The document summarizes the agenda for the Phase I Fellows Meeting of the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) taking place on March 23-24, 2004 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The agenda includes status reports from NIAC Phase I fellows, keynote speakers discussing topics such as the Mars program and the space elevator, and presentations from NIAC student fellows. Contact and registration information is provided for attendees.

1. Phase I Fellows Meeting
of the
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
March 23-24, 2004
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1489 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22202
Phone # for reservations: 703-416-1600
NIAC Contact Information:
Dale Little
dkl@niac.usra.edu
404-347-9633

2. NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
8:00am – 8:30am Registration
8:30am – 9:00am Welcome and Status of NIAC Activities
Robert A. Cassanova, NIAC Director
9:00am – 10:00am Keynote Speaker – Mars Program Update
James A. Garvin
NASA Lead Scientist for Mars Exploration Office of Space Science
10:00am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm NIAC Phase I Status Reports
(30 minutes) Micro Asteroid Prospector Powered by Energetic Radioisotopes: MAPPER
Steven Howe and Gerald Jackson, Hbar Technologies
(30 minutes) Microbots for Large-Scale Planetary Surface and Subsurface Exploration
Steven Dubowsky, MIT
(30 minutes) Architecture for Unmanned Self-Replicating Lunar Factories
Gregory Chirikjian, Johns Hopkins University
12:00pm – 1:30pm Buffet Lunch
1:30pm -- 2:30pm Keynote Speaker -- Development Process for the
Space Elevator
Bradley Edwards
Director of Research
Institute for Scientific Research
2:30pm – 3:00 pm NIAC Student Fellow Reports
(15 minutes) Daedalon: A Revolutionary Morphing Spacecraft Design for Planetary Exploration
Jarret M. Lafleur, Georgia Institute of Technology
(15 minutes) Verde Base (A Lunar Greenhouse)
Kam Yee, South Seattle Community College
(15 minutes) Biomining for In-situ Resource Utilization
Darin Ragozzine, Harvard University
3:00pm – 3:30pm Break
3:30pm – 5:00pm NIAC Phase I Status Reports
(30 minutes) Modeling Kinematic Cellular Automata: An Approach to Self- Replication
Tihamer Toth-Fejel, General Dynamics
(30 minutes) The League of Extraordinary Machines: A Rapid and Scalable Approach to Planetary Defense Against Asteroid Impactors
John Olds, SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc.
(30 minutes) Robotic Lunar Ecopoiesis
Paul Todd, Space Hardware Optimization Technology (SHOT), Inc. P
5:00pm – 6:30pm Reception and Viewing of NIAC Student Fellow Posters

3. NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
8:45am Welcome
Dr. Robert A. Cassanova, NIAC Director
9:00am – 10:00am Keynote Speaker -- Propulsion and Power with Positrons
Kenneth Edwards
Director, Revolutionary Munitions Air Force Research Laboratory
10:00am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm NIAC Status Reports
(30 minutes) The Plasma Magnet
John Slough, University of Washington
(30 minutes) Modular Laser Launch Architecture: Analysis and Beam Module Design
Jordin Kare, KareTechnical Consulting
(30 minutes) Optimal Navigation in a Plasma Medium
Nathaniel Fisch, General Plasma Technologies LLC
12:00pm – 1:30pm Buffett Lunch
1:30pm -- 2:30pm Keynote Speaker – Perspectives on Propulsion for Future Space Missions
Jerry Grey
Aerospace Consultant
2:30pm – 3:30pm NIAC Status Reports
(30 minutes) Self Assembly of Optical Structures in Space
M. P. Ulmer and G. C. Schatz, Northwestern University
(30 minutes) High Resolution Structureless Telescope
James Wertz, Microcosm, Inc.
3:00pm – until Break and Informal Discussions

4. Registration for NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting
General Information
The workshop will be held on March 23-24, 2004 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. In order to attend, NIAC must receive a completed registration form by March 16, 2004. There is no fee to attend the meeting but you must register so that we will have an accurate count for meals and snacks.
Registration
Registration may be accomplished electronically (preferred), by mail or by fax. Please provide the following information to Dale Little at the email address below by March 16:
Name
Affiliation
Address
Phone number
Email address
Days attending the meeting: March 23 ____ March 24______
Send registration to: Dale Little
dkl@niac.usra.edu
(404)347-9633 voice
(404)347-9638 fax
Lodging
NIAC has obtained special lodging rates of $150 per night plus taxes for meeting attendees from the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Arlington, Virginia. You are responsible for the cost of your room. Be sure to let the hotel know which nights you will be staying. Reservations at the Crown Plaza must be made by March 8, 2004. All individual reservations must be made directly with the hotel by calling 703-416-1600 and asking for the Reservations Office. When making your reservations, please indicate that you are attending the NIAC Fellows Meeting.