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Lunar Challenges Concept Generation Session Lunar Challenges Concept Generation Session

Lunar Challenges Concept Generation Session

August 15, 2018
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA 91125


Lunar Challenges Concept Generation Session Agenda

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Keck Center - Think Tank, Room 155

Time
Event
Speaker
8:30 ‐ 9:00 Coffee and Refreshments
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome
Purpose and Introductions
Fred Hadaegh
Michele Judd
9:30 - 9:50

Practical drivers for highest priority lunar activities over the next 50 years

Brent Sherwood
9:50 - 10:10 Navigation and communication challenges for lunar missions Les Deutsch
10:10 - 10:30

Radio astronomy from the moon

Gregg Hallinan

10:30 ‐ 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Roundup of who is doing what: NASA, industry, and internationals John Elliott
12:00 -1:30 Lunch at the Athenaeum  
1:30 - 1:50 Distributed heterogeneous robotic systems
Soon-Jo Chung
1:50 - 2:10 Planetary surface construction for the moon Scott Howe
2:10 - 2:30 Utilizing electrostatic films to enable lunar regolith repulsion and manipulation Don Ruffatto
2:30 - 2:50 Rovers and robots: historical, modern, and futuristic Aaron Parness
2:50 - 3:20 Break
3:20 - 4:15 Synthesis of potential KISS study ideas Greg Davis
4:15 - 4:30 Wrap-up (next steps on how to propose an idea for a full study to KISS) Michele Judd
4:30 End of Session

Attendees:

  • Garry Burdick - JPL
  • Soon-Jo Chung – Caltech Campus
  • Greg Davis - JPL
  • Les Deutsch - JPL
  • George Djorgovski – Caltech Campus
  • Howard Eisen - JPL
  • John Elliott - JPL
  • Richard French - JPL
  • Fred Hadaegh - JPL
  • Gregg Hallinan – Caltech Campus
  • Scott Howe - JPL
  • Jason Hyon - JPL
  • James Keane – Caltech Campus
  • Yang Liu - JPL
  • Issa Nesnas - JPL
  • Aaron Parness - JPL
  • Raul Polit-Casillas - JPL
  • Donald Ruffatto - JPL
  • Brent Sherwood - JPL
  • Christophe Sotin - JPL
  • Dave Stevenson – Caltech Campus
  • Brian Wilcox - JPL
  • Zhongwen Zhan – Caltech Campus