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Invited Commentary - Liberty Across Light Years - The Freedom Of Future Space Settlers Compared To That Of The Ancients And The Moderns
Charles Cockell

Apollo Capsule Capsize Stability During Splashdown: Application Of A Cavity Collapse Model
Ralph D. Lorenz

A Survey Of Mission Opportunities To Trans-Neptunian Objects
Ryan McGranaghan, Brebt Sagan, Gemma Dove et al.

HERRO Mission To Mars Using Telerobotic Surface Exploration From Orbit
Steven R. Oleson, Geoffrey A. Landis, Melissa L. McGuire and George R. Schmidt

Advanced Subcritical Assistance Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator: An Imperative Solution For The Future Of NASA Exploration
F.J. Arias

Operational Solar Monitoring And Warning Requirements
David Wade

The International Space Station:
Maximising The Return From Extended Operations

The Growing Legacy Of Spinoffs From The International Space Station And Prospects For Future Benefits
D. Comstock and D. Lockney

ESA's Research On Growing From Solutions In Microgravity: The Protein Crystallisation Diagnostics Facility And Future Prospects With The Solution Crystallisation Diagnostics Facility
Vladimir Pletser, Stefano Mazzoni, Olivier Minster and Lothar Potthast

Dexterous Manipulation In Microgravity In Parabolic Flights And On ISS
Vladimir Pletser, Patrik Sundblad, Jean-Louis Thonnard et al.

Refereed Correspondence

Editorial

The International Space Station:
Maximising The Return From Extended Operations

Introduction To This Issue “The International Space Station: Maximising The Return From Extended Operations”
John Farrow

Lessons Learned In Robotic Support Of The International Space Station
Jason Dyer and Lura Lucier

Martian Feeling: An Analogue Study To Simulate A Round-Trip To Mars Using The International Space Station
Carmen Victoria Felix and Andrea Gini

ISS Utilization Potential For 2011-2020 And Beyond
Ray Askew, Jay Chabrow and Roy Nakagawa

Choices At Space Station End Of Life
James D. Burke, Kathleen M. Coderre and James A. Dator

Using The ISS For Capacity Building In Developing Countries
E. Offiong

Refereed Correspondence

Contents

Editorial

Astronautical Hygiene - A New Discipline To Protect The Health Of Astronauts Working In Space
John R. Cain

Space Molten Salt Reactor Concept For Nuclear Electric Propulsion And Surface Power
Michael Eades, Justin Flanders, Niko McMurray et al.

Basic Research And Development Effort To Design A Micro Nuclear Power Plant For Brazilian Space Applications
Lamartine Nogueira Frutuoso Guimarães, Giannino Ponchio Camillo, Guilherme Moreira Placco et al.

Implementation Of A Sage-Based Stirling Model Into A System-Level Numerical Model Of The Fission Power System Technology Demonstration Unit
Maxwell H. Briggs

Method For Rapid Interplanetary Trajectory Analysis Using Dv Maps With Flyby Options
Takuto Ishimatsu, Jeffrey Hoffman and Olivier de Weck

Casimir Energy, Extra Dimensions and Exotic Propulsion
Richard Obousy and Aram Saharian.

Project Icarus: Stakeholder Scenarios For An Interstellar Exploration Program
Andreas M. Hein, Andreas C. Tziolas and Richard Osborne

From Here To ET
J.D. Mathews

Editorial

Fuel Encapsulation For Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Nuclear Fusion Reactors Christopher MacLeod, Niccolo F. Capanni and Kenneth S. Gow

Performance Of A Kilowatt-Class Stirling Power Conversion System In A Thermodynamically Coupled Configuration
Steven M. Geng, Maxwell H. Briggs and David S. Hervol

Dysonian Approach To SETI: A Fruitful Middle Ground?
Robert J. Bradbury, Milan M. Cirkoivc and Geroge Dvorsky

Interstellar Institute For Aerospace Research: A Concept Proposal
K.F. Long

TECHNICAL NOTE
Neutrino Speed And Mass Theory And Its Deep Impacts on Cosmology
Henryk Frystacki

Refereed Correspondence

Editorial

Design And Test Plans For A Non-Nuclear Fission Power System Technology Demonstration Unit
Lee Mason, Donald Palac, Marc Gibson et al.

Project Icarus: The First Unmanned Interstellar Mission, Robotic Expansion & Technological Growth
K.F. Long

On The Economics Of Space Colonisation
Dennis J. King

Type III Dyson Sphere Of Highly Advanced Civilisations Around A Super Massive Black Hole
Makoto Inoue and Hiromitsu Yokoo

NETS-2011

Kuiper Belt Object Orbiter Using Advanced Radioisotope Power Sources And Electric Propulsion
Steven R. Oleson, Melissa L. McGuire,, John Dankanich et al.

Experimental Studies of NaK In A Simulated Space Environment
Marc A. Gibson, James Sanzi and Damir Ljubanovic

A Small Fission Power System For NASA Planetary Science Missions
Lee Mason, John Casani, John Elliott et al.

Technical Note

Project Icarus: The Origins And Aims Of The Study
K.F. Long, R. Obousy and A. Tziloas

Refereed Correspondence

Negative Mass Propulsion
F. Winterberg

Interstellar Studies

Project Icarus: Son Of Daedalus — Flying Closer To Another Star — A Technical Update And Programme Review
Robert Swinney, Kelvin F. Long and Pat Galea

Project Icarus: Mechanisms For Enhancing The Stability Of Gravitationally Lensed Interstellar Communications
P. Galea and R. Swinney

NETS-2011

Hyperthermal Environments Simulator For Nuclear Rocket Engine Development
Ron J. Litchford, John P. Foote, W.B. Clifton et al.

Feasibility Study Of A Three-Stage Radioisotope-Powered Mars Ascent Vehicle
Tyler M. Chlapek, Ross E. Allen, Jin Y. Guan et al.

Design And Build Of Reactor Simulator For Fission Surface Power Technology Demonstrator Unit
Thomas Godfroy, Ricky Dickens, Michael Houts et al.

Alternative Radioisotopes For Heat And Power Sources
Tim Tinsley, Mark Sarsfield and Tom Rice

Indexes for Year 2010

Subject Themes
Author Index
Subject Index

Critical Factors In Conceptual Design And Techno-Economics Of Reusuable Spaceplanes
R. Gopalaswami

Predictions For Civilian Space Flight Based On Patterns From History
Marc G. Millis

Interstellar Studies

Project Icarus: Astronomical Considerations Relating To The Choice Of Target Star
I.A. Crawford

Project Icarus: The Challenges Of Mission Longevity
Stephen Baxter

First Interstellar Missions, Considering Energy And Incessant Obsolescence
Marc G. Millis

Project Icarus: Three Roads To The Stars
Stephen Baxter

NETS-2011

HTGR Power System Technology For Space Exploration Missions
Michael Worrall and Zeev Shayer

Joint Radioisotope Electric Propulsion Studies — Neptune System Explorer
M. Omair Khan, Rashied Amini, Joan Ervin et al.

Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space
(NETS-2011)

Nuclear Propulsion Technology

An Overview Of Facilities And Capabilities To Support The Development Of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
James Werner, Sam Bhattacharyya and Mike Houts

Design Of A Low Specific Mass 10 kWe Nuclear Reactor For Space Propulsion
Nic Hoifeldt, Regal Ferrulli, Laura Sudderth et al.

Variable Conductance Heat Pipes For Long-Lived Venus Landers
Calin Tarau, William G. Anderson and Christopher J. Peters

Missions and Architectures

Saturn Ring Observer Concept Architecture Options
Thomas R. Spilker, Chester S. Borden, William Smythe et al.

Trojan Tour Mission Concepts Provide Several Options For Cost-Effective Break-Through Science
Kenneth Hibbard, Robert Gold, John Dankanich et al.

Uranus Mission Concept Options
Robert E. Gold, Douglas A. Eng, Yanping Guo et al.

Comparisons Of Planetary Space Radiation Environments And Effects - A Review
H.B. Garrett, M. Kokorowski and R.W. Evans

Fusion Power Sources For Mars Exploration
George H. Miley and Xiaoling Yang

In-Situ Missions For The Exploration Of Titan’s Lakes
John O. Elliott and J. Hunter Waite

Advanced Nuclear Systems Concepts

Self-Fueling Fusion Hybrid Reactor For Space Power And Propulsion
Terry Kammash

Fusion Space Propulsion Using Fast-Ignition Inertial Confinement Fusion (FI-ICF)
George H. Miley, Xiaoling Yang, Kirk A. Flippo and Heinrich Hora

Lorentz Transformations Expressed In Complex And Split-Complex Form
Edward J. Zampino

Convergent Shock Wave Ignition Of High Gain Magnetised Fusion For Hybrid Chemical-Nuclear Pulse Propulsion
F. Winterberg

Extraterrestrial Studies

Lost In Time And Lost In Space: The Consequences Of Temporal Dispersion For Exosolar Technological Civilisations
David Moore

Alien Mathematics
Carl L. DeVito

Is “Alien Abduction” Extraterrestrial Visitation? Developing Prospective Study Designs To Gather Physical Evidence Of Alleged “Alien Abduction”
Martin Hensher

Satellite Attitude Control With Using A Combined Attitude and Thermal Control System With The Active Force Control
Saleh Basha Alkhodari and Renuganth Varatharajoo

Is The Combustible Inertial Pico Launch Vehicle Feasible?
Vitaly Yemets, Fedir Sanin, Oleg Kostritsyn, Mykola Maslyany and Grygory Minteev

Air Law & Space Law – Historical Aspects And Perspectives For Future
Damian Maria Bielicki

Exploration Of Lunar Craters Using A Tracked Microrover Concept For The ESA Lunar Robotics Challenge
Christopher Brunskill, Beatrice Smith, Samian Humphrey, Michael Makhlouta, Shakeel Baig and Vaios Lappas

Wall Angle Effects On Nozzle Separation Stability
Arain Aghababaie and Neil Taylor

Supersonic Axisymmetric Minimum Length Nozzle Conception At High Temperature With Application For Air
Toufik Zebbiche

A Reconsideration Of Electrostatically Accelerated And Confined Nuclear Fusion For Space Applications
Christopher MacLeod and Kenneth S. Gow

A Survey On Terrain Assessment Techniques For Autonomous Operation Of Planetary Robots
Dario L. Sancho-Prado and Yang Gao

On The Maximum Sufficient Range Of Interstellar Vessels
Daniel Cartin

The Statistical Fermi Paradox
Claudio Maccone

The Requirement Generation Process For The SKYLON Launch System
Mark Hempsell and Roger Longstaff

An Analysis Of The SKYLON Infrastructure
Mark Hempsell

Technical And Operations Design Of The SKYLON Upper Stage
Mark Hempsell and Alan Bond

The Interaction Between SKYLON and the International Space Station
Mark Hempsell

A Design For An Orbital Assembly Facility For Complex Missions
Simon Feast and Alan Bond

Advanced Space Propulsion Based On Vacuum (Spacetime Metric) Engineering
Harold E. Puthoff

Starry Messages: Searching For Signatures Of Interstellar Archaeology
Richard A. Carrigan Jr

A Dark Sun Rising: It's A Solar Wrap
Martin Beech

Reference Design For A Simple, Durable And Refuelable Interplanetary Spacecraft
Brian S. McConnell and Alexander M. Tolley

Rationale For Flexible Path – A Space Exploration Strategy For The 21st Century
George R. Schmidt, Geoffrey A. Landis and Steven R. Oleson

The Next Frontier: Commercialization Of The Lunar Surface And CISLunar Space In The 21st Century
Wei Lin, Kruti Dholakia and Euel Elliott

Post-Operation Storage For Space Fission Reactors
Mohamed S. El-Genk

Red Giants and Solar Sails
Gregory L. Matloff

Propellantless Formation Flight Via Coulomb And Lorentz Forces
George E. Pollock, Joseph W. Gangestad and James M. Longuski

A Simple Model For Radioisotope Power System Performance In The Titan Environment
Ralph D. Lorenz

Essay On The Causes And Consequences Of Extraterrestrial Tyranny
Charles S. Cockell

Renaissance Versus Revelation: The Timescale Of The Interpretation And Assimilation Of A Message From ETI
Stephen Baxter

Advanced Deuterium Fusion Rocket Propulsion For Manned Deep Space Missions
F. Winterberg

Project Icarus

Foreword

Project Icarus: Son Of Daedalus – Flying Closer To Another Star
K.F. Long, M. Fogg, R. Obousy, A. Tziolas, A. Mann, R. Osborne and A. Presby

The Astronomical, Astrobiological and Planetary Science Case for Interstellar Spaceflight
I.A. Crawford

Using Daedalus For Local Transport
Bob Parkinson

Selective Snapshot Of State-Of-The-Art Artificial Intelligence & Robotics With Reference To The Icarus Starship
Alex Ellery

Indexes for Year 2009

(i) Subject Themes
(ii) Author Index
(iii) Subject Index

Feasibility of 20 km Free-Standing Inflatable Space Tower
R.K. Seth, B.M. Quine and Z.H. Zhu

How The UK Can Lead The New Space Age
David Ashford

Recovery Opportunities For The BepiColombo Mission To Mercury
Paolo De Pascale, Daniel García Yárnoz and Rüdiger Jehn

Virtual Prototyping Of A Lander For The Fast Transfer Of Humans To Mars
Mark Paton and Andrew McSorley