9th ILEWG International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon (ICEUM9/ILC2007)

ILEWG9 Intl Lunar Conference, Sorrento, Italy 22-26 Oct 07
*Co-hosted by ASI & ESA, Co-sponsors: COSPAR, IAF, Space agencies
*Co-chairs: S. Di Pippo(ASI), J. Wu (China), M. Wargo(NASA),
B.H.Foing(ILEWG/ESA)

Maybe some of you who are nearer to Italy than I will have a chance to
attend this years ILEWG conference.

Already it is number 9. Just seems like yesterday that I had posters up
in my office at NASA Ames for the first one.

Bernard Foing even dropped in one time to see what we had done with the
Lunar Prospector mission.
Here are some more links.
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The International Lunar Conference in Italy in October:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=40925
9th ILEWG International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the
Moon (ICEUM9/ILC2007)

Lunar Explorers group at the event -- http://www.lunarexplorers.net -- with
help from a few SEDS folks, Ryan Kobrick (CUSEDS), Melissa Battler (SEDS
Canada), and Yuki Takahashi (Caltech SEDS).


Here is some history about the ILEWG. The pdf is only 17 pages. Page 17
has an Exploration Roadmap.
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http://www.iafastro.com/fileadmin/template/main/Documents/Events/2007IAC/PL6_int
roduction.pdf

ILEWG Involves 14 agencies and 23 countries:-Founding agencies (1994) :
ASA, ASI, BNSC, CNES, DARA, ESA, ISAS, NASA, NASDA, RSA-Joining
agencies: ISRO (2000), CNSA (2002), CSA, DLR (2005)

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Past/FutureILEWG/COSPAR/IAF/IAA Community events
*ILEWG ConferencesonExploration& UtilisationoftheMoonICEUM:
Beatenberg94, Kyoto 96 , Moscow 98, ESTEC 2000, HawaiiNov2003,
UdaipurNov04, Toronto05, Beijing06, Sorrento22-26 Oct07, US 08
*COSPAR/ILEWG: Washington92, Hamburg 94, Nagoya 98, Warsaw 00, Houston
02, Paris 04, Beijing06, Montreal 08, Bremen 10
*IAF/IAA/ILEWG: Houston 02, Bremen 03, Vancouver04, Fukuoka05,
Valencia06, Hyderabad07, Glasgow08, Korea09
*EGS/EGU/ILEWG lunar sessions: Hamburg95, Vienna 97, Nice 98, The Hague
99, Nice 00 �04, Vienna05-06-07-08�ILEWG Website: http://sci.esa.int/ilewg
*Publications: 7 ICEUM volumes + 6 COSPAR books Adv Space Res.
*Public outreach: 18000 Google quotes
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There is more information at the ESA web site listed below.
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34125
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If you get a chance to go to Italy this month and participate in the
conference, pass back some reflections.
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Thanks for looking up with me.

- LRK -

Larry Kellogg

Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
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The International Lunar Conference in Italy in October:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=40925
9th ILEWG International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon (ICEUM9/ILC2007)
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22-26 October, 2007, Sorrento, Italy*

Please note that on Wednesday 24 October, sessions 6., 7. and 8. will be
held in parallel.
On Thursday 25 October, sessions 6. and 7. will run in parallel.

Monday 22 October 2007
13.  Young Lunar Explorers session
 Chair: T. Krovel

4.  Media Briefing (TBC)  17:00 - 18:00

Tuesday 23 October 2007
1.  Plenary Opening
 Chair: B.H. Foing  09:00
2.  Results from SMART-1 and latest reports from Chang'E 1 and Selene
 Chair: J. Green  09:30
3.  Agencies activities and plans
 Chairs: B. Foing et al.  11:00-13:00
4.  Media Briefing (TBC)
5.  Status of Future Missions: Chandrayaan-1, LRO/ LCROSS, Future landers
and orbiters
 Chairs: S. Espinasse, M. Coradini  14:00

Wednesday 24 October 2007
6.  Science and Exploration of the Moon: Results, Open Questions New
Approaches
 Chairs: M. Grande, P. Sreekumar, G. Chin, D. Kendall  08:30
6.1 Science instruments
6.2 Upcoming missions  14:00
6.3 General tools
6.4 Science for exploration
6.5 Science and human exploration

7.  Technologies, Infrastructures, Resources for Future Robotic and Human
exploration
 Chairs: L. Taylor, S. Hovland, K. Matsumoto  08:30
7.1 Landers
7.2 Rovers
7.3 Support technologies (24 Oct 14:00)
7.4 Power and ISRU
   Co-Chairs: L. Taylor & S. Hovland
7.5 Instruments Technologies

8.  Societal, legal, policy, economics
 Chairs: R.Richards, S.Durst, D.Isakeit  08:30

13B.  YLE Session
 Chairs: T. Krovel, A. Grinberg, R. Walker  14:00

Thursday 25 October 2007
6.  Science and Exploration of the Moon: Results, Open Questions New
Approaches
 Chairs: M. Grande, P. Sreekumar, D. Kendall  08:30
6.6 Science from the Moon
6.7 Science on the Moon

7.  Technologies, Infrastructures, Resources for Future Robotic and Human
exploration
 Chairs: L. Taylor, S. Hovland, K. Matsumoto  08:30
7.6 Transport and Orbital Support
7.7 Architectures
7.8 Human Support
7.9 Human Operations

Friday 26 October 2007
9.  Next steps for Robotic Landers, Rovers and Outposts
 Chair: K.Matsumoto, S.Hovland
10.  International Prospects for utilization and human exploration
 Chair: M. Wargo  11:00
11.  Reports & recommendations from working groups
 Chair: B. Foing  12:00
12.  ICEUM9 declaration
 Chair: B. Foing  15:00 - 15:30

[See web site for more detail. - LRK -]
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http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34125
International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG)
What is ILEWG?

The International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) is a public forum
sponsored by the world's space agencies to support "international cooperation
towards a world strategy for the exploration and utilization of the Moon
- our natural satellite" (International Lunar Workshop, Beatenberg (CH), June
1994).

The Forum is intended to serve three relevant groups:
 1. actual members of the ILEWG, ie delegates and representatives of the
participating Space Agencies and organizations - allowing them to discuss
and possibly harmonize their draft concepts and plans in the spirit of the
Beatenberg Declaration

 2. team members of the relevant space projects - allowing them to coordinate
their internal work according to the guidelines provided by the Charter of the
ILEWG

 3. members of the general public and of the Lunar Explorer's Society who are
interested and wish to be informed on the progress of the Moon projects and
possibly contribute their own ideas

The ILEWG Forum also hosts the Lunar Explorer's Society.
http://www.lunarexplorers.net/

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http://www.lunarexplorers.net/
Welcome to the online home of the Lunar Explorers Society!

Working for a permanent presence of humanity on the Moon
The Lunar Explorers Society is an international space advocacy
organization that aims to promote the exploration of the Moon
for the benefit of humanity. We believe that the Moon is the
next and most important step in the human exploration of the
solar system. We are dedicated to help achieve this goal
through furthering international cooperation, outreach
activities and general enlightening of the public. In pursuing
this aim we hope to bring the best of humanity to the Moon,
and to bring the benefits of the Moon to all people on Earth
through a sustainable exploration process.

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The NSS web site has put a link to the "LUNA GAIA" pdf file.
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LUNA GAIA: A Closed-Loop Habitat for the Moon. Design for a >90%
self-sufficient 11-person base by a team of 30 space scientists.
International Space University, 2007, 168 pages.

http://www.nss.org/settlement/moon/library/index.htm

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The symposium's 168-page report
<http://ssp06.isunet.edu/document/team_project/LunaGaia.pdf> sets down a
plan for an 11-person base to be located in Peary Crater at the lunar north pole.

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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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