17th Australian Space Research Conference - Detailed Program Monday - Stream 1 (Messel lecture theatre) Time Speakers Name Title 7:45-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:10 Iver Cairns, Wayne Welcome to ASRC Short 9:10-9:30 ???Dean of Science, Welcome to University of Sydney University of Sydney Plenary Session I 9:30-10:00 Prof Colin Waters, Probing the ionosphere with HF University of signals: Space weather results Newcastle from SuperDARN 10:00-10:30 Janaina Availa, The pre-solar history of solar Australian National system matter University 10:30-11:00 Morning Tea National Context 11:00-11:15 Prof Russell Boyce Space Industry Review Committee 11:15-11:30 Dr Sarah Pearce An Overview of CSIRO’s Space Science Activities 11:30-11:45 Dr Stuart Phinn Australia’s Earth Observation Capabilities in 2026: Our National Strategies for Spatial and Earth Observation 11:45-12:00 Nick Stacy Defence Science and Technology Group activities 12:00-12:15 Prof Iver Cairns ARC Training Centre for CubeSats, UAVs, and Their Applications 12:15-12:30 Dr Murray Parkinson The Australian Bureau of Meteorology Space Weather Services 12:30-12:45 Dr Alice Gorman Space Industry association of Australia (SIAA) , IAC2017 update 12:45-13:00 Prof Fred Menk National Committee for space and Radio Science (NCSRS) update 13:00-14:00 Lunch 1 Time Speakers Name Title Space & Atmospheric Physics I 14:00-14:15 Julie Currie, RMIT On the use of the spectral width University boundary for monitoring magnetospheric boundary regions 14:15-14:30 Dr Trevor Harris, An overview of HFR Branch DST Group ionospheric activities 14:30-14:45 Kenneth Lyn, Doppler measurements of Ionospheric Systems ionospheric turbulence Research 14:45-15:00 Dr David Neudegg, Radiation effects on spacecraft in Space Weather Earth orbits Services, BOM 15:00-15:15 Dr Sean Ables, EMIC Wave Source investigation University of using ten Ground Stations and a Newcastle Geosynchronous Satellite 15:15-15:30 David Netherway, Uncertainty in Registration of HF Defence Science and Signals Propagated via the Technology Group Ionosphere 15:30-16:00 Afternoon Tea 16:00-18:30 Poster Session / Cocktail function MSA “David 19:00-20:30 Cooper memorial lecture” by Dr Martin von Kranendonk 2 Monday - Stream 2 (Lecture theatre 1) Time Speakers Name Title Solar System & Exoplanets 14:00-14:15 Dr Robert Understanding Super-Earths with Wittenmyer, MINERVA-Australis at USQ's Mount University of Kent Observatory Southern Queensland 14:15-14:30 Max Joshua, Blue Twinkle – a low-Earth orbit visible Skies Space Ltd and infrared exoplanet spectroscopy observatory 14:30-14:45 A/Prof. Jonti Horner, Dynamics as a 'Red Flag' in University of Exoplanetary Science Southern Queensland 14:45-15:00 Dr Lucyna Kedziora- News from Jupiter - Juno mission Chudczer, University and supporting observations from of NSW ground telescopes 15:00-15:15 Dr Trevor Ireland, Hayabusa 2 and Osiris REx: Australian National Sample return missions to C-type University asteroids 15:15-15:30 Dr Craig Benson, A Southern Hemisphere Planetary UNSW Canberra Radar Demonstration 15:30-16:00 Afternoon Tea 16:00-18:30 Poster Session / Cocktail function 3 Tuesday - Stream 1 (Messel lecture theatre) Time Speakers Name Title 8:00-9:00 Registration Plenary Session II 9:00-9:30 Dr David Ciardi, NASA's Kepler Mission: Spawning a Caltech/IPAC-NExScI Revolution in Exoplanets and Beyond! 9:30-10:00 Tara Djokic, Hydrothermal systems, early life Australian Centre for on Earth and implications for Astrobiology, UNSW astrobiology 10:00-10:30 Dr Julia Mitchell, CRC Space Based Augmentation System for Spatial (SBAS) Testbed Demonstration Information Project 10:30-11:00 Morning Tea Space Entrepreneurs 11:00-11:30 Martin Duursma, Raising funding for innovation and CSIRO entrepreneurship 11:30-11:45 Lloyd Damp, FlyBack: Flying spent first stage Southern Launch boosters gently back to Earth to be reused 11:45-12:00 Tim Guo, Luna Letter Luna Letter: Creating a reason to go to the Moon 12:00-12:15 John Weir, University Characterisation of Near Earth of Southern Asteroids – An Asteroid Mining Queensland Perspective 12:15-12:30 Lloyd Damp, Southern Launch Spaceport: Southern Launch Simplifying access to polar Earth orbits 13:00-14:00 Lunch GNSS & GPS 14:00-14:15 Dr German Olivares- Ionospheric modelling to support Pulido, CRC for ambiguity resolution for PPP-RTK Spatial Information 14:15-14:30 Julie Currie, RMIT The role of atmospheric gravity University waves in seeding unseasonal Equatorial Plasma Bubbles 14:30-14:45 Dr Eamonn Glennon, Distributed Beamforming University of NSW Architectures for Space and Airborne Applications: Taxonomy, Requirements and Synergies 14:45-15:00 Ben Southwell, Simulating Delay Doppler Maps of University of NSW GNSS Signals Reflected Off the Ocean Surface 15:30-16:00 Afternoon Tea Space Business & Technology 4 Time Speakers Name Title 16:00-16:15 Dr Patrick Neumann, Australian Space Activities: Past, Neumann Space Present and Plans for the Future 16:15-16:30 Duncan Blake, Opportunities, not obstacles, for University of Australian space enterprises by Adelaide addressing challenges in global space governance 16:30-16:45 Troy McCann, Building Foundations for MoonshotX Accelerated Australian Participation in the Global Space Sector 16:45-17:00 Jamie Anderson, Enabling Low-Cost Access to Space Gilmour Space Technologies 17:00-17:15 Lachlan Richter, A Review of Lunar Base Power University of Requirements Adelaide 17:15-17:30 Dr Gavin Conibeer, Concentrating photovoltaic solar University of NSW tower systems as power sources for bases on the Moon or on Mars 17:30-17:45 George Coulloupas, Earth to Lunar Interchangeable RMIT University Transportation Environment 17:45-18:00 Arunkumar 3D reconstruction of an asteroid Rathinam, University shape using visual SLAM for of NSW autonomous navigation 19:00-21:00 Gala Dinner Tuesday - Stream 2 (Lecture Theatre 1) Time Speakers Name Title 10:30-11:00 Morning Tea Mars 11:00-11:20 Dr Jonathan Clarke, Meridiani Planum: a candidate for Mars Society the first crewed mars missions Australia 11:20-11:35 Sophia Casanova, Geology of the Protonilus Mensae, University of NSW Mars – A Potential Human Exploration Zone 11:35-11:50 Savannah McGuirk, Can sand dunes be used to Australian National understand localised weather University patterns in Martian valleys? 11:50-12:05 Prof Graziella Searching for Subsurface Caprarelli, University Structures in Lunae Planum of South Australia 12:05-12:20 Liane Loiselle, Resolving in situ triple oxygen Australian National isotopic compositions of Martian University meteorites with Shrimp SI 5 Time Speakers Name Title 12:20-12:35 Dr Patrice Rey, Is central Australia the best University of Sydney terrestrial analogue for Mars surface processes? 12:35-12:50 Annalea Beattie, Mars The MARS 160 expedition, a twin Society Australia mars analogue study in contrasting environments 12:50-13:05 Dr Steven Hobbs, Bringing Mars to Earth: Designing Mars Society Suitable Analogue Environments Australia and Equipment for Planetary Science. 13:05-14:00 Lunch Cubesats 14:00-14:20 Prof Andrew Updates and progress of UNSW- Dempster, University EC0 Cubesat of NSW 14:20-14:40 Prof Iver Cairns, INSPIRE2 Cubesat status and University of Sydney plans 14:40-15:00 David Lingard, Australian Participation in the Defence Science and Biarri CubeSat Missions Technology Group 15:00-15:20 Dr Douglas Griffin, DST Group and UNSW Canberra UNSW Canberra Buccaneer Programme Status and Plans 15:30-16:00 Afternoon Tea Human Factors, History, Literature, Education, & Outreach 16:00-16:20 Dr David Cooper, Babies on Mars: Biomedical Royal Hobart Considerations for the First Hospital Martian Generation 16:20-16:35 Annalea Beattie, Field Drawing In and Out of Mars Society Simulation Australia 16:35-16:50 Dr Jonathan Clarke, Preliminary operational Mars Society observations from 110 days of Australia simulated mars surface activities 16:50-17:05 Carolyn Brown, Astronomy and Space Science University of Outreach at USQ Southern Queensland 17:05-17:20 Isabelle Kingsley, A new tool to assess scientific University of NSW literacy in an astrobiology course 17:20-17:35 Kerrie Dougherty, Project Moonwatch: Citizen University of NSW Science at the Beginning of the Space Age 6 Time Speakers Name Title 17:35-17:50 Bronwyn Lovell, The Astronaut as Hero: How Flinders University popular culture influences how we imagine men and women in space 17:50-18:05 Gabi Hobbs, Which Ethical Theory Should University of NSW, Apply to the Mining of Asteroids? Canberra 18:05-18:20 Noor Taofiqul Huq, Student space projects at University of NSW BLUEsat Tuesday - Stream 3 (Physics Lecture Theatre 1) Time Speakers Name Title Space Missions and Projects 11:00-11:15 Robert Mearns, Near real-time telecommand University of solutions for CubeSats: State of Melbourne the art and applications to the SkyHopper mission 11:15-11:30 Michele Trenti, The SkyHopper Space Telescope University of CubeSat Melbourne 11:30-11:45 Patrick Neumann, Pulsed Cathodic Arc Thruster Neumann Space Mission Plans 11:45-12:00 Mark Brodie, Implementation of collaborative University of NSW and automated ground stations for UNSW-EC0 and INSPIRE2 12:00-12:15 Ben Southwell, UNSW-EC0 Cubesat in orbit: University of NSW Challenges and Results 12:15-12:30 Robert Brand, Mars Median - The Search for Life ThunderStruck Aerospace 12:30-12:45 John Weir, University Characterisation of Near Earth of Southern Asteroids – An Asteroid Mining Queensland Perspective 13:00-14:00 Lunch 7 Tuesday - Stream 3 (Physics Lecture Theatre 1) Time Speakers