SSP 09 NASA Ames, Cal. (United States) - Student report
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The mission of Safen Earth is to identify and assess the most viable ways in which space can increase the proportion of energy supplied by environmentally sustainable sources and improve the efficiency of human energy use. This report presents a set of promising technological alternatives for adressing our energy challenge. Specifically, this project analyses technologies falling into three specific categories: existing satellite applications, space spinoffs, and new and emerging space capabilities. | Executive summary| Full report|
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ACCESS Mars: Assessing Cave Capabilities Establishing Specific Solutions
SSP 09 NASA Ames, Cal. (United States) - Student report
Sponsored by After initial steps on the Moon, our next challenge is to explore the solar system. Mars shows potential for both scientific discovery and future human settlement [...]. Currently proposed Mars missions have identified a number of challenges such as high levels of radiation, harsh climate and limited launch windows. Recently discovered lava tubes on Mars present potential solutions to some of these issues such as planetary protection and crew safety. This report assesses the feasibility of overcoming such challenges through the exploitation of Mars caves. | Executive summary| Full report| |
DREAM: Disaster Risk Evaluation And Management
SSP 09 NASA Ames, Cal. (United States) - Student report
Sponsored by From time to time disasters of such severity occur that a certain level of damage is caused resulting in high costs for the population and infrastructure. For adresses this issue, that project has established as a goal the extension of the current capabilities of World Bnak's Comprehensive Approach to probabilistic Risk Assessment (CAPRA) initiative by employing both space- and ground-based technologies to evaluate risk, minimize vulnerability and mitigate the adverse effects of disasters management in South America. Belize in particular, has been choosen as a test-bed for the project approach. | Executive summary| Full report|
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FuturIST: Future Infrastructure for Space Transportation
SSP 08 Barcelona (Spain) - Student report
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Commercial spaceports are being established around the world to tap the potentially lucrative market of future civilian space transportation and space touriam. The goal of the report is to establish business, technical, and regulatory criteria to evaluate existing and future spaceports' commercial viability and sustainability of infrastructure and operations. The team has developed a Spaceport Evaluation Mechanism (SEM) to assist spaceport developers and operators in the evaluation of the commercial viability of spaceports. | Executive Summary| Full report|
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VAPOR: Volcanic Activity:processing of Observation and Remote sensing data
SSP 08 Barcelona (Spain) - Student report
Sponsored by The team has defined the following mission statement: define an integrated framework for early warning and hazard tracking of volcanic activities on Earth using space-based and terrestrial resources. To answer this mission, the main deliveralble for this project is the VAPOR Integrated Data-sharing and Analysis (VIDA) framework. VIDA is a framework for the implementation of a system capable of integrating data from global providers, standardizing that data, processing it into useful information, and disseminating both data and information to the end-users.
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From time to time disasters of such severity occur that a certain level of damage is caused resulting in high costs for the population and infrastructure. For adresses this issue, that project has established as a goal the extension of the current capabilities of World Bnak's Comprehensive Approach to probabilistic Risk Assessment (CAPRA) initiative by employing both space- and ground-based technologies to evaluate risk, minimize vulnerability and mitigate the adverse effects of disasters management in South America. Belize in particular, has been choosen as a test-bed for the project approach.
