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Important Notices
- Conference schedule is now available
- Please note the following changes.
The In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) workshop that was scheduled
for June 5, 2000, is now going to be held simultaneously (June
6-8) with the Materials Science Conference at the Von Braun Center.
For more information, see Conference
at a glance. All authors scheduled
for Oral and Poster presentations will be notified.
- Please register as soon as possible!
Room and special rate availability at the Huntsville Hilton is
not guaranteed beyond May 10, 2000. In order to obtain the conference
rate at the Huntsville Hilton Hotel please call the hotel direct
at 256-533-1400.
- NASA employees do not have to pay registration
fees but will be charged for food (details on the registration
page). However, everyone should register so that we can expedite
badging and meal planning.
Announcement
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Microgravity
Research Division (MRD) will sponsor a microgravity materials
science program review on June 6 - 8, 2000, at the Von Braun
Center, Huntsville, Alabama, in conjunction with its Materials
Science NASA Research Announcement (NRA) Conference. This conference
is being organized by the Microgravity Materials Science Discipline
Working Group (DWG) and hosted by the Marshall Space Flight Center,
which is now the lead center for Microgravity Materials Science.
This is the fourth conference of this type in the microgravity
materials science discipline. All ground-based and flight materials
science projects supported by the Microgravity Science and Applications
Division will participate in this review.
Conference Venue
Von Braun Center
North Hall
700 Monroe Street
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
In Situ Resource Utilization Workshop (ISRU)
In conjunction with the conference, a workshop on ISRU with
the goal of evaluating and prioritizing processing issues in
Lunar and Martian type environments will be held on June 6-8,
2000. The workshop will feature invited speakers and investigators
currently funded in the NASA Materials Science Program under
the Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) initiative.
Workshop Venue
Von Braun Center
North Hall
700 Monroe Street
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
Purpose
- To inform the materials science community
of research opportunities in reduced gravity and highlight the
fall 2000 release of the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) to
solicit proposals for future investigations.
- To review the existing research, assess
the present programmatic content, and evaluate how these meet
long-term program goals.
Who should attend
The conference is geared to provide
a current review of NASA activities in Materials Science, to
discuss the envisioned long term goals, and to highlight new
crosscutting research areas of particular interest to MRD. It
is targeted towards materials science researchers from academia,
industry and government.
Goals
- To present the status of the existing
and planned NASA Microgravity Materials Science research programs.
- To stimulate new ideas and expand the
community's interest in microgravity materials science research.
- To provide information about upcoming
NASA Research Announcements.
- To identify opportunities in reduced
gravity materials science research that would benefit existing
and emerging applications areas.
- To increase the emphasis on materials
related issues relating to Human Exploration and Development
of Space, such as radiation shielding and in situ resource utilization.
- To provide NASA with the scientific
community's input on the future of microgravity materials science
research.
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