Day 1-
Keynote Address
Jorge Arinez, Manager, Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, General Motors Global Research & Development
Strategy and Innovation at GM Manufacturing Research
Phase 2 overview
Marc Cohen, Marc M. Cohen, Architect
Robotic Asteroid Prospector (RAP) Staged from L-1: Start of the Deep Space Economy
David Kirtley, MSNW, LLC
A Plasma Aerocapture and Entry System for Manned Missions and Planetary Deep Space Orbiter
Bryan Wunar, Director, Center for the Advancement of Science Education, Museum of Science & Industry
Geoffrey Landis, NASA GRC, Venus Landsailing Rover
Joseph Predina, ITT Space Systems, LLC, NIST in Space: Better Remote Sensors for Better Science
Robert Hoyt, Tethers Unlimited, Inc, NanoTHOR: Low-Cost Launch of Nanosatellites to Deep Space
Babak Saif, NASA GSFC, Atom Interferometry for detection of Gravity Waves-a
Jeffrey Nosanov, NASA JPL, Solar System Escape Architecture for Revolutionary Science (SSEARS)
Day 2
NIAC Plans and Announcements by Jay Falker, NIAC Program Executive
Special Address, Bob Cassanova, NIAC External Council Chair
Wayne Gellett, eSionic, Solid State Air Purification
Geza Gyuk, University of Miami, Silent and Efficient Supersonic Bi-Directional Flying Wing
Adrian Agogino, NASA ARC, Super Ball Bot – Structures for Planetary Landing and Exploration
Michael Flynn, NASA ARC, Water Walls: Highly Reliable and Massively Redundant Life Support Architecture
Leigh McCue, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Exploration of Under-Ice Regions with Ocean Profiling Agents (EUROPA)
Robert Hoyt, Tethers Unlimited, Inc., SpiderFab: Process for On-Orbit Construction of Kilometer-Scale Apertures
Thomas Ditto, 3DeWitt LLC, HOMES – Holographic Optical Method for Exoplanet Spectroscopy
Poster Session II + Ad Hoc Discussions
Day 3 – Marco Quadrelli, Gregory Lantoine, WingLee,
NIAC Q&A for Phase II and other topics, Jay Falker, NIAC Program Executive
Marco Quadrelli, NASA JPL, Orbiting Rainbows: Optical Manipulation of Aerosols and the Beginnings of Future Space Construction
Gregory Lantoine, NASA JPL, MAGNETOUR: Surfing Planetary Systems on Electromagnetic and Multi-Body Gravity Fields
Robert Winglee, University of Washington, Seattle
Sample Return Systems for Extreme Environments
Juan Arrieta, NASA JPL
The Regolith Biters: A Divide-And-Conquer Architecture for Sample-Return Missions
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