASM)
• Deficiencies identified in current propulsion
  texts
• Preliminary chapter outline established revised
  at 2004 JPC
• Project encouraged by AIAA

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Textbook Approach

• Response to date indicates volunteer effort
  sufficient to prepare manuscript on a per chapter
  basis
• Leverage existing NASA SP monograph series and
  other available public domain material
• CPIAC will coordinate resources, manuscript
  consolidation and overall editorial function
• Kick-off today 2-year schedule to manuscript
  submittal
• Establish Internet file transfer/workplace site
  for collaboration, review and progress reporting

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Textbook Working Outline
Butch Foster will be lead for sample problems and
academic editorial function
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Publishing Through AIAA

• Fits AIAA Education Series
• Include sample problems
• Authors/Editors responsible for public release
• Submit proposal to AIAA via SRTC
• Contract POP is 2 years to final manuscript
• Royalty rate is 10-15 of net profit
• Education Series texts average 400 pages and
  75-90 sale price per copy
• Textbooks typically produced in 1000-copy runs
• AIAA secures permission/educational waivers for
  use of corporate graphics and photos