Flexure Events & Workshops

Flexure Events and Workshops provide scientists and engineers unique opportunities to discuss and craft ways to influence and guide key decision-making processes and collaborate on solutions that will shape the future of space exploration.

Our first events are shaping the future of lunar research and exploration by focusing on the unique opportunities at the Lunar Poles.

Nearly two years ago, on July 6, 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the LCROSS Impactor found evidence of water and ice at the moon’s poles. This discovery confirmed that temperatures at the lunar poles range from 150 down to 20 Kelvin.

According to Flexure Engineering CEO Russell Cox, the lunar poles became the most valuable destinations in the solar system because lunar ices can teach us about comets and asteroids, the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and even the icy dust that formed our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.

Cox realized that for the first time, scientists and engineers from high temperature superconductivity, low temperature electronics, cryogenic robotics, and lunar sciences need to collaborate to shape the future of lunar research and exploration by focusing on the unique opportunities at the Lunar Poles.

This discovery inspired Flexure to create the International Lunar Superconductor Application (LSA) workshop series. 

First International Lunar Superconductor Applications Workshop
March, 2011
The Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH)

TcSUH and Flexure Engineering co-hosted the three-day event that brought together under one roof engineers and scientists from NASA and top researchers from Johns Hopkins, UCLA, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and other institutions and private industry.

In breakout sessions, leaders in high-temperature superconductivity, low temperature electronics, lunar science, and cryogenic robotics discussed the challenges and opportunities involved in exploring super-cold regions. They also discussed the 2009 discovery and how superconductors can help advance research and commercial development on the moon. They brainstormed and outlined activities for future collaboration.

The 2011 Houston workshop set the stage for the 2012 LSA workshop.

The program from LSA 2011 is available for download.

For more information, visit http://www.lsa2011.org

Second Annual International Lunar Superconductor Applications Workshop

Instruments, Observations, and Opportunities at the Lunar Poles

March 15-16, 2012
Co-sponsors: Flexure Engineering & The Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH)

For more information, visit www.lsa2012.com.

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In 2011, Flexure engineers will also attend and present at these events to stay abreast of the latest scientific and engineering discoveries and breakthroughs, to reconnect with colleagues and friends and connect with new ones, and to collaborate on what’s next.

Lunar Planetary Science Conference, March 7-11, 2011
Space Cryogenics Workshops, June 8-10, 2011
Wet vs. Dry Moon, June 14-16, 2011
NASA Lunar Science Institute Forum, July 18-21, 2011

If you are attending any of these events, we welcome the opportunity to connect with you. Please contact us before or during the event.