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Proceedings of the 12th Reinventing Space Conference

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Scott Hatton

    1. The British Interplanetary Society, London, United Kingdom

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  • Highlights the trends that will define space enterprise a decade from now

  • Explores innovations in small satellite technology and the possibility of a dedicated spaceport

  • Addresses cost issues in space exploration and innovative technological solutions to lower the investment needed for missions

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Skimsats: bringing down the cost of Earth Observation

    • Andrew Bacon, Ben Olivier
    Pages 1-7

  3. Rethinking The Private Property In Outer Space

    • Jairo Becerra
    Pages 9-16

  4. CubeSats to support Mars exploration: Three scenarios for valuable planetary science missions

    • Sabrina Corpino, Fabio Nichele
    Pages 17-32

  5. Technology or Law: Which Will Reach Mars First?

    • Benjamin G. Davis
    Pages 33-68

  6. Paradigm Change in Earth Observation - Skybox Imaging and SkySat-1

    • Jonathan M. Dyer, Jim McClelland
    Pages 69-89

  7. Next Generation Novasar Development

    • Owen Hawkins, Phil Whittaker, Kevin Hall, Martin Cohen, Andrew Cawthorne, Caroline Slim
    Pages 91-96

  8. Designing for Cost Effectiveness Results in Responsiveness: Demonstrating The SSTL X-Series

    • Shaun Kenyon, Dai Stanton
    Pages 97-103

  9. Thinking Differently about Standard Smallsat Interfaces- Let Adapters Take the Brunt

    • daniel Lim
    Pages 105-116

  10. MSR IOD Study: Low Cost End-to-End In Orbit Demonstration of Key Technologies for the MSR Mission

    • Emanuele Monchieri, Benjamin Dobke
    Pages 117-130

  11. The Small Satellite Integrated Communication Environment (ICE)

    • John E. Ploschnitznig
    Pages 131-137

  12. SPARTAN: Scramjet Powered Accelerator for Reusable Technology AdvaNcement

    • Dawid Preller, Michael Smart
    Pages 139-147

  13. The Disruptive Potential of Subsonic Air-Launch

    • David J. Salt
    Pages 149-164

  14. Sprite, a Very Low-Cost Launch Vehicle for Small Satellites

    • Nicola Sarzi-Amade, Thomas P. Bauer, James R. Wertz, Markus Rufer
    Pages 165-178

  15. An Emerging Marketplace: Low Earth Orbit And The International Space Station

    • Sam Scimemi
    Pages 179-184

  16. The Austral Launch Vehicle: 2014 Progress in Reducing Space Transportation Cost through Reusability, Modularity and Simplicity

    • Adriaan Schutte, Peter Thoreau
    Pages 185-197

  17. Quantifying the Cost Reduction Potential for Earth Observation Satellites

    • Anthony Shao, James R. Wertz, Elizabeth A. Koltz
    Pages 199-210

  18. Air launched space transportation systems

    • Oleg A. Sokolov
    Pages 211-219

  19. S.O.F.I.A: Solar Orbiters For Imaging Asteroids

    • Markos Trichas, Alexander Elliott, Ian Harris, Graham Johnson, Stephen Kemble, Emanuele Monchieri et al.
    Pages 221-234

  20. The North Star Rocket Family

    • C. J. Verberne
    Pages 235-242
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About this book

The proceedings of the 2014 Reinventing Space conference present a number of questions in the context of a constantly innovating space industry, from addressing the future of global cooperation, investigating the impact of cuts in US government spending on the private space sector, and probing the overall future of the commercial launch sector. Space tourism and new technology promise the revival of interest in space development (the Apollo Era was the first period of intense space activity and growth). The need to create dramatically lower cost, responsive and reliable launch systems and spacecraft has never been more vital. Advances in technology are allowing smaller and cheaper satellites to be orbited - from cubesats to nanosatellites to femtosatellites. Thanks to more efficient new launch possibilities, low cost access to space is becoming ever more achievable. Commercial companies and countries are targeting the  industry with new funding. Organised by the British Interplanetary Society, the presentations at this conference thoroughly address these challenges and opportunities.


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“Book provides excellent ideas to lower cost for building small satellites and deliver them into their orbits with innovative, less expensive launch vehicles. Data reception and satellite control is covered as well – in addition fundamental legal aspects for space exploitation and commercialization are discussed and interpreted. The book is inspiring and breaking (realistic) new ground – it is recommended for everyone who wants to participate and take space exploration and commercialization to the next level in space or on the ground.” (Joachim J. Kehr, Journal of Space Operations & Communicator, opsjournal.org, Issue 14, 2017)

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  • The British Interplanetary Society, London, United Kingdom

    Scott Hatton

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