Space Resources Roundtable VI
Colorado School of Mines
November 1-3, 2004

*Second Announcement

*Program and Abstracts (pdf document)

White Papers Resulting from Discussions at Space Resources Roundtable VI:

*Statement of the Space Resources Roundtable, November 4, 2004 (2-page pdf file).
*The Need for Lunar Soil Simulants for ISRU Studies (4-page pdf file).

*PowerPoint Presentations & PDF files (alphabetical listing by last name of presenter):

Dielectric Constant Measurements on Lunar Soils and Terrestrial Minerals by Anderson, R. C., Buehler, M. B., and Seshadri, S.

Granular Materials and Risks in ISRU by Behringer, R., and Wilkinson, R. A.

Costs and Benefits of ISRU-Based Human Space Exploration by Blair, B. R., Duke, M. B., Diaz, J., and Ruiz, B.

ISRU Technology Modeling and Analysis by Blair, B. R., Diaz, J., Ruiz, B., and Duke, M. B.

Report on the Construction and Testing of a Bucket Wheel Excavator by Boucher, D. S. and Richard, J.

Lunar Simulants: JSC-1 is Gone; The Need for New Standardized Root Simulants by Carter, J. L., McKay, D. S., Taylor, L. A., and Carrier III, W. D.

Space Transportation for a Lunar Resources Base by Davis H. P.

Autonomous In-Situ Resources Prospector by Dissly, R. W., Buehler, M. G., Schaap, M G., Nicks, D., Taylor, G. J., Castano, R., and Suarez, D.

Minimizing Launch Mass for ISRU Processes by England, C. and Hallinan, K. P.

Extraction of Oxygen from the Martian Atmosphere by England, C.

Remote Sensing Assessment of Lunar Resources: We Know Where to Go to Find What We Need by Gillis, J. J., Taylor, G. J., and Lucey, P. G.

Robotic Subsurface Analyzer and Sample Handler for Resource Reconnaissance and Preliminary Site Assessment for ISRU Activities at the Lunar Cold Traps by Gorevan, S. P., Wilson, J., Bartlett, P., Powderly, J., Lawrence, D., Elphic, R., Mungas, G., McCullough, E., Stoker, C., Cannon, H., Glass, B., Carrier, W. D., Schmitt, H. H., McKay, D. S., Morris, R. V., Johnson, J., Cole, D., and Dreyer, C.

Economic Laws and the Lunar Imperative: Outline of Components for a Sustained Development Strategy by Heiss, K. P.

Granular Flow and In-Situ Resource Utilization by Jenkins, J. T., Louge, M. Y., and Rame, E.

Power Lander in Support of Lunar Exploration and Development - PowerPoint (PDF) by Joyner, R. and Rodriguez, G.

Near Earth Object Characterization, Exploration, and Exploitation by Klaus, K.

Tumbleweed: A New Paradigm for Surveying the Surface of Mars for In-Situ Resources by Kuhlman, K. R., Behar, A. E., Jones, J. A., Carsey, F., Hajos, G. A., Flick, J. J., and Antol, J.

Mars Deep Drilling Remains a High Priority by Mandell, H. C.

SELENE Scientific Data Products and their Application to Characterization of Lunar Potential Resources by Matsui, K., Nakamuar, R., Kato, M., and Takizawa, Y.

Micro-Structured Heat Exchangers and Reactors for ISRU and Energy Conversion by McCandless, A., Motakef, S,. Guidry, D., and Overholt, M.

Rocks to Robots: A Biological Growth Approach to Rapid Lunar Industrialization or How to Realize Von Neumann's Vision by Morin, L. M. E.

Solar Energy Utilization for In-Situ Resource Utilization by Nakamura, T.

Lessons from Earth: Experiences Which can Guide Lunar and Asteroidal Development by O'Dale, C. D.

SILVER: Surface Imaging for Lunar Volatiles, Resources, and Exploration by Pappalardo, R. T., Cobabe-Ammann, E., Cook, A. C., Greeley, R., Gulick,V. C., McClintock, W.E., Moore, J. M., Stern, S. A., Vasavada, A. R., McClelland, M., and Westfall, J.

Exploration of the Impact of ISRU on Architectural System Mass and Cost by Reynerson, C. M.

Lunar and Martian Fiberglass as a Versatile Family of ISRU Value-Added Products - Powerpoint (PDF) by Rodriguez, G.

Telepossession Transforms Asteroids into Resources - PowerPoint (PDF) by Rodriguez, G.

Overview of ISRU Activities and Goals by Sanders, G. B.

Intelligent Excavation for the Moon by Schissler, A. and Kecojevic, V.

Solar Wind Helium Concentrations in Undisturbed Lunar Regolith by Schmitt, H. H.

Synthesis of Sol-Gel Precursors for Ceramics from Lunar and Martian Soil Simulants by Sibille, L., Gavira-Gallardo, J. A., and Hourlier-Bahloul, D.

Drilling to Extract Liquid Water on Mars: Feasible and Worth the Investment by Stoker, C.

The Uncertain Nature of Polar Lunar Regolith by Taylor, G. J., Neubert, J., Lucey, P., and McCullough, E.

The Nature of Lunar Soil: Considerations for Simulants by Taylor, L. A., McKay, D. S., Carrier III, W. D., and Carter ,J. L.

The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: View from Headquarters by Wegeng, R.

Steel Production Utilizing Iron Extracted from Lunar Ores and Soils by Westfall, R. and Jenkin, W. C.

Concept for Landed Measurements of Mars that will Help Identify and Characterize Potential Surface Resources by Woodworth-Lynas, C. M. T., Guigné, J. Y., Hart, D., and Davidson, R.

Using Spent Fuel Tanks as Habitats - PowerPoint (PDF) by Wray, T. and Rodriguez, G.

Space Resources Roundtable HOMEPAGE at the Colorado School of Mines.

Posted December 3, 2004. Updated December 15, 2004.