Eden Shield – Strategies and Concepts for Planetary Defense M.Thangavelu, Conductor ASTE 527 Graduate Space Concepts Studio Dept. of Astronautical Engineering Viterbi School of Engineering

ASTE 527 Studio Introduction All about Creativity – human mind is magical Synthetic Mindset – Different rules The Brain - Connections – Associative logic Writers Workshop – University of Iowa Analysis tools come later Create a Concept – Midterm Exercise Focus on interdisciplinary Space Systems Products get published

Final Team Project Pick a Theme - Complex Architecture Explore Different Aspects of Problem Create different Concepts around it Each student creates a programmatic section No time to do Engg. analysis Six Weeks Five 3hr meetings Try to create something original Visualize your concept - Be graphic

ASTE527 Eden Shield Team Project 2014 Context Most Planetary Defense concepts in the literature - long term strategies - 5-50 years What if we need to react quickly – 1-2 years from first identification of threat ? Apply SoA and maturing technologies Whole range of options spanning how to tackle scenarios from the “unthinkable” to the “inevitable” in 10min vignettes Be Creative and Original and Graphic