Phase I Fellows Meeting

of the
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts



March 23-24, 2004
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1489 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22202
Phone # for reservations: 703-416-1600


NIAC Contact Information:
Dale Little
dkl@niac.usra.edu
404-347-9633







NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
8:00am 8:30am Registration
8:30am 9:00am Welcome and Status of NIAC Activities
Robert A. Cassanova, NIAC Director
9:00am 10:00am Keynote Speaker Mars Program Update
James A. Garvin
NASA Lead Scientist for Mars Exploration
Office of Space Science
10:00am 10:30am Break
10:30am 12:00pm NIAC Phase I Status Reports
(30 minutes) Micro Asteroid Prospector Powered by Energetic Radioisotopes:
MAPPER
Steven Howe and Gerald Jackson, Hbar Technologies
(30 minutes) Microbots for Large-Scale Planetary Surface and Subsurface
Exploration
Steven Dubowsky, MIT
(30 minutes) Architecture for Unmanned Self-Replicating Lunar Factories
Gregory Chirikjian, Johns Hopkins University
12:00pm 1:30pm Buffet Lunch
1:30pm -- 2:30pm Keynote Speaker -- Development Process for the
Space Elevator
Bradley Edwards
Director of Research
Institute for Scientific Research



2:30pm 3:00 pm NIAC Student Fellow Reports
(15 minutes) Daedalon: A Revolutionary Morphing Spacecraft Design for
Planetary Exploration
Jarret M. Lafleur, Georgia Institute of Technology
(15 minutes) Verde Base (A Lunar Greenhouse)
Kam Yee, South Seattle Community College
(15 minutes) Biomining for In-situ Resource Utilization
Darin Ragozzine, Harvard University
3:00pm 3:30pm Break
3:30pm 5:00pm NIAC Phase I Status Reports

(30 minutes) Modeling Kinematic Cellular Automata: An Approach to Self-
Replication
Tihamer Toth-Fejel, General Dynamics
(30 minutes) The League of Extraordinary Machines: A Rapid and Scalable
Approach to Planetary Defense Against Asteroid Impactors
John Olds, SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc.
(30 minutes) Robotic Lunar Ecopoiesis
Paul Todd, Space Hardware Optimization Technology (SHOT), Inc. P

5:00pm 6:30pm Reception and Viewing of NIAC Student Fellow Posters


NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting
Wednesday, March 24, 2004

8:45am Welcome
Dr. Robert A. Cassanova, NIAC Director
9:00am 10:00am Keynote Speaker -- Propulsion and Power with Positrons
Kenneth Edwards
Director, Revolutionary Munitions
Air Force Research Laboratory
10:00am 10:30am Break
10:30am 12:00pm NIAC Status Reports
(30 minutes) The Plasma Magnet
John Slough, University of Washington
(30 minutes) Modular Laser Launch Architecture: Analysis and Beam Module
Design
Jordin Kare, KareTechnical Consulting
(30 minutes) Optimal Navigation in a Plasma Medium
Nathaniel Fisch, General Plasma Technologies LLC

12:00pm 1:30pm Buffett Lunch
1:30pm -- 2:30pm Keynote Speaker Perspectives on Propulsion for Future
Space Missions
Jerry Grey
Aerospace Consultant

2:30pm 3:30pm NIAC Status Reports

(30 minutes) Self Assembly of Optical Structures in Space
M. P. Ulmer and G. C. Schatz, Northwestern University
(30 minutes) High Resolution Structureless Telescope
James Wertz, Microcosm, Inc.

3:00pm until Break and Informal Discussions






Registration for NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting

General Information
The workshop will be held on March 23-24, 2004 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in
Arlington, Virginia. In order to attend, NIAC must receive a completed registration
form by March 16, 2004. There is no fee to attend the meeting but you must register
so that we will have an accurate count for meals and snacks.
Registration
Registration may be accomplished electronically (preferred), by mail or by fax. Please
provide the following information to Dale Little at the email address below by March 16:

Name
Affiliation
Address
Phone number
Email address
Days attending the meeting: March 23 ____ March 24______

Send registration to: Dale Little
dkl@niac.usra.edu
(404)347-9633 voice
(404)347-9638 fax
Lodging
NIAC has obtained special lodging rates of $150 per night plus taxes for meeting
attendees from the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Arlington, Virginia. You are responsible for the
cost of your room. Be sure to let the hotel know which nights you will be staying.
Reservations at the Crown Plaza must be made by March 8, 2004. All individual
reservations must be made directly with the hotel by calling 703-416-1600 and
asking for the Reservations Office. When making your reservations, please indicate
that you are attending the NIAC Fellows Meeting.