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E-Conference Call for Papers
6th Conference on Space Colonization
Program Chair
Klaus Heiss
High Frontier and The Jamestown Group
Alexandria, VA
Phone: 703-535-8774
Fax: 703.535.8776
klaus.heiss@verizon.net
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Interested in submitting a paper to E-Conference? The process begins with the submission of your initial abstract. Check out the E-Conference Call for Papers below to find the most appropriate session for your submission. Below each session's listing is a direct link to our initial abstract submission form. You'll find additional information about publishing in the proceedings, including requirements and a publication timeline, on our general manuscript submission page.
2008 Call for Papers and Conference Overview
Conference Overview
With the Nation’s new directions announced by President Bush, human and robotic exploration missions beyond LEO have now been given significant emphasis in the NASA Vision. This emphasis is pointing toward eventual development of space settlements on the Moon and Mars. Along with these future settlements/colonies, more consideration of the construction of large scale infrastructure is needed. With the formation of the new AIAA Technical Committee on Space Colonization in 2002, this dream may move a little closer to reality. The fifth symposium on Space Colonization will focus on what we could be doing on the Moon and the areas of our group’s scope, namely, Space Tourism, Space Exploration, Space Bases, Space Resources Utilization (SRU), Space Settlements/Colonies, biotechnology, medicine, large scale processes and technologies and Mars and Other Planetary Terraforming.
The yearning of people to travel into space, even in short sub-orbital flights, is an important first step towards future space colonization by humans. Eventually, with the apparent improvement in the political reality, improved technologies will enable us to permanently move to new residences elsewhere in the Solar System within this Century. This process includes space exploration and ensuing space tourism and eventually results in: various national and international space bases in orbit (e.g., ISS) and on planetary bodies (Moon, Mars, etc); requires SRU for cost–effective implementation of exploration, base construction, human settlements in the Solar System; and eventually results in the terra-forming of Mars to give humankind a viable second home.
E01. Space Colonization: Opening Session I
Chair: Klaus Heiss, High Frontier, Alexandria, VA, 703-535-8774, klaus.heiss@verizon.net
Co-Chair: Narayanan Ramachandran, Jacobs Technology, Hunstville, AL, 256-544-8308,
Narayanan.Ramachandran-1@nasa.gov
These papers, consisting of invited talks only, will be given within a two-hour time slot, where specific time allocations will be assigned to each presenter. Overview papers on the focused subjects of space colonization will be developed and presented by the members of the AIAA/SCTC. There may be one summary/survey paper on each of the six areas of the SCTC interests or other topics of general nature.
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E02. Space Colonization: Opening Session II
Chair: Klaus Heiss, High Frontier, Alexandria, VA, 703-535-8774, klaus.heiss@verizon.net
Co-Chair: Narayanan Ramachandran, Jacobs Technology, Hunstville, AL, 256-544-8308, Narayanan.Ramachandran-1@nasa.gov
These papers, consisting of invited talks only, will be given within a two-hour time slot, where specific time allocations will be assigned to each presenter. Overview papers on the focused subjects of space colonization will be developed and presented by the members of the AIAA/SCTC. There may be one summary/survey paper on each of the six areas of the SCTC interests or other topics of general nature.
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E03. Space Exploration
Chair: Mark Benton, Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, El Segundo, CA, 310-416-4554 Mark.Benton@boeing.com
Co- Chair: Peter Curreri, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL, 256-544-7763, Peter.A.Curreri@nasa.gov
Papers are sought that focus on exploration of the Moon, Mars and Asteroids. Papers that deal with resources measurement and discovery are preferred. Papers dealing with advanced space transportation and other architecture elements and advanced subsystems technologies that support human exploration of space are welcome. The discovery/reporting of new scientific findings that will provide encouragement to the public for space tourism, space bases, space settlements, and Terraforming are desired.
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E04. Space Bases on the Moon: How and Why?
Chair: Paul van Susante, Colorado School of Mines, Golden CO, 720-272-8892, paulvans@mines.edu
Co-Chair: Rob Mueller, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL, 321-867-2557, rob.mueller@nasa.gov
A "Space Base" will be defined as a permanent facility on the Moon's surface, that includes habitable elements in which humans can live for extended periods without re-supply. The definition here also includes first stage outposts extending all the way to a lunar colony and how to develop from one to the other. Priority will be given to papers exhibiting original concepts, innovative solutions to known environmental risk factors, lunar operations and depth of analysis of technologies and functionalities.
Abstract and paper submissions should contain enough detail for the program committee to evaluate the technical content of the final presentation and paper.
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E05. Space Bases on Mars: How and Why?
Chair: Andrew Gonzales, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 650-604-0309, agonzales@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Co-Chair: Subhayu Sen, BAE Systems, Huntsville, AL, 256-544-8264, Subhayu.Sen-1@nasa.gov
A "Space Base" will be defined as a permanent facility on Mar's surface, that includes habitable elements and in which humans can live for extended periods without re-supply. The definition here also includes first stage outposts extending all the way to a lunar colony and how to develop from one to the other. Priority will be given to papers exhibiting original concepts, innovative solutions to known environmental risk factors, lunar operations and depth of analysis of technologies and functionalities.
Abstract and paper submissions should contain enough detail for the program committee to evaluate the technical content of the final presentation and paper.
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E06. Space Settlements/Colonies
Chair: Anita Gale, Space Settlement Design Competitions, Nassau Bay, TX, 281-226-5691, anita.e.gale@boeing.com
Co-Chair: Richard Edwards, Space Settlement Design Competitions, Nassau Bay, TX, 281-226-5530, Dick.Edwards@boeing.com
Papers are invited that describe possible space settlements/colonization concepts/overall systems or architecture studies in space, on the Moon, and/or on Mars. Papers are sought that help to define what resources are needed to support the colonies sited in different locations, with both local space resources and Earth-based resources. Papers are also invited that define optimum habitats, bio-dome design, laboratories, power stations, recreational facilities, manufacturing, greenhouses/farming operations, food production/processing, resource mining operations and materials handling and processing, road building processes, space transport systems, and sociological aspects of setting up settlements off the home planet.
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E07. Biotechnology and Medicine for
Space Colonization: How and Why?
Chair: TBD
Co-Chair: TBD
This session will address work in the area of biotechnology and health care, both physical and psychological. Contributions may include forecasts for near term biotechnology, the exploitation of endogenous bacteria to produce drugs and to modify physiology and enhance survivability, the memory, and the use of living cells as sensors, processors and communication devices. Contributions are also sought that relate to long term exposure to the interplanetary environment, and social dynamics and psychology issues related to space colonization.
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E08. Large Scale Processes and Technologies for Colonization
Chair: Edward McCullough, The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA, 714-934-0625, edward.d.mccullough@boeing.com
Co-Chair: Brad Blair, SysRAND, Idaho Springs, CO, 720-280-5100 planetminer@gmail.com
Papers are invited that describe possible large-scale process and technology concepts, overall systems, or architecture studies in space, on the Moon, and/or on Mars, to include: Definition of the processes and technologies required for the production of large scale infrastructure on planetary surfaces and space using a combination of local space resources and Earth-based resources. Methods for producing modular components on planetary surfaces from local resources, integration of the modules into large scale infrastructure or machines on the planetary surfaces, methods for providing radiation protection, or transporting the modules to space destinations like LEO or Lagrange points for assembly into solar power satellites or [very large ~500m]interplanetary vehicles.. Bootstrapping chemical processing and manufacturing infrastructure and that describe methods of building large scale machinery for mining and building large scale underground facilities for setting up settlements off the home planet. The objective of this session is to demonstrate conceptually, and from an engineering framework, how we become independent of Earth infrastructure and resources as rapidly as feasible, and the necessary infrastructure on the Moon to accomplish this feat.
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E09. Terraforming, Domed Ecosystems and Planetary Modification
Chair: Eric E. Rice, Orbital Technologies Corporation, Madison, WI, 608-827-5000 ex. 2730, ricee@orbitec.com
Co-Chair: TBD
This session seeks papers that will consider the physics, biology, and environmental policy issues of developing domed ecosystems on planetary surfaces and the basic idea of planetary Terraforming. Papers solicited include discussions of physical processes that might be used to warm Mars, assessment of its inventory of carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen, analogous ecosystems on Earth today, the role of advances in biology in creating ecosystems on Mars, elsewhere, and other related topics. Engineering and construction analyses of large domes fabricated from local resources on the Earth, Moon, and Mars are desired.
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E10. Major Challenges of and Opportunities for
Human Exploration of Space
Chair: John C. Mankins, Artemis Innovation Management Solutions, Ashburn, VA, 703-472-9286, john.c.mankins@artemisinnovation.com
Co-Chair: Mark Benton, Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, El Segundo, CA, 310-416-4554, Mark.Benton@boeing.com
Experience in space has shown that operations outside the atmosphere and on extraterrestrial surfaces frequently encounter serious challenges--some known or anticipated, and others that appear as surprises. These have included degradation effects on materials, electrical charging, pervasiveness of lunar dust, and greater than expected forces. On the other side, celestial bodies, first and foremost the Moon, also offer unique opportunities not realizable from Earth or in Cis-Lunar Space. There are also potential political, economic, industrial, managerial, and other new challenges that will need to be overcome, but opportunites as well. It is an irrefutable fact that after the glorious achievements of manned Space flight by Russia and the United States in the 1950’s and 1960’s the Human exploration of Space has meandered, stagnated indeed retrogressed: whereas we could land man on the Moon in decades past today the US may be able to do so only in 2020 or beyond, a course possibly forsaking opportunities for us and generations to come. This session seeks papers that quantify known or anticipated challenges and opportunites to space operations, propose mitigation techniques, and/or suggest previously unknown opportunites or difficulties that may be encountered as humans expand activities in space and on surfaces of planets, moons, and asteroids. Submissions should contain sufficient detail for the program committee to evaluate the technical content of the final presentation and paper.
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E11. A Condominium of Observatories on the Moon
Chair: Walter Pecorella, Istituto Nazionale di Astro-Fisica (INAF), Rome, Italy, + 39 06 355331, walter.pecorella@telespazio.com
Co-Chair: TBD
This session is meant to identify early and major observation programs on and from the Moon. One of the early and primary uses of the Moon has been and is to use the Moon as an ideal platform for observing Earth, the Sun, the Solar system, the Milky Way and the universe. In addition, some observations can only be made from the Moon, e.g. a Cosmic Rays Water Observatory or Radio astronomy trying to “penetrate” behind the current limit given by the CBR images of the early universe.
The Moon is a natural platform in space that has many similar characteristics as free space (e.g. vacuum), but is much safer to work on and allows for regular maintenance and upgrading which placement of telescopes in far away Lagrange points does not, or at least will make it very cumbersome, time consuming and risky, since these are conceptual and as yet unproven in design and operations in a hostile Space environment constantly affected, among others, by Solar climate/weather events. Since by 2020 new telescope capabilities will be required because current telescopes will be at the end of their lifetime and successors will be too large to deploy or extremely complicated and risky to achieve in free space (e.g. interferometry formation flying constellations of telescopes), the lunar surface is an excellent place to construct the next and following generations of telescopes.
In 2004 a Condominium of Observatories was proposed as a first logical step toward a sustained presence on the Moon (March 2004 – Washington Academy of Sciences), February 2005 (STAIF – AIAA Space Colonization TC) and again March 2005 – (Washington Academy of Sciences). This in turn stimulated three conferences on Moon Base(s) initiated by the two chairmen in Venice (Italy, May 2005), Washington DC (October 2005) and Moscow (Russia, November 2006). Others have proposed the early establishment of observatories and measurement instruments on the Moon as well, which can be added to the Condominium tasks: e.g. a deployment of seismometers to measure Lunar seismic and meteor impact events to determine the internal structure of the Moon.
E12. The Why: “Market Pull” Moon Development Opportunities and Barriers: Jamestown On the Moon and Beyond
Chair: Piero Spillantini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, + 39 055 457 2000, spillantini@fi.infn.it
Co-Chair: TBD
Over the past four years members of the SCTC have identified the Moon is as the single, most important “High Ground” as to the strategic interests of the United States in the 21st century and beyond. No other “location” on Earth or in Space comes even close to the overarching, dominant place the Moon has in assuring peace, economic security and resolving conflicts in favor of US interests and free market democracies in the decades and centuries ahead.
The Moon is dominant in (a) Communications, Navigation and Data Base(s) applications and extensions of current Leo, HEO and Geosynchronous infra-structures - a $6 to 10$ billion global industry; (b) Observations, be it Weather, Earth resources, Environmental and Disaster warning and assessment capabilities, Sun-Earth observations, Ocean monitoring etc.; (c) Energy, be it Solar, Nuclear fission or potentially fusion using the 3He sources, for use on the Moon, from the Moon and for Earth; and (d) Habitats and Closed Ecological Life Support Systems, extending mankind’s presence from Earth to the Moon and possibly beyond into the Solar system.
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E13: Lunar Dust: Practical Issues and Testing
Chair: Michael Dube, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 301-286-0957, Michael.J.Dube@nasa.gov
Co-Chair: Michael Hyatt, NASA Glenn Research Center, 216-433-3248, Michael.J.Hyatt@nasa.gov
Session Focus: This session will consider the characterizations of lunar dust necessary to identify and resolve abrasive problems encountered by mechanical systems during extended exploration of the moon. Understanding physical parameters of lunar dust will be addressed in order to standardize simulants used in abrasive testing. Parameters and approaches to abrasive testing, using simulants primarily at this time, will be considered in order to identify instances of risk to mechanical systems caused by dust during lunar exploration. Identification, as well as rational presumption, of risks will be used to consider approaches to mitigation of risks to mechanical systems caused by lunar dust during exploration.
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CE01. Joint C/E-Conference Session: Nuclear
Technology in Support of Space Colonization
Chair: TBD
Co-Chair: Anne Garber, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL, 256-544-0665, anne.e.garber@nasa.gov
Nuclear technology has the theoretical potential to enable exploration, utilization, and colonization of the entire solar system. In addition, innovative concepts have been proposed for using nuclear technology to reach several of the nearer star systems within a few hundred years.
This session will explore the potential use of nuclear technology in support of space colonization. Topics of interest include both advanced nuclear power systems and advanced nuclear propulsion systems. Advanced missions, anticipated requirements, and integrated scenarios for colonization are also of interest. Papers that discuss required technologies and options for developing those technologies are also encouraged.
EF01. Joint E/F-Conference Session:
Near- and Far-Term Technologies
Chair: John Cole, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL, 256.544.4290, john.w.cole@nasa.gov
Co-Chair: Dan Garrison, Barrios Technology, Houston, TX, 281.483.7293, dan.h.garrison@nasa.gov
A joint session is planned with the Colonization Conference where issues will be addressed concerning the use of near-term and far-term technologies and what their effects may be based upon the Moon and Mars programs as well as other efforts that are designed to expand the vision to make us a space-faring nation. Some of these technologies are growing exponentially as a function of time whereas planning activities only treat them as a linear function. This could lead to unusual developments and unexpected break-troughs in technology that should be successfully exploited. This session will identify these issues and, hopefully, how to create successful plans for dealing with the unexpected.
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