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    Title

    Strategies for Rapid Implementation of Interstellar Missions: Precursors and Beyond

    type

    oral

    Description

    Knowledge about space beyond our solar system and between the stars—that is interstellar space —is lacking data. Even as IBEX, NASA’s Interstellar Background Explorer, studies the edge of our solar system, it still is confined to earth orbit. Arguably, some of the most compelling data to understand the universe we live in will come from sampling the actual environment beyond our solar system as Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft are on the threshold of doing. In the 36 years since the Voyager probes’ launches, significant advances in materials science, analytical chemistry, information technologies, imaging capabilities, communications and propulsion systems have been made. The recently released IAA study: “Key Technologies to Enable Near-Term Interstellar Scientific Precursor Missions” along with significant initiatives like the DARPA seed-funded 100 Year Starship and the Breakthrough Starshot project, signal the need, readiness and benefits to aggressively undertaking interstellar space missions. This session seeks to define specific strategies and key enabling steps to implement interstellar precursor missions within the next 10-15 years. Suggestions for defined projects, payloads, teams, spacecraft and mission profiles that leverage existing technological capacities, yet will yield probes that generate new information about deep space, rapidly exit the solar system and which can be launched before 2040 are sought.

    Date

    2023-10-05

    Time

    10:15

    Room

    BCC Balcony C2

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Dr. Mae Jemison, 100 Year Starship, United States;

    • Co-Chair: Prof. Giancarlo Genta, Politecnico di Torino, Italy;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Jason Batt, 100 Year Starship, United States;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Les Johnson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Marshall Space Flight Center, United States;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    10:15

    Communications receiver designs for interstellar probe missions

    10

    confirmed

    Prof. Philip Mauskopf

    Arizona State University

    United States

    2

    10:25

    High Temperature-superconductor material (HTSM) used for electronics in Radio-isotropic Thermal heat generator(RTG) where Thorium rods are being used as cells for source.

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Abhishek singh

    National Space Society (USA) -Mumbai chapter

    India

    3

    10:35

    High-Speed Scientific Spacecraft Launches with Commercial Launch Vehicles

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Ralph L. McNutt, Jr.

    The John Hopkins University

    United States

    4

    10:45

    Flyby, deceleration, or orbit insertion? Critical mission design parameter

    10

    withdrawn

    Mr. Pauli Laine

    Finnish Astronautical Society

    Finland

    5

    10:55

    The Next Ten Years: 100 Year Starship's Second Decade

    10

    withdrawn

    Mr. Jason Batt

    100 Year Starship

    United States

    6

    11:05

    Interstellar Exploration Using “EXPLORER” Spacecraft - Building The Foundation

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Aditya Prakash

    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

    India

    7

    11:15

    Interstellar Exploration: from Science Fiction to Actual Technology

    10

    confirmed

    Prof. Giancarlo Genta

    Politecnico di Torino

    Italy

    8

    11:25

    Exploring Interstellar Travel in Video Games: Shaping Public Perceptions and Support for Future Initiatives

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Jason Batt

    100 Year Starship

    United States

    9

    11:35

    The Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Writing: Celebrating Fiction and Nonfiction that Champions the Dream of Interstellar Travel

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Jason Batt

    100 Year Starship

    United States