Program for ISDC 2006

Here is the finalized program for Space Studies Institute’s track at ISDC 2006.

Thursday May 4, 2006

2:00 P.M.
Klaus Heiss: The Shuttle Decision Revisited and the Jamestown Proposal

2:30 P.M.
Lee Valentine: A Space Roadmap: a Profitable, Incremental Approach to Space Industrialization and Space Settlement

3:00 P.M.
Red Whittaker: The Grand Challenge and Recent Advances in Space Robotics

4:00 P.M.
Niklas Jarvstrat: Building a Self Reliant Moon Colony

4:30 P.M.
Alex Freundlich et al: Turning the Moon into A Solar Photovoltaic Paradise

5:00
Peter Schubert: Synergistic Construction Mechanisms for Habitats in Space Environs

5:30
Al Globus: Kalpana One: A New Space Colony Design

Friday May 5, 2006

3:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.
Gary Barnhard: Architecting the Future
Masse Bloomfield: Space – The Endless Frontier
Brian Enke: The Medusa Approach to Mars Exploration and Settlement
Pamela Conrad: Making the Vision Real: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Space Exploration
Sherry E. Bell: Evolutionary Psychology and Its Implications for the Future of Humans in Space

5:00 P.M.
Pascal Lee: Astronaut Training for Moon and Mars Surface

5:30 P.M.
Greg Allison: Human Destiny – Why We Must Choose to Settle Space Now to Survive

Saturday May 6, 2006

2:00 P.M.
Hirdy Miyamoto: Granular materials on the surface of the small asteroid Itokawa: Initial results of the Japanese Hayabusa mission

2:30 P.M.
Jeff Kargel: Martian resources supporting expansion of a self-sustaining Mars outpost

3:00 P.M.
Phil Sadler: Thermal Well for ISRU Water Extraction from Lunar/Martian Permafrost

3:30 P.M.
James Dohm et al.: Tier-scalable Reconnaissance To Test Overarching Geological Theories and Locate Prime Targets on Mars

4:00 P.M.
Wolfgang Fink et al.: Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance for Remote Planetary Exploration

4:30 P.M.
Roberto Furfaro: Autonomy in Planetary Exploration: Fuzzy Expert System for Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance

5:00 P.M.
William Jewell: A Proposal for an All Biological CELSS: Phase 2 of the Cornell/SSI Collaboration

Sunday May 7, 2006

11:00 A.M.
Giorgio Gaviraghi: Artificial Planets

11:30 A.M.
Phil Putman: An Orbiting Magnetic Arrest System for Rocket-free Transportation to Earth Orbit