December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 1 Meeting Agenda February XX, 2004

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 2 AGENDA White Paper Production System Test System Test Plan Systems Engineering Cost Analysis Questions and Additions

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 3 THERMAL PAPER Were the evaporative cooling calculations I sent correct? Can evaporative cooling be included in the paper? What is the status of the paper? Will a copy be ready for submittal on Feb. 15 th ? Is a copy ready now?

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 4 PERFORMANCE PAPER An abstract was not submitted in time for 05 JPC What was the status before work was stopped? Can we ready a version for 06 JPC?

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 5 MONTE CARLO SIM. Do we have a 1, 10, 100, 1000, track run completed, realistic beams, inside/outside shield? Is there any graphical data to be documented yet? What were the effects to Isp, thrust, ect… Consider writing a short white paper for 06 JPC on Sim. (authors should only include those involved, i.e. Smith, Cox, Tiradoni) $Cost$

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 6 TEST LOCATION Where will test occur? (ERAU PR, Lawrence Livermore, Las Alamos) When will the test occur? (rough date) These questions may be answered on a component level later in the meeting. $Cost$

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 7 TEST STAND Is the Cavendish Balance Complete? Is the stand calibrated? Do we know how we are going to calibrate the stand? Document test stand and calibration technique Have we considered how we are going to interface the thruster/sphere to the stand? $Cost$

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 8 VACUUM CHAMBER What pressure are we going to test at? Consider effects such as out-gassing, convection currents, ect… Will we use our own chamber or use another facility? Consider size of penning trap, test stand to fit inside, and power interface requirements $Cost$

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 9 POSITRON STORAGE Will we use the Positronics LLC Penning Trap? Exactly how many e+’s does the trap store? Do we know the method of ejecting the e+’s from the trap? Does the discharge follow a linear or gaussian distribution? What are the power requirements? $Cost$

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 10 DATA REDUCTION EQUIPMENT Has the methods of data reduction been considered? How much if any EMI shielding is needed for the electronics? $Cost$

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 11 SYSTEM TEST PLAN We must start looking at integration of subsystems (power, data reduction equipment, test stand, thruster, ect…) We must get ready to start writing test procedures

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 12 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Start documenting all research and white papers. Document design and performance of test equipment (i.e. test stand) Update Master Schedule (ASAP) Update Contact Sheet (ASAP) Completion of web site

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 13 COST ANALYSIS Compile receipts of past expenditures and organize into a running list Finish analysis of future costs for proposals $Cost$

December 30, 2004HYPERION ERAU 14 QUESTIONS or ADDITIONS ???