3. Novel Concepts and Technologies to Enable Future Building Blocks in Space Exploration and Development

Papers

1. Mars Prospector: Leading the way to in-situ resource utilization on the Red Planet

2. Autonomous multi-mode rover navigation for long-range planetary exploration using orbital and locally perceived data

3. validation of the i3ds: suite of sensors for orbital and planetary missions

4. Critical Assessment of In-Space Assembly and Manufacturing Viability as Applied to New Missions

5. Discussion on bottleneck and countermeasure of in-space assembly technology

6. A reconfigurable communication architecture for modular satellites

7. Urban:conceiving a lunar base using 3D printing technologies

8. Full-Scale Terrestrial Demonstrator for Lunar Ilmenite Reduction with Concentrated Solar Power

9. Bioreactor design to perform microbial mining activities on another celestial body

10. Space Bok – Exploring Legged Jumping Locomotion for Space Exploration

11. Stereo, high-resolution and thermal camera design for integration into the I3DS sensor suite for future robotics missions

12. Performance Data Processor (HPDP) – a new generation space processor becomes real

13. On-board spectrum analysis (SIGINT/COMINT) or SAR on-board processing with full floating point FFT-processing now ready for lift-off.

14. Low Temperature Electronics Design for Future Exploration Missions