Space Exploration Present and Future – Walter E. Hammond, Ph.D

Abstract

In this presentation Dr. Hammond will begin with an overarching overview of the space exploration landscape from the 2020s to 2050 and beyond. An essential element of this landscape is a Moon-to-Mars Architecture which is promulgated and kept up to date by NASA. He will explain six key questions: Why we go, Who we send, What we do, Where we go, When we go, and How we get there and back. The answer to any one question is less important than ensuring that the answers to all six fit together as an integrated whole. Dr. Hammond will then discuss the principal elements that comprise space exploration: (1) Science, including deep space and planetary exploration missions; (2) Transportation, including launch vehicles and vehicles for in-space and surface transportation/exploration; (3) Infrastructure, involving 24 major elements that comprise the basic infrastructure; (4) 18 categories of Space Laws, Regulations, and Standards matched to the 24 key infrastructure elements; and (5) Industrial space goods, services, and activities provided by private sector enterprises to enable commercial exploration and utilization of space resources. Dr. Hammond will wrap up the presentation by describing the many benefits to people on Earth of space exploration and utilization.

Walter Hammond, Ph.D. abbreviated bio

Systems Engineering & Integration Subject Matter Expert (SE&I SME) with 45+ years of progressive experience in systems engineering and integration of aerospace and defense systems, systems analysis and trade studies, formulation of system requirements, verification, and validation. Areas of expertise include planning and executing complex projects, product definition and development, project and program requirements definition, verification planning and execution, process improvement, problem solving, optimal balancing among conflicting requirements for performance, cost, reliability, and risk. Expertise in building high performance work teams, and leading teams to deliver exceptional customer service. Author of two books (1999/2001) for AIAA Education Series on SE&I related to complex space transportation systems and associated systems analysis, trade studies, and design: Space Transportation: A Systems Approach to Analysis and Design (1999) and Design Methodologies for Space Transportation Systems (2001). Author of a four-volume series (2017-2021) entitled Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science: (1) The Dawn of the Space Age, (2) Avoiding Armageddon, (3) In Space To Stay, (4) The Never-Ending Frontier. Presently serving as Adjunct Faculty for the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department at UCF, teaching courses in aerospace engineering and rocketry. Faculty advisor to Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at UCF. Chair of the AIAA Central Florida Section.

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