Space Exploration Symposium 2023
November 23–24, 2023
University of Alberta
Telus World of Science Edmonton
This year we have sessions on the ethics of extraplanetary exploitation and the ongoing work to return humans and robots to the moon. Our keynote speakers are Prof. Valerie Oosterveld, Law, Western University and Prof. Gordon Osinski, Earth Sciences, Western University.
Note: Zoom video links to the symposium are available at the bottom of this page.
Schedule
Thursday, November 23
Location:
Room 3-36, H. M. Tory Building, University of Alberta
| 15:30 |
Opening Remarks and Land Acknowledgement |
Chris Herd | ISSET Principal Director | ||||||
| 15:40 |
The not so Distant Red Planet: Ethical Considerations for Mars and Future Martians |
Nathan Dobell | Student member of SPEAR | ||||||
| 16:00 |
The Moral Status of Extra Terrestrial Life |
Steven J. Firth |
PhD student, University of Helsinki |
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| 16:30 |
Ethics for Extraterrestrials |
Jennifer Welchman | Professor and Chair, Philosophy Dept | ||||||
| 17:00 | Break | ||||||||
| 19:00 |
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| 20:00 |
Roundtable discussion |
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| 20:45 | Close | ||||||||
Mining the Moon: Legal and Ethical Implications
Friday, November 24
Location: Room 3-36, H. M. Tory Building, University of Alberta
| 14:00 | Switchable radiative cooling (RC) and solar heating (SH) system for thermal management applications |
Asad Asad |
Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 14:15 | Development and Design of Passive Cooling Technology Experimentation |
Ezra Dese |
Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 14:30 | How to Build a Sounding Rocket Team |
Colby Gauthier |
STARR |
| 14:45 | CD-SAM: Expanding Sustainable Power |
Crysta Madrio |
Mission SpaceWalker |
| 15:00 | PEPPER-X: Payload for Energetic Particle Precipitation Education and Research - eXperiment. |
Erik Halliwell |
Space Physics |
| 15:15 | Developing the High Energy Particle Telescope for upcoming flights on a Sounding Rocket, a Micro-satellite mission and the Lunar Gateway |
Anant Kumar |
High Energy Particle Telescope |
| 15:30 | Break | ||
| 15:45 | Passive Space Debris Capture: mitigating the epidemic with novel adhesive technology |
Nabiha Saghar |
AlbertaSat |
| 16:00 | Ex-Alta 3: Characterizing ice and snow coverage in Canada from a student-led CubeSat platform |
Priya Manavalan |
AlbertaSat |
| 16:15 | Northern SPIRIT Operations |
Nikhil Velagapudi and Hariharan Krishnan |
AlbertaSat |
| 16:30 | Development of a Modular Sensor for Space-Inspired Analog Missions |
Jana Gebara |
Mission SpaceWalker |
| 16:45 | Open Source CubeSats: Unlocking Affordable Access to Space |
Stefan Damkjar |
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 17:00 | End of Campus Talks. |
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Location: Telus World of Science Edmonton
| 18:30 | Doors open |
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From Canada to the Moon – with Robots and Humansremote video link
For anyone not able to attend the afternoon talks in person, here are the Zoom links. Please email herd@ualberta.ca to obtain the passcodes.