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Reinventing Space Conference 2011
May 2-6, 2011 Los Angeles, CA
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| Creating Affordable & Responsive Space Missions | |
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This year the Responsive Space Conference has become the
Reinventing Space Conference in order to put a renewed emphasis on the
importance of reducing cost. Most of the people working in Responsive
Space have also wanted to create much lower cost space missions. At RS3, Dr.
Pete Rustan urged the community to use Responsive Space developments and
advancements as a means of reducing the cost of larger, more traditional space
systems. The current economic crisis makes that need even more critical if we
are to meet the ambitious goals of the American space program. If a solution to
the prohibitively high cost of space is not found, then the shortfall in future
years will require major cuts in space activity. We are already starting to see
that occur. It’s a problem that must be addressed and
addressed quickly. Our goal for RS 2011 is to try to help. A
classified session (DoD Secret) will also be held on Friday, May 6, 2011. As in prior years, RS 2011 will accept papers on all aspects of Low-Cost, Responsive Space, but particularly solicits papers that emphasize economic analysis and methods, techniques, and examples of ways to drive down space mission cost and schedule and create affordable and responsive space missions. Such topics include: |
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Business — How do we make money on Affordable and
Responsive Space Missions? Is there a business case for “low-cost, instant
gratification”? What does “low-cost” mean to the builder and to the user? Missions and Applicationsand Applications — What are the commercial, civil, military, and educational applications for low-cost, responsive missions? CONOPS — How does Affordable, Responsive Space work for the end user who doesn’t care about space? If we have instant replacement for destroyed military satellites, how do we use them at low cost without creating an entirely new Operations infrastructure? Launch — Where are we (or where aren’t we) with respect to responsive, low-cost access to space? Are the Russians and Chinese the only ones who will have launch-on-demand at low cost? |
Technology — Where are we in plug-and-play;
flexible, multi-use systems; low-cost components; software-driven systems;
standards and procedures? Mission and Systems Engineering — What is the status of low-cost responsive mission design, measures of effectiveness, orbits, and getting information to the end user within hours of an unexpected event? Education and Motivation — How do we both educate and motivate the coming generation of space technologists? How do we use Responsive Space to convince young professionals that space is the place to build a career? |
| Let’s Get Together Again and Start to Make It Happen! | |
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Papers From Past RS Conferences
The complete text of all papers from the RS1 through RS8 Conferences can be found on
the website along with indexes by topic, author, and organization. This lets you find
past papers and relevant background material quickly and easily.
Points of Contact:
| General Chair: | Dr. James R. Wertz jwertz@smad.com (310) 219-2700 |
Administrative Chair: | Charles R. Kilmer charles.r.kilmer@boeing.com (562) 797-2353 |
| Technical Co-Chairs: |
Scott Jensen AIAA Space Systems Technical Committee scott.jensen@sdl.usu.edu (435) 797-4516 Peter Montgomery AIAA Space Transportation Technical Committee peter.montgomery@arnold.af.mil (931) 454-5852 |
| Sponsorship POC: | Dr. Robert Conger rconger@smad.com (310) 219-2700 |