DIRECT launcher article in AIAA Houston Horizons

The Summer 2007 issue of Horizons has been posted. Horizons is the
online newsletter produced by the AIAA Houston section that covers
local AIAA activities and events and features notices of upcoming
paper presentations, general interest items, local aerospace stories,
and relevant commentary. In this issue:

· From the Editor: An "Open Source" Launch Vehicle Family?
· Chair's Corner
· A DIRECT Approach
· Staying Informed
· Membership Page
· AIAA Historic Aerospace Site Plaque at NASA/JSC
· Virgin Galactic Training for Travel Representatives
· Summary Report: The 2007 Annual Technical Symposium
· Student Essay: To Boldly Go
· Student Essay: You're a GO for Launch
· The Engineering and Sciences Contract Group
· The Space Settlement Design Competition
· The International Space Development Conference 2007
· Elon Musk of SpaceX Addresses AIAA Houston
· Calendar
· Cranium Cruncher
· Odds and Ends
· Conference Presentations/Articles by Houston Section Members
· AIAA Local Section News

You can find the new issue at the AIAA Houston Horizons web page:

http://www.aiaa-houston.org/horizons

JON S. BERNDT
Editor, Horizons Online Magazine
AIAA Houston
www.aiaa-houston.org/horizons
email: editor * at * aiaa-houston . org