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session 4

Title: Deep Space Habitats and Resources
type: oral
Description: This session will focus on the habitability aspects for Moon and Mars outposts and bases and to sustain human deep space exploration missions and the needed resources, exploring technical solutions like greenhouses, plant-growth in space, harvesting water from the Moon and Mars regolith.
Date: 2025-10-02
Time: 10:15
Room: Room C2.1

IPC members

Co-Chair: Dr. Anna Barbara Imhof, Liquifer Systems Group (LSG), Austria;
Co-Chair: Dr. Maria Antonietta Perino, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy;
Rapporteur: Dr. Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger, TU Wien, Austria;
Rapporteur: Prof. Olga Bannova, University of Houston, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	10:15	Human Expansion into the Solar System Requires Engineered Space Habitats, Not Planetary Bases	12		Dr. Harry Jones	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Ames Research Center	United States
2	10:27	Large spaceship for deep space mission	12		Prof. Alexey Kondyurin	The University of Sydney	Australia
3	10:39	Radiation Shielding Innovations: Magnetic Fields and Advanced Materials for Deep Space Missions	12		Ms. Ilaha Karimova	Azerbaijan Technical University	Azerbaijan
4	10:51	Autonomous Modular Construction System for Extraterrestrial Applications	12		Ms. Evgenia Makrina Angelaki		United Kingdom
5	11:03	HELIOS ARK - A Multigenerational Interstellar Spaceship for Humanity's Next Frontier	12		Mr. Tharshan Maheswaran	Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart	Germany
6	11:15	Folding geometries for the deployment from cylindrical payload bays of complex shaped inflatable habitats	12		Mrs. Lucia Nicotera		Uruguay
7	11:27	Research growout systems for off-world production of nutritionally rich vegetables, leafy greens and fruiting crops plus medicinal crops	12		Mr. James Ebeling		United States
8	11:39	Research and prospects of cave-based space farms	12		Prof.Dr. Gengxin Xie	Center of Space Exploration, Ministry of Education (COSE)	China
9	11:51	Self-Assembling Inflatable Habitats: A Compact and Modular Solution for Lunar and Martian Long-Term Human Presence	12		Mr. Alan Hernández Martínez	Universidad La Salle	Mexico
10	12:03	Self-Reliant Exploration (SERENE) Lunar Base Concept	12		Mr. Kory Menke	University of Houston	United States
11	12:15	The concept of Architecture for the realization of sustainable Lunar Society based on water ISRU plant	12		Mr. Kiho Fukaura	JGC Corporation	Japan