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TABLE OF CONTENTS M A Y 2 0 1 4 | 1 78 Composites Carry the Curiosity Rover to a Safe Mars Landing From the mission's launch to its touchdown on the Martian surface 1.7 million miles later, composites did the job throughout and stuck the landing! By Donna Dawson MAY volume: twenty-two number: three 5 From the Editor HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan ex- amines the signifcance of the Bombardier Learjet 85's frst fight. 7 Market Trends Guest columnist Rani Richardson proposes a way to speed certifca- tion of aerospace composites. 11 Composites: Perspectives & Provocations Guest columnist Dale Brosius points out two key trends evident at JEC Europe 2014. 13 By the Numbers CW's director of market intelli- gence, Steve Kline, Jr., updates the Composites Business Index. 15 Testing Tech Dr. Donald F. Adams discusses reverse loading fexural fatigue testing and fxture design. 19 News 65 Calendar 67 Applications 71 New Products 76 Marketplace 76 Ad Index 77 Showcase 30 JEC Europe 2014 Review The composites world met again in Paris, vibrant, stronger and more forward-look- ing than ever before. 36 SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 Preview The Society for the Advancement of Ma- terial and Process Engineering's annual fall Tech conference is now a spring event. 40 Don't Call It a Blimp! The builders of this variable-buoyancy craft count on carbon fber/epoxy truss- work to enable a new era of air transport. By Sara Black 44 3-D Printing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Composites? Additive manufacturing startup Mark- Forged aims to make it happen — and is already marketing systems. By Sara Black 48 One-Shot Dry Drilling of Stacked Materials Tool design innovations tighten toleranc- es and cut costs for those who drill com- posite-metal assemblies. By Ginger Gardiner 56 VX Aerospace: Small Company, Big Performance Innovative design, OOA manufacturing and C-PLY laminate construction pro- duce "big fabricator" aerostructures in fewer steps at lower cost. By Ginger Gardiner FEATURES COLUMNS DEPARTMENTS ON THE COVER DARPA funding and an internal com- posite truss frame concept gave Igor Pasternak, founder, CEO and chief en- gineer at Worldwide Aeros Corp. (Ae- ros, Montbello, Calif.), the opportunity to launch the Dragon Dream prototype, a 266-ft/82m long variable-buoyancy airship with a wingspan of 110 ft/34m, and height of 50 ft/15.4m. Larger air- ships are coming for commercial ship- ping to sites without airstrips. Source: Worldwide Aeros Corp. FOCUS ON DESIGN 30 56 40 2014 0514HPC TOC-OK-REV.indd 1 4/23/2014 12:53:28 PM