session 4
- Title
Strategies for Rapid Implementation of Interstellar Missions: Precursors and Beyond
- type
oral
- Description
Knowledge about space beyond our solar system and between the stars—that is interstellar space —is lacking data. Even as IBEX, NASA’s Interstellar Background Explorer, studies the edge of our solar system, it still is confined to earth orbit. Arguably, some of the most compelling data to understand the universe we live in will come from sampling the actual environment beyond our solar system as Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft are on the threshold of doing. In the 36 years since the Voyager probes’ launches, significant advances in materials science, analytical chemistry, information technologies, imaging capabilities, communications and propulsion systems have been made. The recently released IAA study: “Key Technologies to Enable Near-Term Interstellar Scientific Precursor Missions” along with significant initiatives like the DARPA seed-funded 100 Year Starship and the Breakthrough Starshot project, signal the need, readiness and benefits to aggressively undertaking interstellar space missions. This session seeks to define specific strategies and key enabling steps to implement interstellar precursor missions within the next 10-15 years. Suggestions for defined projects, payloads, teams, spacecraft and mission profiles that leverage existing technological capacities, yet will yield probes that generate new information about deep space, rapidly exit the solar system and which can be launched before 2040 are sought.
- Date
2024-10-17
- Time
- Room
- IPC members
Co-Chair: Dr. Mae Jemison, 100 Year Starship, United States;
Co-Chair: Prof. Giancarlo Genta, Politecnico di Torino, Italy;
Rapporteur: Mr. Les Johnson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Marshall Space Flight Center, United States;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
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1 | 10:15 | Advanced Propulsion Technologies for Rapid Implementation of Interstellar Precursor Missions | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Angelo Genovese | Thales Electron Devices GmbH | Germany |
2 | 10:30 | Advanced Capabilities for Nuclear Electric Powerplants for Interstellar Precursors | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Roger X. Lenard | LPS | United States |
3 | 10:45 | Nuclear Electric Propulsion for Fast Interstellar Precursor Missions: Problems and Promises | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Ralph L. McNutt, Jr. | The John Hopkins University | United States |
4 | 11:00 | Reusable Spacecraft for Fuel-Efficient Multi-Target Main Asteroid Belt Sampling Missions | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Jacob Irwin | Berkelyn | United States |
5 | 11:15 | Orbital path of a space probe in order to enter into a stable orbit around a binary star system | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Ugur Guven | UN CSSTEAP | United Kingdom |
6 | 11:30 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Peter Swan | Space Elevator Development Corporation | United States | |
7 | 11:45 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Angelo C.J. Vermeulen | Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) | The Netherlands | |
8 | 12:00 | Technology Development Pace Coefficient for Reliable Interstellar Travel Timeline | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Antoine Faddoul | Tony Sky Designs Group | United States |
9 | 12:15 | 15 | confirmed | Prof. Giancarlo Genta | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | |
10 | 12:30 | Solar Sail Drones for Deep Space Exploration: Revolutionizing Interstellar Propulsion | 15 | withdrawn | Mr. Shreyansh Dubey | University of Petroleum and Energy Studies | India |