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International Industry Panel
November 12, 2008
JUSTSAP-PISCES 2008 Symposium
Dan Bland, President JAMSS America, Inc.
Panel Chair
Commercial Technologies Having Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial
Applications
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Representing Paragon Space Development Corporation:
Mr. Taber MacCallum
Chairman and CEO
Participating Organizations & Panelists
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Representing Michelin Americas Research and Development Corporation:
Mr. Bart ThompsonDr. Jean-Paul Meraldi Dr. Antonio Delfino
Innovation Engineering
Participating Organizations & Panelists
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Participating Organizations & Panelists
Representing Sanritz Automation Co., Ltd:
Mr. Kazuya Suzuki
President and Representative Director
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A Shifting Technology Transfer Paradigm
Current Paradigm
Predominantly Publicly Funded LEO, GEO and Surface Robotics Space Technologies Spinoff into Privately Funded Terrestrial Applications
Recent examples in NASA’s “Spinoff 2008”:• Advanced polymer coatings applied to implantable heart
devices• Robotic technology applied to developing minimally invasive
surgery • EVA suit-derived textiles applied to firefighters, race car
drivers and deep sea divers• Drag reduction research applied to swimsuit development • Astronaut food supplements applied to baby formula • Carbon nano-mesh technology applied to filtered water• Rocket engine valve technology applied to combustion
engines• Lithium batteries applied to automobile power trains
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A Shifting Technology Transfer Paradigm
Future Paradigm
Predominantly Privately Funded Terrestrial Technologies Spinoff into Public and Private Sector Extraterrestrial (lunar/Mars orbit and surface) Applications Potential lunar/Mars surface applications technologies being
researched by one or more of our panelists today:• Communications and data handling systems technologies• Transportation systems technologies• Robotics systems technologies• Life support and thermal control systems technologies• Materials technologies• Bio-systems technologies• Human factors technologies 6