Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG)

LEAG Annual Meeting
October 1–5, 2007
"Enabling Exploration:  The Lunar Outpost and Beyond"

AGENDA


Sunday, September 30, 2007
   
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration
Southwest Grand Ballroom Foyer
   
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception
Southwest Grand Ballroom Foyer
   

Monday, October 1, 2007

   

Plenary:  Community Updates
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderator:  Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame

   
8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Logistics
Clive Neal
University of Notre Dame

   
8:10 a.m.

Exploration Partnership Strategy Briefing
Marguerite Broadwell
NASA Headquarters

   
8:50 a.m.

Exploration Science Mission Directorate Briefing
Geoffrey Yoder
NASA Headquarters

   
9:30 a.m.

Science Mission Directorate
Jim Green
NASA Headquarters

   
10:10 a.m.

Exploration: The International Space Station (ISS) - Today's Outpost
W. Michael Hawes
NASA Headquarters

   
10:50 a.m.

Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Geoffrey Yoder
NASA Headquarters

   
11:30 a.m.

Questions and Discussion
Clive Neal
University of Notre Dame

   
12:00 noon

LUNCH
Southwest Grand Ballroom A/B

   

Workshop and Working Group Briefings
1:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderator:  Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame

   
1:30 p.m. 

Constellation Office Briefing
Jeff Hanley
NASA Johnson Space Center

   
2:15 p.m.

Recommendations from the Workshop on Science Associated with the Lunar Exploration Architecture, Tempe, Arizona, 2/27–3/2, 2007
Brad Jolliff
NASA Advisory Council
Washington University

   
2:40 p.m.

Outpost Science and Exploration and Exploration Working Group (OSEWG)
Kelly Snook and Geoffrey Yoder
NASA Headquarters

   
3:05 p.m.

Field Exploration and Astronaut Training Activities and Goals
Mark Helper
University of Texas, Austin
Art Snoke
University of Wyoming

   
3:30 p.m.

2007 Lunar Dust Workshop (NASA Ames) Outbrief
Daniel Winterhalter
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   
3:50 p.m.

Research Enabled by the Lunar Environment
Mike Duke
Colorado School of Mines

   
4:10 p.m. 

From the Moon to Mars: The Things We Most Need to Learn at the Moon to Support the Subsequent Human Exploration of Mars
Brett Drake
NASA Johnson Space Center

   
4:40 p.m.

Questions and Discussion
Clive Neal
University of Notre Dame

   
5:10 p.m.

Overview of the Meeting and Meeting Product
Clive Neal
University of Notre Dame

   
5:15 p.m.

ADJOURN

   

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
   

International Partnerships
8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderator:  Paul Spudis, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

   
8:00 a.m.

Introduction
Paul Spudis

   
8:05 a.m.

Update from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Jean-Claude Piedboeuf
Canadian Space Agency

   
8:35 a.m.

Italy's Plans for Moon Exploration
Sylvie Espinasse
Italian Space Agency

   
9:35 a.m.

Chandrayaan Mission Objectives and future lunar programs
Paul Spudis

   
10:35 a.m. 

UK Lunar Exploration: Current Activities and Future Possibilities
Alan Smith
Mullard Space Science Laboratory

   
11:05 a.m. 

Japan's Lunar Exploration Strategy and it's Role in
International Coordination

Jun-ichiro Kawaguchi
JAXA Space Exploration Center

   
11:35 a.m.

Panel Discussion

   
12:30 p.m. 

LUNCH, Southwest Grand Ballroom A/B

   

In Situ Resource Utilization and Outpost Sustainment Demonstrations
1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderator:  Jerry Sanders, NASA Johnson Space Center

   
1:30 p.m. 

Panel and Discussion Introduction

   
1:45 p.m.

NASA In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)
Incorporation and Development Plans

Jerry Sanders
NASA Johnson Space Center

   
2:15 p.m. 

CSA Concepts and Plans for Sustained Lunar Exploration and Surface Operations
Jean-Claude Piedboeuf
Canadian Space Agency

   
2:45 p.m.

SELENE Mission Status and ISRU Related Activity in Japan
Kai Matsui
JAXA

   
3:15 p.m. 

ISRU and Potential Mass and Cost Impacts on Sustained Lunar Exploration
Bob Easter
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   
3:45 p.m.

ISRU Development Roadmap — AIAA Perspective
D. Larry Clark

AIAA Space Resources Technical Committee

   
4:15 p.m.

Lunar Robotic Missions
International-Commercial Involvement

Rod Wilks
ATK

   
4:45 p.m.

Panel Discussion Begins

   
5:30 p.m.

ADJOURN

   

Wednesday, October 3, 2007
   

The Role of Robotic Missions
8:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderator:  Jeff Taylor, University of Hawai'i

   
8:00 a.m.

Basic Themes and Issues
Jeff Taylor
University of Hawai'i

   
8:10 a.m.

Lunar Precursor Robotics Program
Tony Lavoie
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

   
8:30 a.m. 

Scientific Contributions of Lunar Robotic Precursor Missions
Paul Spudis
Applied Physics Laboratory

   
8:50 a.m. 

The Role of the States in Space Exploration: PISCES
Frank Schowengerdt
University of Hawai'i

   
9:10 a.m. 

Small Spacecraft in Support of the Lunar Exploration Program
Pete Worden
NASA Ames Research Center

   
9:30 a.m. 

Lunar Exploration Science Campaign:  A commercial-leveraged lunar mission program
Robert Kelso
NASA Johnson Space Center
Greg Schmidt
NASA Ames Research Center

   
9:45 a.m. 

Discussion

   

Commerce:  Incremental Steps from Earth to Lunar Enterprise
10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderator:  Paul Eckert, Boeing Company

   

Introduction

 
10:30 a.m.

Incremental Steps from Earth to Lunar Commerce:  How to Do It, and How to Pay for It, One Step at a Time
Paul Eckert
Boeing Company

   

Incremental Infrastructure Development

 
10:50 a.m.

Commercial Transportation and Lunar Surface Mining
Tom Taylor
Lunar Transportation Systems

   
11:10 a.m.

LEO Propellant Depot: A Commercial Opportunity
Dallas Bienhoff
Boeing Company

   
11:30 a.m.

Robotic Technologies for Lunar Exploration
Frank Teti
MDA

   
11:50 a.m. 

1 GWe "Oil Well" on the Moon
Klaus Heiss
High Frontier/Jamestown Group

   
12:10 p.m.

The New Race to the Moon — Building Bridges for Lunar Commerce
Robert Richards
Optech Incorporated

   
12:30 p.m.

Q&A

   
1:00 p.m. 

LUNCH, Southwest Grand Ballroom A/B

   

Incremental Application Development

 
2:30 p.m.

Making the Moon Accessible to Everyone
Manny Pimenta
Lunar Explorer, LLC

   
2:50 p.m.  

Meteorite Collection on the Lunar Surface
Luke Erikson
Colorado School of Mines

   
3:10 p.m. 

International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) 2007
Steve Durst
International Lunar Observatory Association

   
3:30 p.m.

Q&A

   
4:00 p.m.  BREAK
   

Commerce:  Incremental Steps from Earth to Lunar Enterprise (continued)
10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderator:  Paul Eckert, Boeing Company

   

Government Facilitation

 

4:20 p.m. ESMD
Commercial Development Policy
(ECDP)

Ken Davidian
NASA Headquarters
   
4:40 p.m. 

Q&A

   

General Commercial Panel

 
4:50 p.m.

Q&A and Moderator Summary

   
5:30 p.m. 

ADJOURN

   
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Poster Session I and Reception
Southwest Grand Ballroom D/E
   

Thursday, October 4, 2007
   

Sample Return and Lunar Exploration
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderators:  Brad Jolliff, Washington University, and
Charles Shearer, University of New Mexico

   
8:00 a.m.

Exploring the Moon with Samples. Scientific and Exploration Importance of Sample Return and Buying Down Risk and Cost of Sample Return Missions
Charles Shearer
University of New Mexico

   
8:30 a.m. 

Curation
How? What? Why?

Gary Lofgren
NASA Johnson Space Center

   
9:30 a.m.

Future of Lunar Sample Returns
Jeff Taylor
University of Hawai'i

   
10:00 a.m. 

Lunar Samples Management Issues
Dean Eppler
NASA Johnson Space Center

   
10:30 a.m. 

Automated Subsurface Sample Acquisition
Technologies for Lunar Exploration

Kiel Davis
Honeybee Robotics

   
11:00 a.m.

Workshop on Architecture Issues Associated with Sampling
Workshop Summary

Kelly Snook
Nasa Headquarters

   
12:00 noon 

LUNCH, Southwest Grand Ballroom A/B

   

The Role of Technology in Field Exploration and Astronaut Training
1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderators:  Mark Helper, University of Texas, Austin, and
Art Snoke, University of Wyoming

   
1:30 p.m. 

Interviews with Apollo Lunar Surface Astronauts in Support of EVA Systems Design
Dean Eppler
SAIC/NASA Johnson Space Center

   
2:00 p.m. 

Geologic Training of Apollo Crews
What did we do?
How well did it work?
What can we do better?

Gary Lofgren
NASA Johnson Space Center

   
2:30 p.m. 

Ascan Geology Training
James Reilly
Astronaut

   
3:00 p.m. 

Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition:  An Astrobiology (ASTEP) funded testing program
Andrew Steele
Carnegie Institution

   
3:30 p.m.

Mobile Habitats and their Implications for Lunar Science
Brian Wilcox
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   
4:00 p.m. 

Collaborative Human-Robot Science
Exploration on the Lunar Surface

Charles Weisbin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   
4:30 p.m. 

Panel Discussion

   
5:30 p.m. 

ADJOURN

   
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Poster Session II and Reception
Southwest Grand Ballroom D/E
   

Friday, October 5, 2007
   

Site Selection and the Lunar Outpost
8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C
Moderator:  Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame

   
8:30 a.m.

Lunar Outpost Site Selection
Jeff Plescia
Applied Physics Laboratory

   
8:50 a.m.

Site Selection and Commercial Opportunities
Rick Tumlinson
Space Frontier Foundation

   
9:10 a.m. 

From the Moon to Mars:  Implications for Lunar Outpost Selection and the Nature of the Activity to be Carried Out There
Dave Beaty
J et Propulsion Laboratory

   
9:30 a.m.

Lunar Outpost Site Selection:  A Review of the Past 20 Years
John Gruener
NASA Johnson Space Center

   
9:50 a.m. 

Lunar Site Selection Process Definition in LAT-2
Robert Gershman
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   
10:10 a.m.

Lunar Site Selection Criteria for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)
William E. Larson
NASA, KSC

   
10:30 a.m.

Science Constraints on Outpost Site Selection and an Example
Brad Jolliff
Washington University

   
11:10 a.m. 

Synopsis of Presentations
Clive Neal

   
11:20 a.m. 

Panel Discussion

   
12:00 noon 

LUNCH
Southwest Grand Ballroom A/B

   

Report from Moderators and General Discussion
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Southwest Grand Ballroom C

   
1:30 p.m. 

International Partnerships
Paul Spudis
Applied Physics Laboratory

   
1:50 p.m.

Incremental Steps from Earth to Lunar Commerce:
How to Do It, and How to Pay for It, One Step at a Time

Paul Eckert
Boeing Company

   
2:10 p.m.  

ISRU Session Findings
Jerry Sanders
NASA Johnson Space Center

   
2:30 p.m. 

Robotic Missions Summary
Jeff Taylor
University of Hawai'i

   
2:50 p.m. 

Sample Return and Lunar Exploration
Brad Jolliff
Washington University
Charles Shearer
University of New Mexico

   
3:10 p.m. 

Field Exploration and Astronaut Training Activities and Goals
Mark Helper, University of Texas, Austin
Art Snoke
University of Wyoming

   
3:30 p.m.

Site Selection
Clive Neal
University of Notre Dame

   
3:50 p.m.

Panel Discussion

   
4:30 p.m. 

  ADJOURN


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