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SUMMARY:Energy aspects of exploration / colonization of Mars
DTSTART:20140507T171500
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DESCRIPTION:Pierre-André Haldi :\nGraduated from the Technical School of 
 Geneva in 1966 (technical engineer in electrical and nuclear engineering).
 \nDegree from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 197
 2 (engineer - physicist).\nDoctor of Science from EPFL in 1980 (Research o
 n the transport of heavy ion inertial confinement fusion).\nVarious certif
 icates of 3rd cycle course in computer science\, engineering and nuclear e
 nergy.\nTeacher and researcher at the EPFL in 1972 to 2011 in the areas of
  energy systems and the analysis and management of industrial and natural 
 hazards.\nFormer director of postgraduate studies cycle energy EPFL.\nTeac
 hing thermodynamics at the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribo
 urg ( 2013).\nRetired EPFL since February 2011\, but has continued to be a
 ctive in teaching activities in this institution until January 2014.\nScie
 ntific consultant to the EPFL Energy Center since February 2011.\nVice-Pre
 sident of the Mars Society Switzerland\, where he has lectured on the subj
 ect of the exploration and colonization of the red planet in Switzerland a
 nd abroad.\nThe feasibility of manned flights to Mars is essentially a pro
 blem of energy nature (economic course\, but the two are closely related).
  If this question is put aside\, everything becomes possible\, including s
 ending to Mars a fleet of 10 vessels\, carrying 70 astronauts and requirin
 g the use of low-Earth orbit more than 37\,000 tons\, as envisaged by Wern
 her von Braun in early 1950 ! We can happily carry out this mission with a
  much lower energy expenditure. This is what will be presented in this con
 ference to begin by recalling the principles of interplanetary navigation 
 along paths "economic" and focusing on energy sources available for the fl
 ight (we will see that there is no need to take everything with them from 
 Earth) and on the red planet for long stays. This is the "Mars Direct" con
 cept proposed and defended by the American engineer and expert systems spa
 ce propulsion Robert Zubrin\, founder of the Mars Society in the U.S. (a b
 rief video animation on this project will be presented at the end of the s
 eminar).
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