2nd International Planetary Probe Workshop
AUGUST 23 - 26, 2004
NASA Ames Conference Center
Moffett Field, California USA

Workshop Schedule Session 7: Emerging Technologies

August 26, Thursday Morning

 
Chair: Jim Arnold Co-Chair: Ethiraj Venkatapathy
Scope: Papers and presentations dealing with emerging technologies such as Nanotechnology, Nano/Pico satalights, novel sensors and devices extreme environments.
 
Session Time Topic/Details
(Including links to the abstracts for the presentations where available)
Presentation Author(s)/Speaker (in bold)
TBD Continental Breakfast at the Workshop
8:00 - 8:35 A Survey of the Rapidly Emerging Field of Nanotechnology and Potential Applications for Scientific Instruments and Technologies for Atmospheric Entry Probes (word) Full M. Meyyappan, NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology (NACNT)
J. O. Arnold, University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
8:35 - 9:00 Pico Reentry Probes (PREP): Affordable Options for Reentry Measurements and Testing (word) Full Daniel J. Rasky, NASA ARC
Gary Allen, ELORET Corporation
William H. Ailor, The Aerospace Corporation
Vinod Kapoor, The Aerospace Corporation
Ethiraj Venkatapathy, NASA ARC
Jim O. Arnold, University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
9:00 - 9:25 Nano-Structured Thermal Protection Systems For Space Exploration Missions (word) Full J.O. Arnold,NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology (NACNT) and University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
Y.K. Chen, NASA ARC
T. Squire, NASA ARC
D. Srivastava, NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology (NACNT) and University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
G. Allen, Eloret Corporation
M. Stackpoole, NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology (NACNT) and University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
H.E. Goldstein,
E. Venkatapathy,NASA ARC
M.P. Loomis, NASA ARC
9:25 - 9:35 The Search of Biomarkers in Planetary Atmospheres Poster Dr. Mikhail Simakov,
9:35 - 9:45 NASA Ames Arc Jet Complex Poster Ernest Fretter, NASA ARC
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:25 Could Nano-Structured Materials Enable The Development of Improved Pressure Vessels For Deep Atmospheric Probes? (word) Full D. Srivastava, NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology (NACNT) and University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
B. Bienstock, Boeing Corporation
J.O. Arnold, NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology (NACNT) and University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
10:25 - 10:50 The Instrumented FrisbeeŽ as a Prototype for Planetary Entry Probe Dynamics Analysis (word) Full Ralph D Lorenz, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson
10:50 - 11:15 Thermal, Radiation and Impact Protective Shields (TRIPS) For Robotic and Human Space Exploration Missions (word) Full M. P. Loomis, NASA-Ames Research Center
J. O. Arnold, University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
11:15 - 11:35 Deep Space Network Capabilities for Receiving Weak Probe Signals Full Sami Asmar, JPL
Douglas Johnston, JPL
Robert Preston, JPL