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Join us at the SSL150 Auditorium on December 15th, 2008 from 6.00-9.30pm for an exciting concept architecture presentation on returning to the Moon. This event is part of the ASTE527 Space Concepts Studio, where interdisciplinary participants create original pre-engineering concepts. Various guest lecturers will cover topics related to space exploration. The goal is to enhance NASA's vision with permanent assets that can benefit all of humanity in the short term. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn more about the future of space exploration!
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ASTE 527 Space Exploration Architectures Concept Synthesis Studio Final Team Concept Architecture Presentations Return To The Moon: Looking Glass 204 Seaver Science Library Auditorium SSL150 Monday December 15th, 2008, 6.00-9.30pm Astronautics and Space Technology Division Viterbi School of Engineering University of Southern California
ASTE527 Space Concepts Studio • 3 Unit Graduate Elective • Interdisciplinary participants • Create original concepts – pre-engineering • Guest lecturers – topics and review • Individual concept at midterm • Team Project at Finals Looking Glass 204 Overview
Project Background • NASA plans to return people to the Moon by 2020 • Mars Forward Vision • International Cooperation • Contracts have been issued to build vehicles and systems to execute this program • We are embarked on crewed missions beyond Earth Orbit • It will cost US taxpayers about $150 billion in the next decade • Robotic buildup philosophy Looking Glass 204 Overview
USC Team Project Background • Using NASA plans : • What can we do besides executing Mars Forward Vision ? • Tasked to enhance NASA Vision with “permanent assets” which can benefit all humanity • Do it in the short term – 2015-2025 • Robots + Crew philosophy Looking Glass 204 Overview
Crew Safety First Philosophy Establish a sturdy, permanent Earth-Moon communications link Establish a permanent settlement Establish Suite of Lunar Observatories Geology and Astrobiology Traverse Live Off the Land Inspire a new generation - Outreach Specific Goals Looking Glass 204 Overview
Invited Lecturers Reviewers and Guests Dr.Buzz Aldrin – Crew member, Apollo 11 Bradley Bartz – President ABC Solar, Contributer Space Daily Prof. Robert Brodsky – USC Astronautics, Retd. Director of Technology, TRW Dr.Marc Cohen AIA – Space Architect, Habitability Group, Northrop Grumman Dr.Peter Diamandis - Chairman X Prize Foundation, Founder ISU Prof. Dan Erwin – Chairman, USC Astronautics Division Boris Fritz - Director of Materials and Processes Lab, Northrop Grumman Catherine Girardey - TSAT Advanced SatComm Group, Director BWIL, Boeing Space Systems Prof. Mike Gruntman – Director, USC Masters Program in Astronautics Col.Bill Haynes(USAF Retd.) – Retd. Manager Skylab Crew Systems, Test/Fighter Pilot Robert Jacobsen – President, 62 Mile Club Dr.Alvar Kabe, Director Structural Dynamics Division, Aerospace Corporation Prof. Behrokh Khoshnevis – Industrial and Systems Engineering, Director CRAFT, USC Dan Levack - Advanced Concepts Group, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Eric Mankin – USC News Jaret Matthews - Chief Engineer, ATHLETE, Advanced Robotics Systems Manager, NASA JPL David Nixon RIBA – Space Architect Prof. Doug Noble – Associate Dean, USC School of Architecture Iliona Outram - Director, Calearth Institute Dr.Knut Oxnevad - President SIMTANO, Concurrent Design Engineering company Dr.Ken Phillips, Curator, California Science Center Aerospace Museum Michael Potter – Member of ISU Board of Trustees, Paradigm Ventures Ed Repic - Retd. Advanced Projects Manager, Rockwell Intl Gene Rogers - Chief Technologist, Boeing Space and Network Systems Prof. Marc Schiler – Director, Building Science Program, USC School of Architecture Dr.Anita Sengupta - Mars Science Laboratory, NASA JPL Prof. Stan Settles – Director, System Architecting Engineering, USC George Shannon – Advanced Concepts Group, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Jim Shoji - Advanced Concepts Group, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Robert Solheim – Product Development Manager, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Alice Taylor – Photonica Inc., Formerly Director with Boeing Homeland Security Prof. Firdaus Udwadia – Aerospace, Civil, Systems Engineering, USC Prof. Harvey Wichman - Director of Aerospace Pyschology Lab, Claremont McKenna College Prof. Peter Will – Director, Robotics, Fellow Information Sciences Institute, USC Looking Glass 204 Overview