NASA Logo Gravitational Effects in Reacting Systems for Space Exploration Workshop The National Center for Microgravity Research

April 28-29, 2003
Hilton Garden Inn
Cleveland, Ohio

Hosted by the Microgravity Science Division
NASA Glenn Research Center

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The National Center for Microgravity Research for Fluids and Combustion



Primary Objectives of the Workshop

Identify critical exploration technologies that are essential to multiple mission scenarios, require chemically reacting flows, and whose in-situ performance might be optimized through a fundamental understanding of gravitational influences.

Prepare a research roadmap for clarifying the gravitational influences on selected exploration technologies leading to guiding design principles for the development of prototype operational systems.


Workshop Details

The workshop was attended by 42 invited participants from industry, government, and academia. Electronic copies of the plenary presentations can be found at the links given below. If you have questions please contact Dr. Vedha Nayagam.

Attendee List (39 KB)

Workshop Results (196 KB)


Presentations

Gravity Impacted In-Situ Utilization (ISRU) Technologies (1.21 MB)
Presented by: Scott Baird, NASA JSC

Determining Gravitational Effects on Reacting Systems (163 KB)
Presented by: Stuart Churchill, University of Pennsylvania

Planetary Resources: Perspectives for Code U: Chemistry in Space (535 KB)
Presented by: Michael Duke, CCACS

Closed-Loop Life Support Systems (2.75 MB)
Presented by: John Fisher, NASA Ames

Human Support Technology Research to Enable Exploration (3.27 MB)
Presented by: Jitendra Joshi, NASA AHST Program

Microgravity Research: An Agency-Wide Asset (9.01 MB)
Presented by: Simon Ostrach, NCMR/CWRU