Next Generation Space Infrastructure: Building the Orbital Backbone for a Space-Faring Economy

The era of launch constraints is ending; the era of large-scale construction is beginning. As reusable heavy-lift vehicles unlock unprecedented access to orbit, humanity is no longer limited to small, isolated satellites. We are now presented with the engineering and economic challenge of the century: once we can bring massive volumes of material to space at scale, what infrastructure do we build? This session aims to showcase young professionals and emerging leaders who are architects of this new orbital and cislunar economy - those designing the nodes, networks, and logistical backbones that will support a permanent human expansion into the solar system.

SPEAKERS

Manwei CHEN

Director, International and Science Development, Voyager Technologies

United States

Aayushi DOSHI

Astrophysics Data Analyst, American Museum of Natural History

United States

Phoebe DUNBABIN

PhD Candidate, University of New South Wales, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER)

Australia

Ezra FIELDING

Doctoral Researcher, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

France

James SHIN

Graduate Research Assistant, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

United Kingdom