Editor’s note: Video of Lisa Porter’s recent Aeronautics presentation is now online at the AIAA website. You’ll need to register (for free) to view it.

Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member...