PTM: II - Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop (ASPW2005)

Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop (ASPW)

The Physics for the Third Millennium: II Conference was held in conjunction with the Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop (ASPW2005).

The emphasis of ASPW was on low Technology Readiness Level (TRL), relatively far-term space propulsion and power concepts and technologies that hold the promise of enabling ambitious robotic and human exploration missions in the 21st century. One of the main goals of the Workshop was to provide an informal forum for information exchange and program coordination between researchers in low TRL advanced space propulsion. A second major goal was to identify major research issues and potential benefits for each long-term enabling technology and the effort (manpower and facilities) needed to develop this technology, as well as the "best guess" as to the prospects of developing this technology.

In previous years, the Workshop has had speakers from NASA, DoD, DoE, industry, and academia providing papers on Advanced Earth-to-Orbit (ETO) Propulsion, Advanced Chemical Propulsion, Propellantless Propulsion, Beamed Energy Propulsion, Nuclear Propulsion, Advanced Electric Propulsion, and other key areas.

ASPW2005 was held on the UAH campus (The Bevill Center) on Thursday and Friday, April 7 and 8, 2005. For more information on the workshop, visit their website at http://www.uah.edu/research/PRC/ASPW/.


		Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop (ASPW) The Physics for the Third Millennium: II Conference was held in conjunction with the Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop (ASPW2005). The emphasis of ASPW was on low Technology Readiness Level (TRL), relatively far-term space propulsion and power concepts and technologies that hold the promise of enabling ambitious robotic and human exploration missions in the 21st century. One of the main goals of the Workshop was to provide an informal forum for information exchange and program coordination between researchers in low TRL advanced space propulsion. A second major goal was to identify major research issues and potential benefits for each long-term enabling technology and the effort (manpower and facilities) needed to develop this technology, as well as the "best guess" as to the prospects of developing this technology. In previous years, the Workshop has had speakers from NASA, DoD, DoE, industry, and academia providing papers on Advanced Earth-to-Orbit (ETO) Propulsion, Advanced Chemical Propulsion, Propellantless Propulsion, Beamed Energy Propulsion, Nuclear Propulsion, Advanced Electric Propulsion, and other key areas. ASPW2005 was held on the UAH campus (The Bevill Center) on Thursday and Friday, April 7 and 8, 2005. For more information on the workshop, visit their website at http://www.uah.edu/research/PRC/ASPW/.