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    Title

    Joint Session on Advanced and Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems

    Description

    This session, organised jointly between the Space Power and the Space Propulsion Symposiums, includes papers addressing all aspects related to advanced and nuclear power and propulsion systems for space applications.

    Date

    2017-09-29

    Time

    09:00

    Room

    Hall E3

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. Jerome Breteau, European Space Agency (ESA), France;

    • Co-Chair: Dr. Leopold Summerer, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;

    • Rapporteur: Mrs. Constanze Syring, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrt, Lilienthal-Oberth e.V. (DGLR), Germany;

    • Rapporteur: Ms. Elizabeth Driscoll, Spaceflight, United States;

    • Rapporteur: Prof. Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Vito Salvatore, CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Center, Capua, Italy;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Koji Tanaka, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    DEMOCRITOS : Nuclear Electric Propulsion to EUROPA and MARS

    15

    withdrawn

    Mr. Tim Tinsley

    National Nuclear Labratory

    United Kingdom

    2

    Utilization of Gas Core Nuclear Reactors for Interstellar Probes and for Interstellar Missions

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Ugur Guven

    UN CSSTEAP

    United States

    3

    Design and Development of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems

    15

    withdrawn

    Dr. Michael Houts

    NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

    United States

    4

    Thorium based nuclear energy generation to power Martian settlements

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. SOURAV KARMAKAR

    IIIT-H (research intern)

    India

    5

    Comparison of nuclear technologies for the design of a 1MW to 3MW compact power plant for multiple space uses.

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Pierre EVELLIN

    International Space University (ISU)

    France

    6

    Nuclear Systems Kilopower Project Overview

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Donald Palac

    NASA Glenn Research Center

    United States

    7

    Update on 241Am production for use in Radioisotope Power Systems

    15

    withdrawn

    Mr. Tim Tinsley

    National Nuclear Labratory

    United Kingdom

    8

    Solid-state Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Magnesium Silicide

    15

    withdrawn

    Mr. Azhar Ali

    Texas A&M University

    United States

    9

    New Possibilities of Solar Power Propulsion Systems

    15

    withdrawn

    Prof. Sergey Finogenov

    Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University, MAI)

    Russian Federation

    10

    The SpaceDrive Project – Developing Revolutionary Propulsion at TU Dresden

    15

    confirmed

    Prof. Martin Tajmar

    TU Dresden

    Germany

    11

    Improved Performance Estimates for the Solar Wind Ion Focusing Thruster

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Thomas Gemmer

    North Carolina State University

    United States

    12

    NASA’s Electric Sail Propulsion System Investigations over the Past Three Years

    15'

    withdrawn

    Mr. Bruce Wiegmann

    NASA MSFC

    United States