MarsWeek 2004 Agenda

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

April 9th-11th


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CONFERENCE AGENDA
(UPDATED 04/09/2004)
 

*** All presentations will be held in Room 6-120 ***

FRIDAY, APRIL 9TH

07:00 PMOpening Remarks
07:30 PMNASA's New Plans for Space Exploration — Harley Thronson
09:00 PMAnnouncements

SATURDAY, APRIL 10TH

08:30 AMContinental Breakfast (Building 6 Lobby)
09:00 AMX PRIZE: A New Generation of Private Spaceships — Peter Diamandis
09:45 AMExtensible Architectures for Space Transportation — Olivier de Weck
10:30 AMRadiation Issues for Human Mars Missions — Thomas Coffee
11:00 AMThe VASIMR Engine: Express Flight to Mars — Tim Glover
11:45 PMBuffet Lunch (Building 6 Lobby)
12:45 PMThe 2003 Rover Mission — Grace Tan-Wang
01:30 PMGeological Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers — Douglas Jerolmack
02:15 PMMars Extravehicular Activity: Opportunities & Challenges — Christopher Carr
03:00 PMBreak
03:15 PMNuclear Power for Mars and Beyond — Andrew Kadak
04:00 PMArtificial Gravity for Human Mars Missions — Thomas Jarchow
04:45 PMMars Gravity Program: Studying Partial-G Adaptation — Paul Wooster & Erika Wagner
05:15 PMResults from the MIT Space Vision Task Force — Thomas Coffee & Jessica Edmonds
05:45 PMGetting Humanity Into Space — Peter Diamandis
06:30 PMBreak
07:00 PMBanquet Dinner (Royal East Restaurant)

SUNDAY, APRIL 11TH

12:30 PMMASHER: Mars Advanced Safe Haven Equipped Rover — Shannon Flanagan et al.
01:00 PMHaptic Feedback in Remote Grasping — Dominic Rizzo
01:30 PMConstructing Human Settlements on Mars — Bruce Mackenzie
02:15 PMMars Base Analog Programming & Design — Mark Homnick
03:00 PMWhich Way to Mars? (discussion session)
05:00 PMClosing Remarks
Lockheed-Martin Civil Space MIT Large Event Fund

© 2004 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT reserves the right to alter schedule, fees, and other associated aspects of MarsWeek.
MarsWeek is co-sponsored by the MIT Mars Society and the Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program.
MarsWeek 2004 is supported by Lockheed-Martin Civil Space and the MIT Large Event Fund.