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B-Conference Call for Papers
1st Symposium on Space Resource Utilization
Program Chair
Larry D. Clark
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Denver, CO
Phone: 303.977.3818
Fax: 303 977-6349
larry.d.clark@lmco.com
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Program Co-Chair
Diane Linne
NASA Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, OH
Phone: 216.977.7512
Fax: 216.433.5802
Diane.L.linne@nasa.gov |
Maintaining a continued presence off the Earth requires a new approach to supplying the commodities needed. Bringing all the propellants, drinking water, and breathing air from Earth is clearly not sustainable. This Symposium discusses approaches that break the supply chain, enabling the extension of human presence beyond the Earth’s gravitational grasp. The 1st Symposium on Space Resource Utilization will include aspects of commodity and material production from a wide range of planetary bodies with usable resources.
As the primary symposium of the AIAA Space Resources Technical Committee, we will be requesting papers on topics of the production of commodities and materials as well as advanced processing techniques. In addition to two sessions for lunar in situ resource utilization (ISRU), a session will host papers for Mars and other solar system bodies. A special session this year will host experts in a panel discussion of the challenges for ISRU, including physical, financial, and political. Collection, handling and processing of dusty surface resources will be hosted in one of the sessions, and the integration of ISRU products with related technologies such as life support, power, and propulsion will be included in another. Continuing a successful series begun in 2007, the symposium will include a session on analog test sites and their implications on human exploration.
Interested in submitting a paper to B-Conference? The process begins with the submission of your initial abstract. Check out the B-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
Session's List
B01. Lunar Resource Utilization I
Chair: Edgardo Santiago-Maldonado, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL, 321-867-8794, edgardo.santiago-maldonado-1@nasa.gov
Co-Chair: Takashi Nakamura, Physical Sciences, Inc., San Ramon, CA, 925 743-1110 ex. 10, nakamura@psicorp.com
This session is soliciting papers that discuss the use of available resources on the Moon. As the first human target for exploration, ISRU on the Moon can greatly reduce the requirement for Earth-launched mass of commodities and materials.
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B02. Lunar Resource Utilization II
Chair: Laurent Sibille, ASRC Aerospace Corporation, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL, 321-867-4422, laurent.sibille-1@nasa.gov
Co-Chair: Kevin Payne, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Denver, CO, 303 977 9010, kevin.s.payne@lmco.com
This session, a continuation of Lunar Resource Utilization I, is soliciting papers that discuss the use of available resources on the Moon. As the first human target for exploration, ISRU on the Moon can greatly reduce the requirement for Earth-launched mass of commodities and materials.
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B03. ISRU - Beyond the Moon
Chair: Adam Bruckner, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 206-543-6143, bruckner@aa.washington.edu
Co-Chair: Christine Iacomini, Paragon Space Development Corporation, Tucson, AZ, 520-903-1000 xt. 24, ciacomini@paragonsdc.com
This session will cover ISRU applications and processes for Mars, asteroids, Jovian moons, and other bodies in the solar system.
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B04. Opportunities and Challenges in ISRU - Panel Session
Chair: Chuck Weisbin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 818-354-2013, charles.r.weisbin@nasa.gov
Co-Chair: Gerald B. Sanders, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 281-483-9066, gerald.b.sanders@nasa.gov
Incorporation of ISRU may significantly reduce the mass, cost, and risk of lunar exploration, outpost development, and subsequent human missions to Mars. However, as an unproven technology and capability, ISRU raises significant programmatic and architectural risks in the minds of system architects. This panel session will discuss the technological and political feasibility and issues associated with ISRU providing a significant contribution to the Vision for Space Exploration through topical areas such as engineering readiness, environmental suitability, project cost and schedule, and extensibility from lunar applications to Mars.
This session is a panel session, and is not accepting abstract submissions.
B05. Planetary Excavation, Soils, and Dust
Chair: Allen Wilkinson, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, 216-433-2075, R.A.Wilkinson@nasa.gov
Co-Chair: Dale Boucher, Northern Centre for Advanced Technology, Sudbury, ON, Canada, 705-521-8324, dboucher@norcat.org
This session will encourage work on the characterization of lunar soil and dust and their simulants, as used for lunar Exploration systems tests. Knowledge on soil/simulant strength for excavation and traction and the preparation and validation protocols for working soil test bins is desired. These range from particle size distributions to densification methods to strength measurements in soil test bins. Dust work from particle size distributions to adhesion on potential lunar systems surfaces (fabric, connector, sealing, optical, and sliding surfaces) to corrosivity and abrasivity are of interest.
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B06. ISRU Links to Surface Systems
Chair: Kurt Sacksteder, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, 216-433-2857, Kurt.Sacksteder@NASA.Gov
Co-Chair: Diane Linne, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, 216-977-7512, diane.l.linne@nasa.gov
One of the key benefits of ISRU is the impact on other commodity-reliant systems such as life support and propulsion. This session will cover these links with other human exploration subsystems.
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B07. Analog Test Site Experience
Chair: Mark Henley, The Boeing Company, Topanga, CA, 714-625-6426, mark.w.henley@boeing.com
Co-Chair: TBD
In order to prove the efficacy of these proposed systems and plants, real life simulations need to be performed. This session will discuss lessons learned from experiences and operations at analog test sites where Earth-based testing simulates planetary operations and conditions.
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AB01. ISRU Thermal Control Technologies
(Joint Session with A-Conference)
Chair: Daniel Nguyen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 301-286-6600, Daniel.H.Nguyen@nasa.gov
Co-Chair: Uday Hegde, National Center for Space Exploration Research, NASA GRC, Cleveland, OH, 216-433-8744, Uday.G.Hegde@nasa.gov
In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) for lunar and other extraterrestrial missions will require novel concepts for thermal control of critical processes during various operations such as regolith handling and preconditioning, oxygen and propellant production, phase separation, and material heating. Relevant papers addressing the design, analysis, testing, and operation of thermal control technologies for regolith heating, reactors, condensers and evaporators, heat pipes, radiators, and cooling loops are solicited. Advanced concepts demonstrating low power, mass, and/or volume are especially of interest.
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