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- SPACE 2000 AND ROBOTICS 2000 CONFERENCES
The schedule for preparation of papers for the Proceedings for the Space 2000 and Robotics 2000 Conferences is as follows. The Space 2000 and Robotics 2000 Conferences will be at the Albuquerque Hilton Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, USA. The opening plenary will be on Monday, February 28, 2000. The closing plenary will be on Thursday morning, March 2, 2000. The Call for papers is now issued.
Abstracts may be submitted early. Abstracts will be evaluated as they are received and authors will be notified of acceptance. Abstracts are due not later than June 1, 1999.
- ROBOTICS 2000 ABSTRACTS
Robotics 2000 abstracts are to be sent to Dr. William C. Stone, Leader, Construction Metrology & Automation Group, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, NIST, Bldg 226/B150, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, phone (301) 975-6075, E-mail william.stone@nist.gov, FAX (301) 869-6275. Electronic submission of Robotics 2000 abstracts is encouraged.
- SPACE 2000 ABSTRACTS
Space 2000 abstracts are to be sent to Professor John Bertin, HQ USAFA/DFAN, USAF Academy, CO 80840, phone (719) 333-4010, FAX (719) 333-4013. Send Space 2000 abstracts to Professor John Bertin by postal service or by FAX.
- ROBOTICS 2000 and SPACE 2000
Preferred format of abstract submittals for both Robotics 2000 and Space 2000 is as follows:
- MicroSoft Office 97 Word (*.doc) format
- title, author, affiliation, mailing address, email, phone
- one page maximum and
- include up to 10 key words.
Authors will be notified of acceptance of Abstracts not later than June 15, 1999. Abstracts will not be published. People whose abstracts are accepted are asked to write papers for peer review. Draft papers for peer review are due on August 1, 1999. Reviews of draft papers will be conducted in August and September 1999. Final Camera-Ready Papers are due November 1, 1999. Papers accepted will be published in the Proceedings. Accepted papers will be forwarded to ASCE the first Monday in December 1999 so ASCE can publish the Proceedings of the Space 2000 and Robotics 2000 Conferences and ship them to Albuquerque in time for distribution to those registering at the Conferences.
- DRAFT PROGRAM FOR ROBOTICS 2000
Robotics 2000 is the Fourth International Conference, Exposition and Demonstration, on Robotics for Challenging Environments. It will be organized by Robotics 2000 Conference Program Committee. Contact persons are Dr. William C. Stone, Leader, Construction Metrology & Automation Group, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, NIST, Bldg 226/B150, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, phone (301) 975-6075, E-mail william.stone@nist.gov, FAX (301) 869-6275; and John Wetzel, Leonhard Bernold, and others in the Robotics 2000 group. Robotics 2000 will feature challenges in both terrestrial and space environments. Papers are solicited on a variety of topics relating to space and planetary, lunar, and asteroidal surface applications as they address topics under the broad heading of Robotics in Challenging Environments. From a robotics standpoint, space is just one of several challenging environments. In addition to space operations and construction, Robotics 2000 will address a variety of terrestrial applications, including robotic excavation, underwater operations, environmental remediation, post-disaster response, high-radiation environments, and cold regions. Encompassing vision and virtual environments, operator control interfaces, 3-D world modeling and data acquisition, and path planning and navigation, the program for Robotics 2000 is designed to bring together researchers and users to apply robotics technologies and teleoperated systems to a variety of tasks. See the Proceedings of Robotics 1998 for details on that program. The Robotics 2000 program will cover comparable areas including advances since 1998.
- DRAFT PROGRAM FOR SPACE 2000
Space 2000 is the Seventh International Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space. The General Theme for Space 2000 is Space for the Benefit of Humankind. The Sub-Themes (each a session or series of sessions) are listed below.
1. a. Robotic Exploration of the Moon, Mars, and other planetary bodies. Moon - Lunar Prospector, update by Alan Binder including likely ice deposits at the lunar North and South Poles; Other missions to the Moon past and future and their implications. Japan's Space Activities Commission has set a 1999 launch for ISAS' Lunar-A Moon penetrator mission. Mars - Mars Global Surveyor Results, Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner Rover Conclusions, and update on Mars 98 current Mars mission - John Connolly; ALSO Japan Mars Probe launched July 4, 1998, The half-ton unmanned craft was launched from Kagoshima Space Center in southern Japan Planet-B, renamed Nozomi or "Hope" after liftoff, scheduled to begin beaming back photographs and experimental data from the Red Planet in October 1999; Missions with other goals - including Gravity Probe, Stardust, Deep Space 1, space-based astronomy with optical interferometers, AXAF, Propulsion systems for interplanetary travel, etc.
b. Future science and engineering needs for data as we explore our solar system - John Lewis, Wendell Mendell. Also John Gies and Kevin Greene of ASD Task Committee on Data Needs for Construction on the Moon and Mars will report.
c. Astronomy - Bryan Laubscher of LANL, Next Generation Space Telescope, Optical Interferometry in Space, Other Telescope Initiatives at NASA and elsewhere.
2. Bases on the Moon and Mars. Lunar Resources and Lunar Development - Carlton Allen, Haym Benaroya, Marvin Criswell, and Peter Eckart; NASDA concepts for a 21st century lunar base - Patrick Collins, and others. Mars Basing - David Kaplan and Robert Zubrin.
3. International Space Station update and prospects - Larry Toups; Includes the space station construction, robotics, space vision system, testing, software, communications, power, astronaut training, and microgravity; "Tribute to Mir" Session about what was learned about operations of a space station. Mir serves as on-the-job training for both Russian and U.S. astronaut teams. What lessons learned are applied to the International Space Station? Top cosmonauts/astronauts who have lived on Mir asked to participate - Leonard David and Larry Toups.
4. Space Commercialization - Brian Barnett, John Bertin, Patrick Collins, Hu Davis, Tom Matula, Terry Nelson, Darrell Preble, Brent Sherwood, Jack Schmitt, and John Sved. Encourage current and potential commercial operators in space to attend (and sponsor) the conference. Topics include, Access to Space - John Bertin and Hu Davis, Spaceports - Tom Matula, X-Prize Entrants and Their Experiences by Peter Diamandis et al., Satellite Communications, Space Solar Power System - Darrell Preble and MSFC Advanced Projects Office (Whitt Brantley), Helium3 - John Sved and Jack Schmitt, International Space Station commercial activities (e.g., micro-gravity processes and space resource utilization), status report on Alan Binder's private lunar initiative - Alan Binder, Lunar exploration and development (Four groups are seriously looking at commercial lunar missions) - Tom Matula, Asteroid resources - Jim Benson.
Panel on private space operations. Including Jim Benson and private Near Earth Asteroid Prospector mission and other private initiatives taking place - Leonard David, Collaborative Session with the National Space Society - Bryce Walden, Space tourism; General Public Space Travel and Tourism, Designing the Lunar Hilton, - Patrick Collins Near-earth-orbit commercial air travel, etc. - Panel organized by Patrick Collins, Tom Rogers, and Leonard David; Space law; physical and intellectual property rights in space and legal aspects of utilizing lunar and asteroidal resources - Declan O'Donnell. Terrestrial applications of space technologies, e.g. cellular telephones linked to satellites and GPS - Rod Galloway et al.
5. Asteroid/comet impact threat. By 2000 a real action plan should be implemented, not only for detection but also deflection. highlighted. Data from the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft mission to the asteroids Mathilde, fly-by in June 1997, and Eros, anticipated orbit in January 1999, by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, For the first time, we will have the best "know thy enemy" data. Asteroids as a resource - Jim Benson's private asteroid mission, Asteroid mining and ASCE. Leonard David. Report by Tom Matula and NEO Subcommittee.
6. a. In situ resource utilization (ISRU), Mike Duke and Terry Nelson, Mike Duke would organize a workshop or sessions along the lines of the ISRU Workshop held at Space 2000.
b. Report of ASD Committees on Simulants for Lunar and Martian Soils. Koon Meng Chua, UNM Civil Engineering Dept., Albuquerque, NM.
7. Structures, Structural Dynamics, Materials, Mechanics, Controls, and Construction Techniques (including robotics) on Earth and in space environments and on the Moon and Mars - Ramesh Malla and Narendra Khot
8. Habitability, Human Factors, Life support systems, chemistry, biology, and technologies to support human adaptability to living and working in space - Brent Sherwood
9. Military uses of space - Rod Galloway and Stan Lokaj of USAF ARL Phillips Site, Kirtland AFB and others; nonproliferation issues related to weapons of mass destruction - Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Idaho National Engineering Laboratory - Dan Yurman
10. Outreach to Education.
a.Education. Leonhard Bernold. John Basart. Teaching Engineering courses related to Space. Implications of the new millenium. Humans as a multiplanet species. Robotics (Mark Tilden et al.). K-12, Jerry Cross and Malva Knoll; Report of the ASD Subcommittee on the Space Education Initiative.
b. Robotics Competition at Space 2000 and Robotics 2000 Conferences. Steve Lorenc, David Klingler, and Walter Boles.
11. a. Madhu Thangavelu's proposed seven sessions on FUTURE, VISIONS, DUAL USE TECHNOLOGIES, SPACE EXPLORATION ANALOGS, ISS Operations, and SPACE AND THE MOVIES. Refer to his e-mail messages and the Draft Report of Space 98 and Robotics 98 and Draft Proposal for Space 2000 and Robotics 2000. Darrell Preble suggests adjust Madhu's " Visions for Humanity's Future in Space" toward "Space Development Drivers". Darrell Preble - bring in speakers to discuss why certain space missions are chosen over others, e.g. the Discovery mission selection process and the selection process for Climate Change and Mission to Planet Earth.
b. History. Tom Matula suggests 3-4 sessions reflecting on the century that saw humanity invent both the spaceship and the robot. One session could explore the history of the robot, the other of space flight, a third focus on robotic spaceflight, and a fourth and final session on what lies ahead in the next century when spacecraft are provided with artificial intelligence. With the right speakers it could be a very interesting track that would merge the themes of the combined conferences. Tom Matula and Madhu Thangavelu.
c. Analogies or parallels between space and offshore oil/gas sub-sea, technologies proposed by Knut Oxnevad of JPL. The idea is to investigate parallels to find technologies and approaches beneficial to development of the space sector which will speed up space development. Such a session would cover the items 1 and 3 of the session that M. Thangavelu suggested. The session could be called, for example, Space- Offshore/Sub-sea Analogies. Investigating such parallels, is something that Knut Oxnevad has seen as important beginning in 1991. Some of these parallels are being utilized. For example, a diving company, Oceaneering Space Systems, is utilizing its expertise from the sub-sea arena to develop tools and maintenance procedures for the International Space Station. Another interesting development is the use, by Sea Launch at Boeing, Kvaerner, Energia consortium, of a modified offshore semi-submersible oil/gas production platform for launching rockets. There are numerous other parallels waiting to be explored, many of them on the robotics side, where the sub-sea industry by many counts is ahead of the space industry. Bringing representatives from the offshore oil and gas industry into the Space and Robotics 2000 Conference could help speed up this process.
12. The Great Debate. Also we intend to have The Great Debate. The topic debated will depending on the issues that may be topmost two years from now. A debate committee is to come up with carefully chosen debatable issues. We will advertise to increase our attendance - a few top drawer proponents to argue the sides. Darrell Preble. One possibility regards the prospect of ice on the Moon; actions necessary to verify and validate how much is there; and courses of action to develop this resource when validated.
NOTE: FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCES, CONTACT STEWART JOHNSON AT Email StWJohnson@aol.com
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