Presenter
Ekaterina Seltikova
Ekaterina is a physicist with a multidisciplinary background in academia, industry, and the nonprofit sector. She currently works on and leads the projects within advanced space concepts and technologies with a focus on lunar exploration. She led and participated in multiple projects within the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) starting from designing a rover to remove the lunar dust to envisioning what a sustainable lunar economy would look like after 20 years of human habitation on the Moon. Ekaterina is also working on coordination of technical aspects, including standards, protocols, information sharing, and infrastructure requirements with a focus on interoperability as part of the Lunar Technical Coordination working group within the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA) of Moon Village Association (MVA). Additionally, she contributes to Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) focusing on dust mitigation and extreme environments with the aim of identifying needs and gaps in technologies, providing recommendations to foster their development to enable survival and operations in the lunar environment.
Summary:
As humanity looks for extending its habitat beyond Earth, the moon presents itself not just as a destination, but as a potential home. In this webinar, Ekaterina will cover what challenges humankind needs to overcome to build a truly long-term sustainable lunar base. The talk will cover not only technological challenges and how we are trying to solve them, but also interoperability and information sharing. The special attention will be given to the topic of lunar dust and its mitigation strategies.
