Summer Workshop on
Advanced Topics in Astrodynamics
Barcelona, July 5-10, 2004
"The Interplanetary Superhighway, an Artist's Concept"
Artist: Cici Koenig, Caltech Graphics Group.
For the NASA Exploration Team, 2002
The field of Astrodynamics research is experiencing tremendous growth.
Advancements in science and technology are enabling missions with much
more challenging goals. In response, many new techniques have been
introduced to solve these demanding new mission design problems. The
purpose of this Summer Workshop is to introduce some of these new ideas to
the broader community of practitioners and researchers from Space
Agencies, Industry, and Universities. The hope is that through the
exchange of ideas in an interdisciplinary but focused venue like this
Summer Workshop, the international space community would benefit from this
cross fertilization of new ideas and practical experiences. This Summer
Workshop consists of six short courses of 6 hours each given by
specialists in the field on the following topics:
- Gravitationally assisted trajectories
- Low energy transfers in the solar system
- Solar sailing
- Formation flight
- Tethered systems
- Numerical and analytical techniques
Attendees are also encouraged to present short communications to the
participants of the Workshop at the daily poster sessions, especially on
subjects relevant to the Workshop.
A book of survey articles based on the
lectures will be published shortly
after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop.
Sponsors
Last updated:
Fri Oct 8 17:35:39 CEST 2004
Comments: Josep Maria Mondelo
