Track: Space Settlement

The Space Settlement track is organized by engineers who are members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Colonization Technical Committee. The presentations provide a sample of space colonization requirements, design, supporting technologies, and infrastructure topics that are prepared for and appear at technical conferences.

Track Chairs

Anita Gale
Member, NSS Board of Directors

Ron Kohl
President, R. J. Kohl & Assoc.

Michael Snyder
Made in Space, Inc.

Preliminary* Agenda and Scheduled Speakers

*all information on this page is subject to change

Friday, May 16^th

NOTE ROOM CHANGE: Salon 201 (2nd Floor)

10:00 am - 11:50 am

Panel Discussion with members of the AIAA Space Colonization Technical Committee: Engineering Considerations for Space Settlements

Speakers TBD
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12:00 noon - 1:50 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm - 2:25 pm

Colony Evolution: A Path Toward Large-Scale Cities in Space

John Cserep
Laser Engineer. Former Director of the Space Frontier Foundation

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm

Kalpana One Space Settlement Design

Al Globus
San Jose State University

3:00 pm - 3:25 pm

Beyond Deimos: The Case for Early Settlement Beyond Mars

Doug Plata
Founder, Cis-lunar One

3:25 pm - 3:50 pm

Modular Approach to Construction of Space Hotels

Peter Humphries
President, Humphries & Associates

4:00 pm - 4:25 pm

Additive Manufacturing Enabling Space Colonization

Michael Snyder
Made in Space, Inc.

4:30 pm - 4:50 pm

Civilian Space Academy for Living in Space

Stephen Leventhal
CEO, Final Frontier Construction LLC

5:00 pm - 5:25 pm

Taking Nature Back from the Eco-Nihilists—Why Mother Nature Wants You in Space

Howard Bloom
Author

Saturday, May 17^th

Redondo (California Ballroom)

10:00 am - 10:50 am

SKYWHEEL: a Near-Term Colony Demonstrator Concept

John Cserep
Laser Engineer. Former Director of the Space Frontier Foundation

11:00 am - 11:10 am

Selene Expandable Space Orbital Settlement - NASA/NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentation

Calin Constantin Segarceanu, Maria Catalina Voicu, Ana Cosmina Popescu, Deniz Gunsahin, Andrei Tache-Codreanu, Arthur Mihai Niculae

11:10 am - 11:20 am

VISIO - NASA/NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentation

Sanil Mohan Gupta, Tushar Sekhri, Namit Kapoor, Jaideep Singh

11:20 am - 11:30 am

Nea Zoi: A New Life - NASA/NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentation

Aayush Basavesh

11:30 am - 11:40 am

Renaissance II - NASA/NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentation

Ioana Belcin, Victoria Ciociu, Bianca Iftimie, Roberta Tripea, Bianca Gridean, Alexandra Rafoi, Codrin Popa, Andrei Plamadeala

11:40 am - 11:50 am

AXIUS - A Journey to the Unknown - NASA/NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentation

Swagat Das

12:00 noon - 1:50 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm - 2:25 pm

Who Will Pay to Build Space Colonies?

John Cserep
Laser Engineer. Former Director of the Space Frontier Foundation

2:25 pm - 2:50 pm

Artificial Gravity—Economical and Immediate

Stephen Leventhal
CEO, Final Frontier Construction

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

The Great Enterprise: Citizen Space Exploration to Space Settlement.

Edward Wright
Founder and Project Manager, Citizens in Space (United States Rocket Academy)

Robin Snelson
Producer, Consultant for Space Pioneers

4:00 pm - 4:25 pm

Evolutionary Space Systems Architecture

Gordon Woodcock
NSS Board of Governors

4:25 pm - 4:50 pm

Technologies Enabling Colonization of Near-Earth Asteroids

Michael Snyder
Made in Space, Inc.

5:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Orbiting Tavern

Ron Kohl
President, R. J. Kohl & Associates

Sunday, May 18^th

NOTE ROOM CHANGE: Salon 201 (2nd Floor)

10:00 am - 10:25 am

3D Printing in Zero-G ISS Technology Demonstrator

Michael Snyder
Made in Space, Inc.

10:30 am - 11:25 am

The Case for an ISS Successor: PISCES

Doris Hamill
NASA Langley Research Center

11:30 am - 11:50 am

Lunar One: a Scenario of the First Eight Settlers on the Moon

Doug Plata
Founder, Cis-lunar One

12:00 noon - 1:50 pm

Lunch

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