NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20000028286: Second Annual HEDS-UP Forum

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SECOND ANNUAL HEDS-UP FORUM
May 6-7, 1999
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Edited by
Michael B. Duke
Sponsored by
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LPI Contribution No. 979 iii
PREFACE
I-IEDS-UP (Human Exploration and Development of Space-University Partners) conducted its second annual forum
on May 6-7, 1999, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. This year, the topics focused on human
exploration of Mars, including considerations ranging from systems analysis of the transportation and surface
architecture to very detailed considerations of surface elements such as greenhouses, rovers, and EVA suits. Ten
undergraduate projects and four graduate level projects were presented with a total of 13universities from around the
country. Over 200 students participated on the study teams and nearly 100 students attended the forum meeting. The
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overall quality of reports and presentations was extremely high, with most projects requiting that the students dig into
space systems concepts, designs, and technologies in detail. University team outreach projects also reached
approximately 1500 people through articles and Web sites developed by the students. Several of the teams had NASA
or industry mentors and included visits to NASA centers as part of their class activities.
Awards were made to the three top undergraduate teams and the top team of graduate students. The first-place award
w went to a team from Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. Their facuit-_ advisor was Dr. GaWad Nagati of the
Department of Aerospace Engineering. Second place went to a team from the California Institute of Technology,
w Pasadena, California, with Dr. James Burke of the Jet Propulsion Labora£0r_ as advisor. Third place Was a_,arded to
n the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, where Dr. David Zi_erm_ih w_asthe faculty sponsor. The graduate
award was made to a team from the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, under the sponsorship of Dr.
David Akin.
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Besides presenting their study results at the forum, the students were updated on exploration themes by NASA or
NASA-related personnel who discussed current projects or views of human exploration. John Young gave a keynote
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address, recounting his lunar missions and encouraging the students to focus on the exploration of space as one of the
key steps to preserving the future of humans on Earth. Steven Hoffman (JSC/SAIC) discussed current NASA
concepts for the "surface mission," the set of activities that astronauts on Mars will undertake on early missions.
George Parma (JSC) described the Transhab project, an inflatable habitaf_rthe International Space Station and the
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human exploration of Mars. Dean Eppler (JSC/SAIC) discussed the recent field projects to define requirements for
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m ....d_scribing effoi-ts underway tOundersiand =theadaptafi0n of people to space in the context of missions to Mars. Steve
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Squyres (Cornell University) contributed an invited talk on recent findings from robotic missions and plans for
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n The papers resulting from the investigations are collected in this report, along with selected contributions from
invitedspeakers. These reports also are available on the HEDS-UP Web site (http:/lcass.jsc.nasa.gov/lpi/H DS-UP/).
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Many good comments about the program have been received, which will be used to improve and strengthen the
program. Participants asked for mechanisms for greater interaction between the participating universities and
i[:z between the universities andNASA.The Web site will be used next year to provide these linkages. An expanded
Ij pro_am will be conducted next year, with- Upto about 20 university teams.
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HEDS-UP will work to make sure that the students' work is considered by NASA. The other aspect of interest is the
outreach programs conducted by the universities, which included public Web sites, presentations to university and
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reached by the outreach activities of the university teams.
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HEDS-UP is off to a good start in building communities of interest in universities dedicated to advancing the human I
exploration of space. We are thankful to the sponsors of the project, particularly Lewis Peach of NASA' s Office of
Space Flight, for the opportunity to conduct the program. We thank all of the universities who participated so
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enthusiastically in the forum and for their work. And we thank the efforts of the LPI staff, who made the forum run m
smoothly and effectively.
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Houston, Texas
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Nancy Ann Budden (Lunar and PIanetary lnstitute) displays
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Nancy Ann Budden and Mike Duke (Lunar and Planetary
Institute), Joyce Carpenter (NASA Johnson Space Center), and
Lewis Peach (NASA Headquarters) meet with instructor and
students from the University of Southern California.
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CONTENTS
Agenda ........................................................................................................................................................ 1
Invited Technical Presentations ............................................................................................................... 3
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d Stephen Hoffman (JSC/SAIC) ........................................................................................................ 3
George Parma (JSC) ........................................................................................................................ 5
Ron White (SBRI) ........................................................................................................................... 9
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Arizona State University ............................................................................................................... 17
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University of California, Berkeley .............................................................................................. 113
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University of Maryland (undergraduate) ..................................................................................... 147
w University of Maryland (graduate) .............................................................................................. 165
University of Southern California ............................................................................................... 181
University of Texas, Austin ......................................................................................................... 201
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Wichita State University ............................................................................................................. 247
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May 6, 1999
.... 8:00 a.m. Registration, Coffee and Donuts
8:30 Welcome (M. Duke, LPI, J. Young, JSC)
9:00 The Mars Surface Mission (S. Hoffman, SAIC)
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9:30 Surface Infrastructure Systems (Cornell University)
10:15 Search for Life (Metropolitan State College, Denver)
11:00 Habitats, Space Suits and Power Supplies (University of California, Berkeley)
11:45 Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. Recent Results from Robotic Exploration Missions (Steve Squyres, Cornell University)
1:30 Surface Systems (University of Southern California)
2:15 Mars Greenhouse (University of Texas, San Antonio)
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3:15 Pressurized Rover (Wichita State University)
4:00 Transhab Design for the Space Station (George Parma, JSC)
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8:00 a.m. Coffee and Donuts
_. 8:30 Astronaut Space Suit Field Demonstrations (D. Eppler, SAIC)
9:00 Mars Ballistic Exploration Vehicle (University of Maryland, undergraduate)
9:45 Mars Direct Revisited (California Institute of Technology)
== 10:30 Mars Transportation System (University of Texas, Austin)
11:15 Earth-Mars Transportation System (Georgia Institute of Technology)
12:00 Lunch Break
Human Adaptation for Mars Missions (R. White, Space Biomedical Research Institute)
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2:45 Mars Ballistic Exploration Vehicle (University of Maryland, graduate)
3:30 Mars Field Geology Simulations (Arizona State University)
4:15 Mars Lander (Texas A&M University)
5:00 Wrap Up and Suggestions for the Future
5:15 Adjourn
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