Plenary 4: The ‘Next Generation’ Plenary – Innovations in Exploration

In the “Next Generation Plenary — Innovations in Exploration,” competitively selected student and young professional panelists will discuss innovative ideas they are actively researching or currently working on now and the next steps for turning these ideas into reality. They will discuss why they believe these ideas will change the way we explore space and how space impacts life on Earth. They will focus on near-term and attainable innovations to make space exploration safer and more efficient as well as be fundamentally beneficial to those living on Earth.