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Responsive Space® Conference 2010
March 8-11, 2010 Los Angeles, CA
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Creating Affordable
& Responsive Space Missions |
Most of the people working in Responsive Space have also been interested in 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.
As in prior years, RS8 will accept papers on all aspects of 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: |
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 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! |
Ivey RS8 (2010) Comments Papers From Past RS Conferencesrom Past RS
Conferences
The complete text of all papers from the RS1 through RS6 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.
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