Bryan Palaszewski (NASA) has agreed to return to Capricon 28 and astound us with tales of tech and science from the NASA Glenn Research Center.  What can he tell us about Space Pirates?? Hmmmmm....

NASA Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Turbomachinery and Propulsion Systems Division

Bryan has worked at the NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field since 1989 and is currently directing research on high performance propellants. The current focus of his research is in nanoparticle metal additives for gelled liquid fuels, and solid hydrogen for atomic propellants.

He recently led the Fire Prevention -Accident Mitigation aspects of the NASA / FAA Aviation Safety Program, investigating ways of making aircraft and their fuels safer. In 1996, he led the NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) special topic for commercializing safer, denser propellants.

For six years, he led many studies of advanced space systems for orbital and interplanetary travel at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. He was also involved in other flight projects such as the Galileo Mission to Jupiter and the Cassini Mission to Saturn.

He has received the AIAA Sustained Service Award in 2004, and was chair of the AIAA Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion Technical committee for 3 years.