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5-C4.7

session 5-C4.7

Title: Joint Session on Advanced and Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems
Description: This session, organised jointly between the IAF Space Power and the IAF Space Propulsion Symposiums, includes papers addressing all aspects related to nuclear power and propulsion for space applications.
Date: 2019-10-24
Time: 09:45
Room: 143A

IPC members

Co-Chair: Dr. Leopold Summerer, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;
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	09:45	Versatile Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP)	15	confirmed	Dr. Michael Houts	NASA	United States
2	10:00	Impact modelling and safety tests for the ESA radioisotope power systems	15	confirmed	Ms. Alessandra Barco	University of Leicester	United Kingdom
3	10:15	Analysis of International Treaties and Policies Related to Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion	15	confirmed	Mr. Jericho Locke	IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute	United States
4	10:30	Nuclear Propulsion Technology for Exploration and a Sustainable Presence on the Moon, Mars and Beyond	15	confirmed	Mr. Claude Joyner	Aerojet Rocketdyne	United States
5	10:45	Computational Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Rocket (NTPR) Bimodality, Fuel, and Prospective Coating	15	confirmed	Ms. Valerie Lawdensky	Los Alamos National Laboratory	United States
6	11:00	Evaluation of Minimally-Intrusive Power Generation System (MIPS) Design Alternatives for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	15	withdrawn	Ms. Samantha Rawlins	University of Alabama in Huntsville	United States
7	11:15	The Pylon: Compact LEU Commercial Fission Power the Moon, Mars, and Space	15	confirmed	Dr. Christopher Morrison		United States
8	11:30	Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor - current research and capabilities for Mars and Moon human colonies.	15	confirmed	Mr. Jakub Nalewaj	Wrocław University of Technology	Poland
9	11:45	The Dipole Drive A New Concept in Propellantless Propulsion	15	confirmed	Dr. Robert Zubrin	Pioneer Astronautics	United States
10	12:00	Fusion Propulsion and Power for Extrasolar Exploration	15	confirmed	Ms. Stephanie Thomas	Princeton Satellite Systems	United States
11	12:15	Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) and Heater Units (RHUs) Based on Americium-241 for Science and Exploration	15	confirmed	Dr. Richard Ambrosi	University of Leicester	United Kingdom
12	12:30	The SpaceDrive Project – Overview of Revolutionary Propulsion Efforts at TU Dresden	15	confirmed	Prof. Martin Tajmar	TU Dresden	Germany
*		Analysis and System Design of Nuclear Thermal Rocket Employing Propellant produced In-Situ for Planetary Exploration		withdrawn	Mr. Davide Barbero	Politecnico di Torino	Italy
*		Powering Exploration of the Solar System – a Fifty Year Legacy Continues			Mr. Thomas J. Sutliff	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	United States