ASTech International Conference: DEVELOPING SPACE December 17-19, 2012 Paris - CAP 15

Human and robotic exploration of the Moon, asteroids, and Mars will strengthen and enrich humanity’s future, bringing nations together in a common cause, revealing new knowledge, inspiring people, and stimulating technical and commercial innovation

ASTech International Conference SPACE EXPLORATION

Objectives

Following the success of the Space Access international conference organized by ASTech in Paris in September 2011, the upcoming International Conference on Space Exploration - Developing Space will reflect the international effort to define feasible and sustainable exploration pathways to the Moon, near-Earth asteroids, Mars,…
The objective of this International Conference on Space Exploration is to address the technical and programmatic challenges of the space activities on the various destinations including Low-earth orbit, Cis-lunar orbit, Near-Earth Asteroids, Moon, Mars, …
The first in what is planned to be a series of European conferences on space exploration will examine possible pathways in the next 25 years and will provide a unique opportunity for the worldwide community to examine potential long-range exploration scenarios.

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Sponsors

 

Programme Committee


CHAIRMEN
Alain DUPAS
International Consultant (FRANCE)		 John LOGSDON
George Washington University (USA)		  
DEPUTY CO-CHAIRMEN
Bernhard HUFENBACH
ESA (The Netherlands)		 François SPIERO
CNES (France)		  
MEMBERS
Philippe BERTHE
ESA (Europe)		 Silvano CASINI
Former Head of ASI (Italy)		 Doug COOKE
Former Head of NASA Exploration Programs (USA)
Tom CREMINS
NASA (USA)		 Pascale EHRENFREUND
Leiden University (Netherland)		 Luce FABREGUETTES
Arianespace (France)
Bernard FOING
Amsterdam University (Netherland)		 Jürgen HILL
DLR (Germany)		 Ernst MESSERSCHMID
Stuttgart University (Germany)
Géraldine NAJA
ESA (France)		 Maria Antonietta PERINO
Thales Alenia Space (Italy)		 Jean-Claude PIEDBOEUF
Canadian Space Agency (Canada)
Giuseppe REIBALDI
IAA (Italy)		 Paul SPUDIS
Lunar and Planetary Institute (USA)		 Yuichi YAMAURA
JAXA (Japan)
John ZARNECKI
Open University (UK)		    

Topics

This conference will be the place for reaching together common goals, by collaborating and demonstrating the rich potential for exploration of each of the target destinations, delivering
benefits to all nations.

Papers covering the following topics are expected :

  • Near, medium and long-term interest and objectives for exploration destination (LEO, Moon, Asteroids and Mars)
  • Planned missions and future mission concepts to exploration destinations
  • Exploration systems and capabilities under development and planned
  • Critical technologies for exploration

 

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