Exploration Strategy
Workshop
Introduction and Overview
Doug Cooke
April 25, 2006
The Process
• Information Gathering
– This week’s workshop
– NASA’s Exploration Strategy Request for Information (RFI)
– Participating Agency Inputs
– Studies (Participants are encouraged to share copies of material they have generated
in the past)
• Strategy Development and Refinement
– Accurately capture and integrate the inputs received into an initial product
– Seek involvement from participating Agencies through upcoming meetings and
conferences (US and International)
– Interim products will be developed at regular intervals
– Opportunity provided for review by stakeholders community
– Participating agencies can use these opportunities to internally review the draft strategy
within their agency
• Final Product
– The final product will be an Integrated Global Lunar Exploration Strategy describing:
• Themes; Major focal areas of lunar exploration
• Objectives; Specific achievable task areas that support defined themes
• Strategy; Time phased strategy for accomplishing defined objectives with key
milestones and decision points
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Workshop Overview
• Participants Invited
– ~60 International guests representing 12 countries
– ~ 15 Non-NASA Federal Employees
– ~ 45 Private Sector guests
– ~ 16 Academic participants from universities throughout the United States
– ~ 25 NASA Civil Servants
• Your input is important
• Commercial, International, and Science representation
• This is the beginning; The process will continue, ideas will mature
• Expect many objectives
• For Exploration of the Moon to be sustainable, the end state will not be
defined by NASA, but by the commitment and participation of many
entities, commercial, international, etc.
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Workshop Goals and Objectives
• Develop a List of Compelling Ideas / Objectives
– Identify what might be possible
– Inputs from all participants are valued
• Develop scenarios of how objectives may play out
– Understand synergies and interdependencies between Ideas / Objectives
– Leading to representative surface reference missions (to be developed
outside the workshop)
• Guidelines
– Think strategically
– Focus on “what” needs to be done, rather than “how” to achieve it
– Work across disciplines to identify synergies and potential conflicts between
various lunar objectives
– Get to know colleagues and their views across differing perspectives
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Key Elements of the Final Strategy
The workshop will initiate the development of a global Space Exploration
Strategy for future robotic and human missions. The objective is to
integrate common interests and objectives of the participants into a
comprehensive plan for exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond
• Ensure the Moon is an integral part of a broader exploration strategy that
encompasses Mars and other destinations
• Provide a strategy for lunar robotic missions to collect key strategic
information and develop key capabilities to enable and enhance human
exploration
• Provide a strategy for human missions that will enable us to live and work
productively on other planetary surfaces
• Enable opportunities for international collaboration through merging of
common interests in our respective strategic plans for exploration
• Characterize opportunities for science investigations
• Enable opportunities for lunar commerce
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NASA’s Strategy
Vision
Strategy
Vision Leads to Strategy
Architecture
Commercial Lunar Objectives/Opportunities
International Lunar Objectives/OpportunitiesThe Exploration Roadmap
ISS Research
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Science Objectives/Opportunities
1st
1st Human
Human 7th
7th Human
Human Lunar Outpost Buildup
NASA-led CEV
CEV Flight Lunar
NASA-led Human
Human Lunar Missions Flight Lunar
Landing
Landing
Robotic
Robotic Precursors
Precursors
Lunar
Lunar Robotic
Robotic Missions Human Mars Missions
Commercial Crew/Cargo for ISS Mars Development
Mars Robotic Missions Space
Space Shuttle
Shuttle
Research and Technology CEV
CEV Development
Development
Crew
Crew Launch
Launch Development
Development Requirements
Lunar
Lunar Lander
Lander Development
Development
Lunar
Lunar Heavy
Heavy Launch
Launch Development
Development
Earth
Earth Departure
Departure Stage
Stage Development
Development
Surface
Surface Systems
Systems Development
Development
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Vision Leads to Strategy
Commercial Objectives/Opportunities
International Objectives/Opportunities
ISS Research
Science Objectives/Opportunities
NASA-led Human Lunar Missions
Lunar Robotic Missions
Human Mars Missions
Mars Robotic Missions
Research and Technology
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US Role in Exploration - Derived from the Vision
• Leadership in US Exploration Strategy and Architecture Development-
– A collaborative effort
– Identifying common interests with others
• Provide the US Transportation and basic exploration infrastructure for
long term exploration
• Extend operational experience in a hostile planetary environment
• Early US Robotic and Human mission definition
• Prepare for Human exploration of Mars
• Early experiments and demos to characterize the planetary environment
and test feasibility of planned operations (ISRU for example)
• Provide Educational Benefits
• Provide and facilitate opportunities for :
– Science
– Economic development
– International participation
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Maturing an Overall Strategy
Will work with International Entities
The Exploration Roadmap
to understand complementary 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
interests and develop an overall 1st
1st Human
CEV
Human
CEV Flight
Flight
Robotic
Robotic Precursors
Precursors
7th
7th Human
Human
Lunar
Lunar
Landing
Landing
Lunar Outpost Buildup
strategy Commercial Crew/Cargo
Commercial Crew/Cargo for
for ISS
ISS Mars Development
Space
Space Shuttle
Shuttle
CEV
CEV Development
Development
Crew
Crew Launch
Launch Development
Development
Lunar
Lunar Lander
Lander Development
Development
Lunar
Lunar Heavy
Heavy Launch
Launch Development
Development
Earth
Earth Departure
Departure Stage
Stage Development
Development
Surface
Surface Systems
Systems Development
Development
Milestones and Perspectives of Further
Global Objectives of Space Activities Development for Space Activities
•Safety of Humankind Existence
•Life Quality Improvement Astrophysical Research to Select Goals and
Objectives of Interstellar Flights
•Understanding of Humankind Role and Place in the s
Universe ion
iss
•Space Resources Utilization Search and Study of Possible cM
b oti s ion
•Expansion of Humankind Habitation Area in the Extraterrestrial Forms of Life Ro Mis
Universe m an
Hu
Long-term Manned
Low Earth Orbital Constellation:
Complexes for
- assembly and mounting platforms (mission to space)
Study of Near Planets of the - production facilities (mission to the Earth) Interstellar Flights
Solar System
On-Planet Bases
(Interim, Permanent)
Interplanetary Automated Probes:
- fly-by Moon and Mars
- landing – monitoring Long-term Manned Space Stations Mission Vehicles
- landing - return
(Salyut 6 - 7, Mir, ISS, etc.)
Low Earth Orbit Satellites:
- mission to space
Timetable of JAXA’s Plans and Status - mission to the Earth
(communication, remote sensing, TV,
ecology, navigation)
Fundamental Research of
Critical Technological
Orbital Stations
Capacities for Future
2005 2010 2015 (Salyut 1 – 5)
Logistics Transport Transportation Systems
Research to Develop New of New Generation:
Space Technologies and Facilities:
(Soyuz, Progress, Parom, - for low Earth orbit;
Systems
Kliper) - for high Earth orbit;
- for interplanetary missions.
Manned Vehicles Manned Vehicles
(Vostok, Voskhod, Soyuz) (Soyuz)
ISS Centrifuge
JEM Exploration and
Study of HTV
Space Exploration Experimental Research, Utilization of Space and Study and Search
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and Utilization Possibilities Areas Definition Fundamental and Applied Solar System Other Planet Systems
Research, Practical Application Exploration Possibilities
Conceptual
SELENE Series
Moon SELENE
LUNAR-A (Under Review) Solar Sail
Conceptual
Venus Balloon
Hayabusa (2003- )
Asteroid Sample Return
Nozomi (1998~）: Mars PLANET-C: Conceptual
Other Venus
Planets Akebono
GEOTAIL
BepiColombo: SCOPE: Earth
Mercury
Hinotori
Yohkoh
SOLAR-B 8
Reconsider JAXA Vision
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Agenda for Today
Theme: Background and Perspectives
• Plenary briefings will discuss recent exploration studies and activities
• Not intended to prescribe an answer
• Morning Session
– Dr. Scott Horowitz - Current state of the NASA Exploration Architecture
– Questions for Morning Speakers – (time permitting)
• Lunch
• Afternoon Session
– Additional information on the state of lunar knowledge
– Examples of recent lunar and Mars strategies and planning studies
– Questions for Afternoon Speakers – (time permitting)
• Evening Reception
– Opportunity to dialogue with other workshop participants
– View the IMAX movie “Volcanoes of the Deep Sea”
– Discussion with Dr. Richard Lutz, the films chief scientist
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Agenda for Days 2 - 3
Theme: Gather Information through breakout sessions
• Goals of Breakout Sessions:
– Collect ideas from participants
• lunar exploration objectives
• lunar exploration time-phased strategy
• lunar exploration themes
• lunar exploration enablers, issues, and constraints
– Identify key enabling objectives
– Identify synergies and interactions between ideas / objectives
– Take a multidisciplinary approach to lunar exploration
• Workshop participants will divide into “Breakout Teams”
– 20-25 individuals per team
– Team assignments were made in advance to provide a multidisciplinary makeup
– Badges are color-coded to identify teams
– Workshop Program defines where each group meets
• Each Team will be facilitated by a Lead
– Ensure all participants are able to provide input
– Ensure the group remains on track
– Supported by a team assistant
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Breakout Team Leads
Green Team (Classroom A/B) ………………. Dave Beaty
Gray Team (Classroom C/D) ……………..… Kate Maliga
Pink Team (Oceanic A) ………………………. Frank Schowengerdt
Purple Team (Oceanic B)…………………….. Laurie Leshin
Orange Team (Continental B) ……………… Brent Sherwood
Brown Team (Continental C) ………………... Marc Allen
Blue Team (Hemisphere B)………………...... Wendell Mendell
Note: Breakout room assignments are also printed in your program and badges are color coded
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Breakout Session Products
Each team will be chartered with the same task
1. Identify the breadth of objectives that could be accomplished as part of a lunar
exploration strategy
2. Discuss the interactions and dependencies among these objectives to look at
the drivers for phasing the execution of these objectives over time
3. Discuss the logical grouping of these objectives into high-level lunar
exploration themes
4. Develop a list of the policy, technical, legal and other issues, enablers and
constraints that they believe require further research as part of the
development of a lunar exploration strategy
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Breakout Session Process
• Teams will be left to work on all products without interruption
– Breakfast and lunch will be available in breakout rooms
– No interim products need to be generated
• Participants are asked to stay with the team to which they have
been assigned
• Workshop staff will float from team to team to assist in answering
questions
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Agenda for Day 4
Theme: Workshop Summary and the Path Ahead
• Closing Remarks
– The Honorable Shana L. Dale; Deputy Administrator, NASA
• Breakout Group Briefings
– Each breakout team lead will be provided with an opportunity to brief all
workshop participants on the ideas generated during their breakout activities
• Forward Plan
– Mr. Doug Cooke; Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems,
NASA
• Adjourn
Note: Workshop materials will be compiled on a CD and distributed to all participants in the weeks
following the workshop
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Summary
• For Exploration of the Moon to be sustainable, the end state will
not be defined by NASA, but by the commitment and participation
of many entities
• Individual nations and commercial organizations will each choose
to pursue programs of lunar exploration that reflect their specific
interests and priorities
• Through gatherings such as this workshop, we may find that we
have much in common with each other – and through these
interactions, the seeds of future collaborative efforts may be born
Workshop materials will be compiled on a CD and distributed to all participants in the
weeks following the workshop
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