Presentations from the recent TargetNEO workshop are now online.
Target NEO: Providing a Resilient NEO Accessibility
Program for Human Exploration Beyond LEO
Open Global Community NEO Workshop
February 22, 2011, 8 am – 6:30pm
George Washington University
- Session Summaries
Summaries of the various sessions are followed by detailed presentations at the sessions:
Session 2: The NEO Population: Knowns and Unknowns
2 - Summary
Session 3: Mission Design: Getting There and Back
3 - Summary
Session 4: NEO Characteristics for Safe and Meaningful Human Exploration
4 - Summary
Session 5: Mission Duration: Quantifying the Risks
5 - Summary
Session 6: Affordable Options for Increasing the Accessible NEO Catalog
6 - Summary
- Detailed Session Presentations
Session 1: Introduction, Workshop Scope, Overview of Flexible Path Vision
Session Moderator: John Logsdon, George Washington University, Faculty, Space Policy Institute
-Thomas Jones, Veteran Astronaut, Senior Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition; “NEO Search Required for Operations & Exploration Risk Reduction”
1 - Jones
- Scott Pace, George Washington University, Director, Space Policy Institute; “Sustainable Human Space Exploration”
1 - Pace
- Dave Korsmeyer, Chief, Intelligent Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Analysis Lead: Augustine Committee Flexible Path Option; “The Augustine Commission and the Flexible Path
1 - Korsmeyer
Session 2: The NEO Population: Knowns and Unknowns
Chairs: Andy Cheng, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Lindley Johnson, NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorat
- Session Introduction
2 - Intro
- Tim Spahr - Director, Minor Planet Center, SAO; “MPC Operations and Update”
2 - Spahr
- Don Yeomans - Program Scientist/Mgr., NASA NEO Program Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; “Precision NEO Orbit Prediction at JPL”
2 - Yeomans
- Scott Stuart - Deputy PI, LINEAR, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory; “Searching for NEOs”
2 - Stuart
- Amy Mainzer – WISE Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; “Space-based NEO Detection and Tracking, NEOWISE and Beyond”
2 - Mainzer
- Al Harris - NEO Population Studies, Consultant; “NEO Population Estimates
2 - Harris
Session 3: Mission Design: Getting There and Back
Chairs: Brent Barbee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Dan Adamo, NASA
Johnson Space Center, ret., Consultant
- Session 3 Introduction
3 - Intro
- Damon Landau, Outer Planet Mission Analyst, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; “NEO Trajectories on a Flexible Path to Mars”
3 - Landau
- Bret Drake, Architect, Exploration Missions and Systems Office, NASA Johnson Space Center; “Architectures for Human Exploration of Near-Earth Asteroids”
3 - Drake
- Ron Mink, Mission Systems Engineer, Mission Systems Engineering Services & Advanced Concepts Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; “Enabling Affordable Human Asteroid Missions by 2025”
3 - Mink
- Josh Hopkins, Principal Investigator for Advanced Human Exploration Missions, Lockheed-Martin Space Systems Company; “Short, Simple Asteroid Missions: The Plymouth Rock Approach”
3 - Hopkins
- Chel Stromgren, Chief Scientist for Strategic Analysis, SAIC; “Getting to the Starting Line: Launch and Assembly Reliability for Deep Space Missions”
3 - Stromgren
Session 4: NEO Characteristics for Safe and Meaningful Human Exploration
Chairs: Andy Rivkin, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Paul Abell, NASA Johnson Space Center
- Session 4 Introduction
4 - Intro
- Patrick Michel, Senior Researcher, University of Nice, CNRS, Cote d’Azur Observatory; “Physical Properties of NEOs: Current Knowledge from Observations, Simulations, and Their Possible Influence for the Design of a Human Mission”
4 - Michel
- Lance Benner, Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; “Arecibo and Goldstone Radar Characterization of NEO Mission Targets”
4 - Benner
- Joe Nuth, Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; “Do we Really Understand the Rocks that Astronauts Might be Visiting?”
4 - Nuth
- Dan Scheeres, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado; “The Asteroid Surface Environment, Knowns and Unknowns”
4 - Scheeres
- Mike Hess, Chief of the EVA, Robotics, and Crew Systems Operations Division, NASA Johnson Space Center; “Extravehicular Activity Considerations for Near-Earth Object Operations”
4 - Hess
Session 5: Mission Duration: Quantifying the Risks
Chairs: Dan Mazanek, NASA Langley Research Center and Rob Landis, NASA Ames Research Center
- Session 5 Introduction
5 - Intro
- Craig Kundrot, Deputy Program Scientist, Human Research Program, NASA Johnson Space Center; “Long Duration Space Missions: Human Subsystem Risks and Requirements”
5 - Kundrot
- Jack Stuster, Vice President, Principal Scientist & Author, Anacapa Sciences, Inc.; “Acceptable Risk: Human Missions to Near-Earth Objects”
5 - Stuster
- Ron Turner, Fellow, Analytical Services, Inc. (ANSER); “Radiation Risks and Challenges Associated with Human NEO Missions”
5 - Turner
- Andy Thomas, Astronaut (STS/MIR/ISS), ESMD Architecture Development, NASA Johnson Space Center; “Some Crew Perspectives of a NEO Mission”
5 - Thomas
Session 6: Affordable Options for Increasing the Accessible NEO Catalog
Chairs: Rich Dissly, Ball Aerospace and Ken Hibbard, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
- Session 6 Introduction
6 - Intro
- Andy Cheng, Chief Scientist, Space Department, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; “NEO Orbit Simulation Approach”
6 - Cheng
- Lynne Jones, LSST Solar System Project Scientist, University of Washington; “NEO Detection Capabilities of LSST”
6 - Jones
- Ken Hibbard, Senior Spacecraft Systems & Operations Engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; “NEAR-Earth Survey Telescope (NEST) Human Robotic Precursor Mission Concept”
6 - Hibbard
- Amy Mainzer – WISE Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; “Next-Generation Space-Based IR NEO Surveys”
6 - Mainzer
- Robert Arentz, Adv. Systems Manager, Ball Aerospace; “A Candidate NEO Survey Mission for Affordable Human Spaceflight Target Assurance
6 - Arentz
Link: TargetNEO Website
