PROGRAM 2021

Conference Opening
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Latest updates from the Luxembourg Governement, LSA, ESA, NASA and others on national and international space exploration plans.

• Welcome Address
  Franz Fayot Minister of the Economy, Luxembourg
• Welcome Address
  Josef Aschbacher Director General, ESA
• ISRU, Robotics and AI
  Walther Pelzer Member of the Executive Board, DLR
• On the Importance of ISRU
  Giorgio Saccoccia President, ASI

• Overview on ESRIC and the Space Resources Week
  Mathias Link Director ad int., ESRIC, Director SpaceResources.lu, Luxembourg Space Agency
• ESA E3P Programme and Space Resources Strategy
  David Parker Director of Robotic and Human Exploration, ESA
• Overview on ISRU Activities at NASA
  Kent Bress National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Outcome of the International Space Agency ISRU Gap Assessment Team for Exploration
  Jorge Alves European Space Agency
• Update from the ESA ISRU Topical Team
  Kathryn Hadler Imperial College London
• Update from the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
  Amy Fagan LEAG, Western Carolina University

New Discoveries
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Find out what has been recently discovered, from on-ground science and technology advances to analysis of asteroid samples from the latest missions.

• Hayabusa2: Operational Challenges and Results on Asteroid Ryugu’s Properties
  Makoto Yoshikawa Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• The OSIRIS-REx Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Event and Implications for the Nature of the Returned Samples
  Dante Lauretta University of Arizona
• The ESA Hera Mission: Relevance for Asteroid Resources
  Patrick Michel Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
• Now Making Oxygen on Mars: MOXIE and the Perseverance Mission
  Michael Hecht Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Deep Reduction of Energy Requirement for Lunar Ice Extraction
  Phil Metzger University of Central Florida
• The ESA PROSPECT Payload for Luna 27: Status and Science Activities
  David Heather European Space Agency
• The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission – Measurements and Constraints
  Anthony Colaprete National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Preparation Phase Outcome and Future Approach of ESAs ISRU Demonstration Mission (ISRU-DM)
  David Binns European Space Agency

Utilisation Scenarios
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What would you use Space Resources for? This session presents potential utilisation scenarios identified by the worldwide space resources community.

• Introduction
  Melchiorre Conti European Space Agency
• The Trillion Euro Cislunar Econosphere
  Tory Bruno ULA
• Outcome ESA OSIP Call for Idea
  Melchiorre Conti European Space Agency
• Herschel Re-Supply Mission Feasibility Study
  Natalia Stepanova University of Luxembourg
• Study into In-Orbit Servicing of the Rosetta Mission
  Bishawajit Gogoi University of Luxembourg
• Analysis of a Modified ESA Mars Express Mission with Use of Lunar Space Resources
  Mariusz Ludwikowski, Rod Weber, Rui Zong University of Luxembourg
• Moon Mining: the Case of Distribution and Transportation of Propellant for Refuelling in Orbit
  Edoardo Vittori SDA Bocconi
• Why Space Resources? The Moon, Asteroids, Mars, and Back to Earth
  Angel Abbud-Madrid Colorado School of Mines
• NASA Lunar ISRU Plans and Development Activities
  Jerry Sanders National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NASA’s Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative
  Ben Bussey Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium

R&D Needs & Gaps / ONLINE ONLY
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Latest science R&D results in prospecting, beneficiating and processing space resources.

• Beneficiation of Lunar Regolith: Progress and Challenges
  Kathryn Hadler Imperial College London
• Continuous Microfluidic Solvent Extraction of Cobalt from Mimicked and Real Asteroid Leaching Solutions
  Volker Hessel The University of Adelaide
• Identified Research Needs For Additive Manufacturing With Molten Lunar Regolith
  Simon Stapperfend TU Braunschweig
• Mobile Selective Laser Melting of Lunar Regolith
  Jörg Neumann Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
• Oxygen Extraction Through Regolith Thermal Reduction
  Michelle Lavagna Politecnico di Milano
• Progress Understanding Lunar Oxygen Eextraction with the FFC Process
  Beth Lomax University of Glasgow & ESA
• Towards the Prospection of Water Ice on the Moon and Beyond: on the Need for a Better Understanding of Water Ice Sublimation Rate and Related O and H Isotope Fractionation
  Veneranda López Días LIST
• Wet-Processing and Synthetic H2O Weathering of Unrefined Regolith Towards High Strength 'Sandcastles'
  David Karl TU Berlin

Capability Showcase
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Showcasing your capability for Moon, Mars or Asteroid applications (e.g. prospecting, processing, navigation).

• Highway to the Moon with Ariane 6
  Raphaël Chevrier ArianeSpace
• Low-Thrust Round-Trip Trajectory Optimization to Thousands of Neas
  Pablo Hermosin Herrera Deimos Space
• The Progress of Asteroid Mining Plans at Origin Space
  Su Meng Origin Space
• Space Situational Awareness as an Enabling Capability for Asteroids Mining
  Andrea Cardellicchio Telespazio S.P.A
• Honeybee Robotics Space Resource Exploration and Excavation Capabilities
  Hunter Williams Honeybee Robotics
• Puli Lunar Water Snooper - An In-Situ Water Mapping Payload for Lunar Surface Missions
  Dávid Lucsányi Puli Space Technologies, CERN
• STAARK Luximpulse Robotic Arm for Lunar Resources Utilisation
  Jaroslaw Jaworski Made In Space Europe
• Microwave Heating Demonstrator (MHD) Payload for Fabricating Construction Components and Extracting Resources
  Sungwoo Lim Open University
• Research Progress on In-Situ Exploration and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Resources
  Hui Zhang China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
• Deep Space Communication and Navigation Services: How Microsatellites Can Boost the Exploration and Commercial Exploitation of the Solar System
  Alessandro Balossino Argotec