Taksha Center for Space Exploration (TCSE)
Introduction
The Taksha Center for Space Exploration (TCSE) has been active since 1975, with a focus on developing a sturdy miniature Lunar and Mars Analytical Laboratory (LuMAL) that can be flown to the Moon and Mars, and can monitor different biochemical and environmental parameters during flight and the planetary habitat environment when landed, working both autonomously or on-command, transmitting data back to Earth. As part of the project to develop the design specifications for LuMAL, TI personnel participated in two international workshops: the first one (in 1991) held at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and the second (in 1993) at Dijon, France.
TCSE Chair
Adarsh Deepak, PhD (Acting)
Chairman, TI
TCSE Council of Advisors (CoA)
TCSE Events
A near-term goal of the TCSE is to submit a proposal to hold a series of three 2-day workshops on LuMAL, consisting of experts from Government, Industry, Academia, and International organizations, at Washington, DC and on the West Coast (US), and Dijon (FR) or Noordwijk (NL).
TCSE Publications
A Lunar-Based Chemical Analysis Laboratory: IX College Park Colloquium on Chemical Evolution. C. Ponnamperuma and C. W. Gehrke (eds.), A. Deepak Publishing (1992)
Prebiological Self Organization of Matter: VIII Colege Park Colloquium on Chemical Evolution. C. Ponnamperuma and F. R. Eirich (eds.), A. Deepak Publishing (1990)
A Lunar-Based Analytical Laboratory, C. W. Gehrke, M. K. Hobish, R. W. Zumwalt, M. Prost, and J. Desgrès (eds.), A. Deepak Publishing (1994)
Chemical Evolution: Origin of Life. C. Ponnamperuma and J. Chela-Flores (eds.), A. Deepak Publishing (1993)
Chemical Evolution: Self Organization of the Macromolecules of Life. J. Chela-Flores, M. Chadha, A. Negron-Mendoza, T. Oshima (eds.), A. Deepak Publishing (1995)
TCSE-Related Publications Portal
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