Eden Shield – Strategies and Concepts for Planetary Defense

1. Eden Shield – Strategies and Concepts for Planetary Defense M.Thangavelu, Conductor ASTE 527 Graduate Space Concepts Studio Dept. of Astronautical Engineering Viterbi School of Engineering

2. ASTE 527 Studio Introduction • All about Creativity – human mind is magical • Synthetic Mindset – Different rules • The Brain - Connections – Associative logic • Writers Workshop – University of Iowa • Analysis tools come later • Create a Concept – Midterm Exercise • Focus on interdisciplinary Space Systems • Products get published

3. Final Team Project • Pick a Theme - Complex Architecture • Explore Different Aspects of Problem • Create different Concepts around it • Each student creates a programmatic section • No time to do Engg. analysis • Six Weeks Five 3hr meetings • Try to create something original • Visualize your concept - Be graphic

4. ASTE527 Eden Shield Team Project 2014 Context • Most Planetary Defense concepts in the literature - long term strategies - 5-50 years • What if we need to react quickly – 1-2 years from first identification of threat ? • Apply SoA and maturing technologies • Whole range of options spanning how to tackle scenarios from the “unthinkable” to the “inevitable” in 10min vignettes • Be Creative and Original and Graphic