This session will provide attendees with a summary of the technological capabilities required for enabling the next generation of unmanned spacecraft for earth orbiting and planetary missions. Speakers will make the link between the challenges faced by future unmanned missions and how the recent developments in MNT-based materials and devices can meet them.

Catherine Lambert, CNES and Thierry Duhamel, Astrium Satellites

Samad Hayati, Mars Instrument Development Program
“Low to Mid-TRL Technology Development for NASA's Mars Exploration Program”

This session will provide a summary of the technological capabilities required for enabling the next generation of civilian and military aircraft. Speakers will make the link between the challenges faced by future aircraft development and how MNT-based materials and devices can meet them.

J. M. M. Hernandez, European commission

Bruno Beral, Airbus
“Nanotechnology: Potential benefits for future airframes”

Experts will summarize technological capabilities with the potential to bridge the gap between the challenges faced by future manned missions, both earth orbiting and planetary, and recent developments in MNT-based materials and devices.

William Atwell, Boeing and Steven Eckersley, Astrium Satellites

Carl Walz, NASA-exploration

Speakers will address the technological capabilities required for enabling the next generation of military space missions and the MNT-based materials and devices with the potential to meet the needs associated with these missions.

Christine Francillon, Astrium Space Transportation and Nezih Mrad, Canadian DOD

John Miller/Edward Shaffer, US Army
“Meeting Challenges for the Future Army through Emerging Micro and Nano Technologies”

Reliability is of paramount importance for aerospace applications, particularly for space missions where in most cases it is impossible to send a human to repair any damage. MNT has demonstrated that it has the inherent reliability required for space applications. Speakers will provide a summary of reliability issues to be considered during the development of low-maturity MNT-based materials and devices for aerospace applications. Each speaker will present the approach taken by his/her organization to address issues related to reliability testing and characterization of new materials and devices to ensure suitability for aerospace applications.

Francis Pressecq, CNES

Bruno Foucher, EADS, CCR
"Elements of MEMS reliability issue for Aeronautics"

Speakers will provide a summary of "lessons learned" during the infusion of new technologies into civilian and military aircraft applications. Each speaker will present the approach taken by his/her organization to have as cost-effective and rapid a technology infusion process as possible. Of particular interest are potential pitfalls to be avoided by the up and coming MNT-based materials and device developments.

Speakers will provide a summary of "lessons learned" during the infusion of new technologies into defense missions. Each speaker will present the approach taken by his/her organization to have as cost-effective and rapid a technology infusion process as possible. Of particular interest are potential pitfalls to be avoided by the up and coming MNT-based materials and device developments.

Chaired by :

Barrett Flake, US Air Force EOARD and Jean-Luc Macret, Astrium Space Transportation

Lead Speaker :

Philippe Watillon, Astrium Space Transportation

Speakers will provide a summary of "lessons learned" during the infusion of new technologies into space missions. Each speaker will present the approach taken by his/her organization to have as cost-effective and rapid a technology infusion process as possible. Of particular interest are potential pitfalls to be avoided by the up and coming MNT-based materials and device developments.

Chaired by :

Bonnie Dunbar, The Museum of Flight and Johan Kohler, ESA

Lead Speaker :

Richard Williams, NASA CMO and Marc Shepanek, NASA