Lunar Challenges Concept Generation Session

August 15, 2018
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA 91125

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Time Event Speaker
8:30 ‐ 9:00 Coffee and Refreshments
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome Purpose and Introductions Fred Hadaegh Michele Judd
9:30 – 9:50 Practical drivers for highest priority lunar activities over the next 50 years Brent Sherwood
9:50 – 10:10 Navigation and communication challenges for lunar missions Les Deutsch
10:10 – 10:30 Radio astronomy from the moon Gregg Hallinan
10:30 ‐ 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Roundup of who is doing what: NASA, industry, and internationals John Elliott
12:00 -1:30 Lunch at the Athenaeum
1:30 – 1:50 Distributed heterogeneous robotic systems Soon-Jo Chung
1:50 – 2:10 Planetary surface construction for the moon Scott Howe
2:10 – 2:30 Utilizing electrostatic films to enable lunar regolith repulsion and manipulation Don Ruffatto
2:30 – 2:50 Rovers and robots: historical, modern, and futuristic Aaron Parness
2:50 – 3:20 Break
3:20 – 4:15 Synthesis of potential KISS study ideas Greg Davis
4:15 – 4:30 Wrap-up (next steps on how to propose an idea for a full study to KISS) Michele Judd
4:30 End of Session

  • Garry Burdick — JPL
  • Soon-Jo Chung — Caltech Campus
  • Greg Davis — JPL
  • Les Deutsch — JPL
  • George Djorgovski — Caltech Campus
  • Howard Eisen — JPL
  • John Elliott — JPL
  • Richard French — JPL
  • Fred Hadaegh — JPL
  • Gregg Hallinan — Caltech Campus
  • Scott Howe — JPL
  • Jason Hyon — JPL
  • James Keane — Caltech Campus
  • Yang Liu — JPL
  • Issa Nesnas — JPL
  • Aaron Parness — JPL
  • Raul Polit-Casillas — JPL
  • Donald Ruffatto — JPL
  • Brent Sherwood — JPL
  • Christophe Sotin — JPL
  • Dave Stevenson — Caltech Campus
  • Brian Wilcox — JPL
  • Zhongwen Zhan — Caltech Campus