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NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts 2nd Annual Meeting AGENDA

June 6-7, 2000

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Technical Sessions: Building 3 Auditorium Reception: Building 28 Atrium

NIAC Annual Meeting Tuesday, June 6, 2000 GSFC Building 3 Auditorium

8:00am - 8:30am

Registration

8:30am - 8:45am

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Dr. Robert Cassanova, NIAC Director

8:45am - 9:15am

Mr. Sam Venneri, Associate Administrator, Aero-Space Technology

9:15am - 10:15am

NIAC Advanced Concept Status Reports n (40 min) Dr. Neville J. Woolf, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona Very Large Optics for the Study of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets n

(20 min)

Arthur Palisoc, L’Garde Incorporated Large Telescope Using Holographically Corrected Membranes

10:15am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - 12:00pm NIAC Status Reports n (40 min) Dr. Paul Gorenstein, Smithsonian Institution, Astrophysical Observatory An Ultra-High Throughput X-Ray Astronomy Observatory with a New Mission Architecture n

(40 min)

Dr. Webster Cash, University of Colorado X-Ray Interferometry: Ultimate Astronomical Imaging

12:00pm - 1:15pm Lunch (on your own) 1:15pm - 2:55pm NIAC Status Reports n (40 min) Dr. Ralph L. McNutt, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab A Realistic Interstellar Explorer n

(20 min)

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(40 min)

Dr. Jordan Maclay, Quantum Fields LLC Feasibility of Communications Using Quantum Correlations

Dr. Steven Dubowsky, MIT Self-Transforming Robotic Planetary Explorers

2:55pm - 3:10pm Break 3:10pm - 4:50pm NIAC Status Reports n (20 min) Thomas Vaneck, Physical Sciences Incorporated A System of Mesoscale Biomimetic Roboswimmers for Exploration and Search for Life on Europa n

(20 min)

Dr. Peter Molnar, Clark Atlanta University Self-Organized Navigation Control for Manned and Unmanned Vehicles in Space Colonies

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(20 min)

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(20 min)

Anthony Colozza, Ohio Aerospace Institute Planetary Exploration Using Biomimetics

Chris Van Buiten, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Autonomous VTOL Scalable Logistics (AVSLA)

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(20 min)

Jason Tyll, GASL Incorporated Environmentally-Neutral Aircraft Propulsion Using Low Temperature Plasma

5:30pm - 7:00pm Reception, Building 28 Atrium

NIAC Annual Meeting Wednesday, June 7, 2000 GSFC Building 3 Auditorium

8:00am - 10:00am

NIAC Status Reports n (40 min) Dr. Ilan Kroo, Stanford University Mesicopter: A Meso-Scale Vehicle n

(40 min)

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(20 min)

Dr. Kerry Nock, Global Aerospace Corporation Global Constellation of Stratospheric Scientific Platforms

Dr. Christopher Brown, Dynamac Corporation Programmable Plants: Development of an In Planta System for the Remote Monitoring and Control of Plant Function for Life Support

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(20 min)

Dr. Penelope Boston, Complex Systems Research Incorporated Scientific Exploration and Human Utilization of Subsurface Extraterrestrial Environments: A Feasibility Assessment of Strategies, Technologies & Test Beds

10:00am - 10:20am

Break

10:20am - 12:00pm NIAC Status Reports n (20 min) Dr. James Powell, Plus Ultra Technologies, Incorporated Development of Self-Sustaining Mars Colonies Utilizing the North Polar Cap and the Martian Atmosphere n

(40 min)

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(40 min)

Dr. Robert P. Hoyt, Tethers Unlimited, Incorporated Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport (MMOSTT)

John Grant, Boeing Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch Study

12:00pm - 1:15pm Lunch (on your own) 1:15pm - 2:55pm NIAC Status Reports n (40 min) Dr. Robert M. Winglee, University of Washington The Mini-Magnetospheric Plasma Propulsion, M2P2 n

(20 min)

Dr. George Maise, Plus Ultra Technologies, Incorporated Exploration of Jovian Atmosphere Using Nuclear Ramjet Flyer

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(20 min)

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(20 min)

Bradley Edwards, Los Alamos National Lab The Space Elevator

Dr. Kerry T. Nock, Global Aerospace Corporation Cyclical Visits to Mars via Astronaut Hotels

2:55pm - 3:10pm Break 3:10pm - 4:50pm NIAC Status Reports n (40 min) Dr. Eric E. Rice, Orbital Technologies Corporation Advanced System Concept for Total ISRU Based Propulsion and Power Systems for Unmanned and Manned Mars Exploration n

(20 min)

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(20 min)

Christopher England, Engineering Resource Group Mars Atmosphere Resource Recovery System (MARRS)

Dr. Alex Ignatiev, University of Texas - Houston New Architecture for Space Solar Power Systems: Fabrication of Silicon Solar Cells Using In-Situ Resources

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(20 min)

Dr. Douglas O’Handley, Orbital Technologies Corporation System Architecture Development for a Self-Sustaining Lunar Colony