In-Space Manufacturing and Resources

Volker Hessel is Professor at the University of Adelaide (Australia) in the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials. He is the Research Director of the Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources (ATCSR). He was Director R&D at the “Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH” (Germany) as well as Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). His research is focused on microfluidic/continuous-flow and plasma-chemistry based engineering, and space-resource research. He is (co-)author of > 550 peer-reviewed publications and several books.Jana Stoudemire is the Commercial Innovation Strategy Lead for Axiom Space (USA), responsible for identifying new business opportunities for biomedical and technology research and manufacturing applications on the world’s first commercial space station. She joined the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory (ISS-NL) team, then Space Tango, where she established the initial foundational biomedical partnerships defining a new sector of the space economy. She has participated in > 50 speaking engagements, and she is a member of the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space (CBPSS). Hideaki Miyamoto is the Head of the Department of Systems Innovation and Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He was an Adjunct Professor at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from 2017 to 2019. He is involved in many space missions, such as asteroid missions (Hayabusa, Hayabusa-2, and HERA), lunar missions (Kaguya, LUPEX), and Mars missions (MMX). He has published > 110 peer-reviewed publications, mostly in planetary science. Ian D. Fisk is the Professor of Flavor Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, UK, and Director of the International Flavour Research Centre (UK and Australia). Before, he worked in the food industry as a senior flavor chemist for Kraft Foods. His research interests lie in flavor management (plant biology, agricultural techniques, food production through to consumption) and fundamental food chemistry to support novel processing technologies and commercial products. He has long term research interests in optimizing space farming, space food processing and space food for future longer-term space missions. He is (co-)author of >100 peer-reviewed publications.

• Introductory Statement: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationIntroductory Statement: European Space AgencyIntroductory Statement: Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyIntroductory Statement: Australian Space AgencyPart 1: Space Medicine and Human Health1. Human Health in Space2. Space Medicine and Countermeasures3. Frontier Medical Technologies to Support Space ExplorationPart 2: Space Biology4. Plant Biology and a New Approach to Space Farming5. Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering in SpacePart 3: Space Chemistry6. Chemistry Related Innovations in Space. Benefits of Flow Chemistry7. Catalysis in Space EnvironmentsPart 4: Space Mining8. Mining and Microbiology for the Solar System Silicate and Basalt Economy9. Near-Earth Asteroids as Promising Candidates for Space Resources10. Space Mining of Phosphorus from Moon Crust–Spillover of Learning from Earth11. Lunar Resources in Support of Human Interplanetary Settlement & LimitationsPart 5: Space Farming & Food12. PONDS: A New Method for Plant Production in Space13. Space Food for the Future: Nutritional Challenges and Technological Strategies for Healthy and High-Quality ProductsPart 6: Advanced Materials14. Metal Alloy Synthesis in Microgravity15. Layer-by-Layer Deposition in Microgravity for Enhanced Thin Film Production16. 3D Bioprinting Aboard the International Space Station using the Techshot BioFabrication FacilityPart 7: Space Construction17. Beyond the ISS: The World’s First Commercial Space Station18. Leveraging Open Innovation to Incentivize Advances in Additive Construction in Space and on EarthPart 8: Space Policy, Law, and Economics19. The Impact of the Artemis Accords on Resource Extraction20. Space Resources: Physical Constraints, Policy Choices, & Ethical ConsiderationsThe Future of Space Exploration: A Young Perspective