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Energy Storage
Moderator: Dr. Vicky Doan-Nguyen Trigg, The Aerospace Corporation *Accelerating power technologies for the next 40 years of space missions* Recent history of proliferated LEO constellation deployments and standalone satellite technologies offer exciting opportunities for adopting new electrode materials, electrolyte chemistries, and device form factors. How do we accelerate development of next generation battery chemistries to support mission success for the next 40 years? National programs such as the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) aim to accelerate materials discovery, from lab to manufacturing floor in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost (Executive Office of the President MGI Strategic Plan November 2021). We invite attendees to discuss the following space power topics as analogs to MGI. How do we foster the development of battery innovation infrastructure for space applications? What are the safety and performance metrics needed for future space missions? Which hurdles limit advancement of technology readiness levels for battery materials and form factors to space applications? How we share and compare data given the heterogeneity in power needs for launch vehicles, space vehicles, cislunar, LEO constellations, etc? How can computational modeling and artificial intelligence accelerate adoption of new battery chemistries?

Energy Generation
Moderator: Dr. Don Walker, The Aerospace Corporation Accelerating power technologies for the next 40 years of space missions The advent of proliferated constellation deployments and standalone satellite technologies offer exciting opportunities for adopting new solar cell technologies, module configurations, array materials, and array deployments. and device form factors. How do we accelerate the validation, verification, and adoption of solar cell and array technologies How do we foster the development of solar cell and array innovation infrastructure for space? What performance metrics are needed for space missions to evaluate the effectiveness of new technologies? What are the hurdles in transitioning new technologies to space, and how can we overcome them? What data is needed to accelerate technology adoption, and how can it be shared? How can computational modeling and artificial intelligence improve and accelerate the adoption of new solar cell and array technology?

PMAD
Moderator: Peter J. Carian, The Aerospace Corporation Providing Reliable Spacecraft Power for the next 40 years The advent of proliferated constellation deployments and standalone satellite technologies offer exciting opportunities for modular, scalable, and mass-produced & tested Electrical Power Systems. We will discuss these questions and hope to hear answers and paths for future success. How do we accelerate the cycle of specification-to-launch while keeping reliability at acceptable levels? Can we seamlessly bring on new power generation, switching and storage technologies as they become available? Can we “snap together” power systems from modular components without fear of interface compatibility issues? Can we effectively automate testing of these systems while including fault-tolerance verification and Voltage, Current and Power documentation?