Environmental Impacts of Robotic and Human Lunar Exploration: Assessment and Ways Towards Mitigation

If you are involved in space exploration, share its excitement and contribute to its development, if you are interested in a sustainable development of Earth and Moon environments to preserve their beauty and habitability for future generations, this Special Session is yours: please join and contribute to share with a panel of experts of the different future Moon-based activities an inventory of the problems to address, and some of the most promising avenues towards solutions.

ORGANIZER

Michel BLANC

Professor Emeritus, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)

France

FACILITATOR

Bernard FOING

Executive Director, International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG), EuroMoonMars, Chair IAF ITACCUS Committee

Netherlands

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SPEAKERS

Stefaan DE MEY

Senior Strategy Officer for Human and Robotic Exploration, European Space Agency (ESA)

Netherlands

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Maria Antonietta PERINO

Director for Space Economy Exploration and International Network, Thales Alenia Space Italia

Italy

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Jean BLOUVAC

Human Spaceflight and Exploration Activities Programme Manager, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

France

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Tanja MASSON-ZWAAN

Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL), Leiden University

Netherlands

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David KORSEMEYER

Director of Engineering, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Thomas SCHRAGE

GEO Information Services Programme Manager, Airbus Defence and Space SAS

Germany

Barbara IMHOF

Co-Founder & Co-Managing Director, LIQUIFER Systems Group (LSG)

Austria

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Eric SMITH

Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, Lockheed Martin Corporation

United States

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