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7-C3.5

session 7-C3.5

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

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: Prof. Changjin Lee, Konkuk University, Korea, Republic of;
Rapporteur: Dr. Vito Salvatore, CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Center, Capua, Italy;

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Evaluation of Minimally-Intrusive Power Generation System (MIPS) Design Alternatives for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	15	withdrawn	Ms.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