Posted on October 30, 2010, at 6:16 pm .
J. Craig Venter (Credit: Public Library of Science)
Craig Venter
J. Craig Venter Institute
– Few things excite his imagination than trying to design people and organisms for the long-term settlement of space
– Created a bacterial cell controlled by chemically synthesized genome earlier this year
– Mapped the human genome for the first time 15 years ago
– Can now map a human genome in a couple of days with a machine that costs about $500,000
– NASA has been doing genetic selection for quite some time — astronaut selection — without really admitting it…why not make it more rigorous?
– Screen for traits that are highly compatible for space — inner ear changes that eliminate motion sickness, minimize bone loss, etc.
– If people are going to be traveling and living in space for a long period of time, might think about engineering humans for with these traits
– Every person who goes to ISS is bringing maybe 10 million bacteria, genes, etc. with him/her
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Posted on October 30, 2010, at 4:43 pm .
Robotics and Space Manufacturing Session
Lee Valentine, Space Studies Institute (Moderator)
Mitchell Weiss, Seegrid Corp.
“Application of Visually Guided, Autonomous Robots to Space Mining and Construction”
Greg Baiden, Laurentian University, Penguin Automated Systems
“Lunar Mining: Taking the Best of Terrestrial Mining and Fitting it on the Moon”
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Posted on October 30, 2010, at 3:33 pm .
International Space Station
Closed Environment Life Support Systems
Dr. William Jewel, Cornell University, and Dr. Lee Valentine, Space Studies Institute
“The Engineering Trade Space for a Robust Closed Ecological Life Support System: A Suggested Technology Road Map”
Dr. Peter Curreri, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and Michael Detweiller, Junction Solutions
“Habitat Size Optimization of the O’Neill-Glaser Economic Model for Space Solar Satellite Production”
Sherwin Gormly, Dynamic Corporation, NASA Ames Research Center, and Michael Flynn, NASA Ames Research Center
“Membrane Based Habitat Wall Architectures for Evolving Structures and Comprehensive Resource Recycle in ‘Homestead’ Stage Space Colony Development”
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Posted on October 30, 2010, at 11:51 am .
Asteroid Ida
Extraterrestrial Prospecting
Michael A’Hearn, University of Maryland
“Water or Rocks: Resources for Earth or for Exploration?”
Brad Blair, SSI, and Prof. Leslie Gertsch, University of Missouri-Rolla
“Mining Methods for Asteroid Utilization”
Mark Sonter, Asteroid Enterprises Pty Ltd.
“Mining Concepts Development for Assessing Asteroid Resources”
Dr. Faith Vilas, University of Arizona
“Resources from Asteroids: What We Can Expect From What We Now Know”
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Posted on October 30, 2010, at 10:33 am .
Space Transportation Session
Chairman: Gary C. Hudson, HMX Inc.
“Earth to LEO Roadmap: Technologies and Possibilities”
Dallas Bienhoff, The Boeing Company, and Jeff Goff, Altius Space Machines, Inc.
“Top Ten Technologies for Reusable Cislunar Transportation”
Joe Carroll, Tether Applications
“Tether Sling Concepts for LEO and Beyond”
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Posted on October 30, 2010, at 9:17 am .
XCOR CEO Jeff Greason
Jeff Greason – XCOR
– space is an endeavor and enterprise I have believed in for as long as I remember
– now finds himself in the space business– believed in the early space shuttle projections — flying every week
– no point in going any place just to go…need something to do with it…
– if you are going to explore and you have no idea about what to do with what you find…
– People aren’t as into space because there was no ultimate point to exploration…
– we don’t seem to be proud of what we’ve done, almost cowering from the technology that we can wield.
– we sit on the shore of an ocean that has vast resources of materials, energy and space
– the moon is not sterile and dry…it will support a great culture and be the transportation hub of the Solar System
–Â Our work is a result of the work that Gerard K. O’Neill did….looked at colonies that would be sustainable, profitable, self-sustaining
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