Workshop Schedule Session 6: Cross-Cutting Topics

August 25, Wednesday Afternoon


Chair: Michelle Munk	Co-Chair: Neil Cheatwood
Scope: A broad range of planetary probe cross-cutting topics will be presented including an overview of NASA's aerocapture investments and plans, current and future sample return capsules, ballutes, thermal protection systems, and probe computational tools and design methods.

Session Time	Topic/Details (Including links to the abstracts for the presentations where available)	Presentation	Author(s)/Speaker (in bold)
1:00 - 1:30	ISP Aerocapture Technology (word)	Full	Michelle Munk, NASA MSFC
1:30 - 1:50	Family System of Advanced Charring Ablators for Planetary Exploration Missions (word)	Full	William M. Congdon, Applied Research Associates, Inc. Donald M. Curry, NASA JSC
1:50 - 2:10	Current Developments in Future Planetary Probe Sensors for TPS: Update 2004 (word)	Full	Ed Martinez, Ethiraj Venkatapathy, NASA ARC Tomo Oishi, Ion America Richard Centner, Sergey Gorbonov, ELORET Corp.
2:10 - 2:30	Ultralightweight Ballute Technology Advances	Full	Kevin Miller, Ball Aerospace
2:30 - 2:40	Entry, Descent and Landing using Ballutes (word)	Poster	Daniel T. Lyons, JPL Angus McRonald, Global Aerospace Corporation
2:40 - 2:50	High Temperature Loop Heat Pipes Designed for Thermal Protection Use During Atmospheric Entry (word)	Poster	Boris Yendler, Lockheed Martin Technical Operations Periklis E. Papadopoulos, San Jose State University
2:50 - 3:00	HyperPASS, a New Aeroassist Tool (pdf)	Poster	Kristin Gates, Angus McRonald, Kerry Nock, Global Aerospace Corporation
3:00 - 3:10	Break
3:10 - 3:30	Genesis	Full	Bill Willcockson, Lockheed Martin
3:30 - 3:50	Performance of a Light-Weight Ablative Thermal Protection Material for the Stardust Mission Sample Return Capsule (word)	Full	M. Alan Covington, ELORET Corp.
3:50 - 4:10	Earth Entry Vehicles for Sample Return	Full	Robert Dillman, NASA LaRC Jim Corliss, NASA LaRC
4:10 - 4:30	Computational Predictions of Afterbody Aeroheating for Planetary Probes: Status and Future Work (word)	Full	Michael Wright, Dinesh Prabhu, James L. Brown NASA ARC Graham V. Candler, University of Minnesota
4:30 - 5:00	PANEL DISCUSSION: Topic TBD	Moderator: Dan Dumbacher Panel Members: TBD