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RENAISSANCE�Commercial Space & the Promise of �Self-Sustaining Human Space Activity��Fall 2017 Team project

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ASTE 527 Graduate Space Concept Synthesis Studio

Department of Astronautical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering

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M.Thangavelu, Conductor

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Guest Introduction

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15th Century Renaissance Man

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Renaissance Project Background

•US Administration has reinstated the National Space Council

•American Space Renaissance Act (ASRA)

•NASA 45-Day Study

•Presidential Space Policy Directive #1 to Return to the Moon

•Self-sustaining Human Space Activity

•Commerce

•Global Involvement

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Background

  • Memorandum of Understanding for lunar Deep Space Gateway
  • Space Launch System w/Orion capsule Test Flight EM-1set for Dec 2019
  • Spacex Falcon Heavy test flight set for Jan 2018
  • Blue Origin Launcher and BE-4 engine in advanced development
  • Blue Moon lunar cargo lander
  • Sierra Nevada Dreamchaser
  • Bigelow, Axiom planning space stations and habitats
  • Google X-Prize Evolution – Astrobotics, Moon Express

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Technologies

  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Composite Materials
  • Alloys
  • Information – Disruption and Delay Tolerant Networks
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • High Power Lasers
  • Compact Nuclear Power
  • Agriculture
  • Biology

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Private Space Sector as Catalyst

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