Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
27-4-1993 2:00 PM
End Date
27-4-1993 5:00 PM
Description
This paper discusses the major mission objectives and technical characteristics of an evolutionary family of advanced robotic space systems that would permit the detailed exploration of the outer Solar System and support precursor interstellar missions in the mid- to late 21st Century. Included in these advanced robotic space systems are: a demonstration autonomous robot mission to Titan, the TAU Probe Mission, the TAU Observatory Mission, a reference star probe mission, and the interstellar exploration implications and capabilities of a self-replicating robot system (SRS). The cosmic ramifications of the use of advanced robotic space systems by starfaring civilizations is also discussed.
Paper Session I-C - The Role of Advanced Robotic Systems in Interstellar Exploration
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
This paper discusses the major mission objectives and technical characteristics of an evolutionary family of advanced robotic space systems that would permit the detailed exploration of the outer Solar System and support precursor interstellar missions in the mid- to late 21st Century. Included in these advanced robotic space systems are: a demonstration autonomous robot mission to Titan, the TAU Probe Mission, the TAU Observatory Mission, a reference star probe mission, and the interstellar exploration implications and capabilities of a self-replicating robot system (SRS). The cosmic ramifications of the use of advanced robotic space systems by starfaring civilizations is also discussed.
Comments
Interstellar Initiatives
Session Chairman: Samuel T. Durrance, Center for Astrophysical Science, Johns Hopkins University
Session Organizer: Suzanne Hodge, Rockwell International Corp., Space Systems Division, Kennedy Space Center