Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar

Humans living on Mars has been a long-time dream which may now appear within reach. The technological, ethical and environmental challenges are however enormous and require transdisciplinary, ground-breaking science. The Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar is an exchange platform for scientists committed to envisage and shape a sustainable Mars Exploration program for the benefit of humankind and Earth.

Date and time

The seminar will take place every second Thursday at 2 pm CET/CEST at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) from 2025 during the lecture period. 

Mars landscape with habitat in the background and astronauts working in the front

Upcoming talks

21. December 202421. December 2025

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Past talks

21. December 202221. December 2024

January 2023
11.
Jan
Organizing for Mars: Leadership and team performance challenges of long-distance space exploration
13:30 15:00
Location: Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar - online


Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Leslie A. DeChurch
Professor of Communication Studies, Chair of the Communication Studies Department
Courtesy appointment in the Department of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Northwestern University

February 2023
01.
Feb
In-situ Water Extraction and Purification on Moon and Mars
13:30 15:00
Location: Online


Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Dr. Paul Zabel
Doctor of Engineering, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bremen, Germany


June 2023
21.
Jun
Habitats for humans on Mars
13:30 15:00
Location: Online


 
Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Dr.-Ing. Christiane Heinicke
Moon and Mars Base Analog, ZARM – Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Germany


July 2023
05.
Jul
LUNA – bringing the Moon to Earth
13:30 15:00
Location: Online


 
Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Thomas Uhlig
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany


November 2023
22.
Nov
Designing Democracy on Mars
13:30 15:00
Location: Online


 
Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Prof. Dr. André Bächtiger
Professor for Political Theory, Department of Social Sciences, University of Stuttgart, Germany


December 2023
06.
Dec
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries: a facile alternative energy storage for human space exploration
13:30 15:00
Location: Online


 
Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Prof. Fabio La Mantia
Professor for Production Engineering, Energy Storage and Conversion Systems, University of Bremen, Germany


January 2024
17.
Jan
DLR's advanced robotic technology for future lunar missions
13:30 15:00


Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Dr. Armin Wedler
Head of Planetary Exploration, DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Oberpfaffenhofen

31.
Jan
Preparing to become interplanetary: What we can learn about living on Mars begins on Earth today
13:30 15:00
Location: Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar - online


Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Kai Staats
MSc, Director of Research for SAM at Biosphere 2, University of Arizona, USA

April 2024
17.
Apr
Habitability in Extreme Environment – Selected Design Challenges and Principles
13:30 15:00
Location: Online


Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger
DI Dr.-Ing., Director, Architect and researcher specializing in compact habitability design solutions for extreme environments. Based at TU Wien.

May 2024
29.
May
Will future space missions discriminate against women and people with disabilities? A feminist bioethics perspective
13:30 15:00
Location: Online


Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Konrad Szocik
PhD, Department of Social Sciences, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland

June 2024
26.
Jun
Microbial electrochemical technologies – from energy-efficient waste water treatment to biomining on Mars
13:30 15:00
Location: Online


Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar
Guest: Sven Kerzenmacher
Prof. Dr.-Ing habil., Research Group Environmental Process Engineering Speaker of the Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT) University of Bremen, Germany

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