session 1

Title

Strategies and Architectures to Establish a “Stepping Stone” Approach to our Future in Space

Description

Future scenarios for sustainable space exploration and utilization will unfold in the context of global conditions that vary greatly from those of the 1950s-1970s. It is likely that space-faring countries will pursue their goals and objectives in a step-wise fashion, rather than through massive, geo-politically driven programs (such as those that typified the Moon race of the 1960s). As a result, it is important that the international community engage in an ongoing discussion of strategies to establish a “stepping stone” approach to our future in space. Such a strategy should involve sustainable budget levels and multiple-purpose system-of-systems capabilities that lead to a diverse range of future activities of broad benefit to humanity and would represent a substantial departure from past models for major space programs. Moreover, nearer term developments, such as those in the Earth’s neighborhood (e.g., in support of the 2004 U.S. Vision for Space Exploration) should be structure to best support later evolution and reconfiguration to pursue still more ambitious missions–such as continuing robotic exploration Mars and targets beyond, and the search for Earth-like planetar around nearby stars. This session will address strategies and approaches that may allow a new paradigm–a “stepping stone” approach– to be established among the space-faring countries. Papers are solicited in these and related areas.

Date

2008-09-29

Time

15:00

Room

Leven

IPC members

• Chairman: Mr. John C. Mankins, ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC, United States;

• Chairman: Prof. Vladimir Prisniakov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine;

• Rapporteur: Mr. William H. Siegfried, The Boeing Company, United States;