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5-C4.10

session 5-C4.10

Title: Joint Session on Advanced and Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems
type: oral
Description: This session, organized 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: 2021-10-29
Time: 13:30
Room: Ajman D

IPC members

Co-Chair: Dr. Leopold Summerer, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;
Co-Chair: Dr. Angelo Cervone, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands;
Rapporteur: Dr. Christian Bach, Technische Universität Dresden (DTU), Germany;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	13:30	Overview of Breakthrough Propulsion Research at TU Dresden	15	confirmed	Prof. Martin Tajmar	TU Dresden	Germany
2	13:45	Comparative Overview of NEP programs and concepts	15	confirmed	Mr. Manuel La Rosa Betancourt	Neutron Star Systems UG	Germany
4	14:00	Thorium nuclear power plant for use in outer space	15	confirmed	Mr. Volodymyr Astapenko	SPACE HUB Incubator	Ukraine
6	14:15	On the study of International Space Station orbit keeping using Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma propulsion	15	confirmed	Ms. Bhakti Mithagri	St. Xavier's College, Mumbai	India
7	14:30	Analysis of possible eutectic composition of fuel and blanket salts for Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor on Martian surface	15	confirmed	Ms. Diana Pawlicki	University of Lodz	Poland
8	14:45	Space Nuclear Power for Terrestrial Utilities	15	confirmed	Prof. Peter Schubert	Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis	United States
11	15:00	Toward the Engineering Feasibility of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket	15	confirmed	Dr. Dale Thomas	University of Alabama in Huntsville	United States
1003	15:15	A Cubesat Demonstrator of Quantized Inertia Propulsion	15	confirmed	Dr. Ryan Weed		United States
1005	15:30	Overview of the High Performance Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System	15		Mr. Jimmy Allen	Dynetics	United States
1009	15:45	Space Nuclear Propulsion Industry Partnerships Challenges and Opportunities	15	withdrawn	Ms. Aline McNaull		United States
1010	16:00	The Development Prospect and Key Technology of Space Nuclear Propulsion System	15	confirmed	Mr. Gang Wu	Motor Aerospace innovation Co. Ltd.	China
1012	16:15	Utilization of Helium Cooled Nuclear Reactors for Power Generation and to conduct scientific experiments on Moon	15	withdrawn	Ms. Kirti Vishwakarma	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	India
*		Open Cycle Gas-Core Nuclear Rocket for Manned Mars Missions			Dr. Antonella Ingenito	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy
*		Optimization of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Cooldown Phase Using Real-Time Simulations		confirmed	Mr. Noah Gula	The Ohio State University College of Engineering	United States