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SKETCH OF SPACE
How might we draw upon our collective perspectives to inspire a more positive space future?
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2022 ACHIEVEMENTS
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2023 PREDICTIONS
SPACE ACHIEVEMENTS
2022
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Space Solar Project Demo Launch… 3
…will teach us how to solve our sustainable energy problem
The Caltech Space Solar Power Project prototype will test several key components of an ambitious plan to harvest solar power in space and beam the energy back to Earth. A constellation of modular spacecraft will tap into the practically unlimited supply of solar energy in outer space, transform it into electricity and transmit it to wherever is needed over long distances. The mission successfully launched the prototype into orbit in January 2023.
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PHOTO CREDIT: California Institute of Technology
Starlink… 2
…will shift how we look at ourselves for decades to come
Operated by SpaceX, a commercial player, the satellite internet constellation Starlink has played a vital role in keeping Ukraine’s military and citizens online as Russia targets its telecommunications and electricity infrastructure. Such an infrastructure that is not under any one government’s control provides unprecedented access to unfiltered information anywhere in the world.
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James Webb Space Telescope… 1
…will rewrite the history of the cosmos and reshape humanity’s position within it
The James Webb Space Telescope has been designed to answer many of the core questions that have animated astronomers over the past half-century. It is one of the most ambitious engineering initiatives ever attempted that will rewrite the history of the cosmos and reshape humanity’s position within it. This telescope captures an expanded range of wavelengths, unlocking data that will inform the atmospheric composition of exoplanets and detect biosignatures (potential signs of life).
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PHOTO CREDIT: NASA
2022 TOP SPACE ACHIEVEMENTS
SPACE PREDICTIONS
2023
TOP THREE COUNTDOWN
…will be a top priority for all space players
Orbital Debris Remediation … 3
Poorly regulated and debris laden, Low Earth Orbit finds itself at a high risk for a collision event. This growing risk will push for changes in regulation, maturation of debris removal technologies and greater focus across the industry on sustainability. Case in point, this will be the topic for an upcoming XPRIZE.
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Starship Going Orbital… 2
…will make things possible that aren’t economically feasible today.
Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry more than 100 metric tons to Earth’s orbit. It will be critical to returning astronauts to the moon and to later deep space travel to Mars. This fully reusable megarocket will drastically change the economics of launching crew and cargo into space.
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PHOTO CREDIT: SPACEX
TRIDENT… 1
…will mark the start of the lunar water economy
The Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploration of New Terrains (TRIDENT) is an ice mining drill under development for two exploration/In Situ Resource Utilization missions to the Moon one of which, PRIME-1 is expected to launch in 2023 as part of Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. With this drill, we will be touching ice on the surface of the moon for the first time. This will mark the start of the lunar water economy.
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PHOTO CREDIT: NASA
And…Psyche
Led by ASU’s one and only, Lindy Elkins-Tanton! This mission will travel to a unique metal asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. What makes the asteroid Psyche unique is that it appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system.
…will start its journey to a metal world that will reveal many of our solar systems secrets
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BONUS IMAGE CREDIT: NASA
2023 TOP SPACE
PREDICTIONS
2023 Contributing thought leaders
Alex MacDonald, Chief Economist, NASA
Angel Abbud-Madrid, Director, Center for Space Resources, Colorado School of Mines
Anousheh Ansari, CEO, XPRIZE
Antonino Salmeri, Policy Researcher, Space Generation Advisory Council, Open Lunar Foundation
Bob Smith, CEO, Blue Origin
Cady Coleman, Global Explorer and Astronaut Exploration Leadership, Arizona State University
Chris Hadfield, President & CEO”Chris Hadfield, Inc.”
Dan Bliss, Professor, Arizona State University
Daniel Faber, CEO, Orbit Fab, Inc.
David Brown, Author
David Mackay, Chief Pilot, Virgin Galactic
David Thomas, Executive Director, MILO Institute at ASU
Edward Garneri, Professor, Arizona State University
Elena Rocchi, Professor, Arizona State University
Erika Wagner, Sr Director, Emerging Markets, Blue Origin
Etosha Cave, Co-Founder and CSO, Twelve
Evgenya Shkolnik, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
George Whitesides, Chair, Space Advisory Board, Virgin Galactic
Glenn Williamson, CEO, Canada Arizona Business Council
Greg Autry, Clinical Professor - Space, Arizona State University
Jacob Malthouse, Executive Director, Open Lunar Foundation
Jacques Masson, Export Control and Risk Manager Officer, ClearSpace
James Schalkwyk, Program Manager, Breakthrough Initiatives
Jessica Rousset, Deputy Director, Interplanetary Initiative, Arizona State University
Jessy Kate Schingler, Director of Strategy, Open Lunar Foundation
Jim Bell, DPI and Imager Lead, Arizona State University
John Thurmond, Advisor-Innovation, Hess Corporation
Jose Acain, Founder and CTO, AstroForge
Kari Love, Red Burns Fellow, New York University
Katherine McConachie, Director of Learning, Interplanetary Initiative, Arizona State University
Kevin Hubbard, PhD candidate, Arizona State University
Kim Macharia, Executive Director, Space Prize
Kris Zacny, Vice President, Honeybee Robotics
Lance Gharavi, Professor, Arizona State University
Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Vice President, Interplanetary Initiative, Arizona State University
Loretta Whitesides, Founder SpaceKind, Yuri’s Night
Mary Robinette Kowal, Author, “Robin’s Roost, Inc.”
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Professor of Religion and Science in Society, Wesleyan University
Matt Gialich, Founder and CEO, AstroForge
Matt Orley, Illustrator
Meenakshi Wadhwa, Director, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
Melissa De Zwart, Professor (Digital Technology, Security & Governance), Flinders University
Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
Nnedi Okorafor, Professor of Practice, Africanfuturism Productions
Paul Westerhoff, Regent Professor & Fulton Chair of Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University
Philip Mauskopf, Professor, Arizona State University
Rejane Cantoni, Independent Artist
Rob Sherwood, Principal Director, Strategy Integration, The Aerospace Corporation
Robbie Schingler, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Planet
Sally Morton, Executive VP Knowledge Enterprise , Arizona State University
Sarah Scoles, Journalist
Scott Parazynski, NASA astronaut (ret), NASA
Scott Webster, Co-founder, Chairman of the Board, Orbital Sciences Corp, Telesat Government Solutions
Shawn Linam, CEO, Qwaltec
Sian Proctor, Astronaut, Maricopa Community Colleges
Simon Pete Worden, Chairman, Breakthrough Initiatives
Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Asst. Professor, Leiden University
Taryn Struck, Sr. Program Manager, Interplanetary Initiative, Arizona State University
Ted Bonk, Technical Fellow, Honeywell
Theodora Ogden, Research Analyst, RAND Europe
Timiebi Aganaba, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Tracy Drain, Flight Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL
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