Workshop on Research Needs In Fluids Management for the Human Exploration of Space

The objective of this workshop was to challenge the fluids research community to anticipate problems that will affect the reliability and performance of fluid systems necessary for long duration space and planetary exploration. The focus was on liquid storage and the control of liquid configurations and multi-phase flow and transport.

The plenary session presentations discussed the environments, operating constraints and challenges in the areas of control and management of liquid configurations and multi-phase flow and transport. The plenary session was followed by two splinter sessions with the technical expert groups in the two areas. In-depth discussions focused on the critical technology issues, in critical subsystems, components and the underlying processes with the objective to identify critical gaps in knowledge and/or lack critical data needed for the design of reliable, efficient, low mass affordable systems. The reports generated by the technical export groups are posted below for your review.