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Space Exploration Vision““This cause of exploration and discovery is not an option we choose; This cause of exploration and discovery is not an option we choose;
it is a desire written in the human heart.” – President Bushit is a desire written in the human heart.” – President Bush
January 14, 2004
The Vision for Space Exploration
NASA is charting a bold new course into the cosmos, a journey that will take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars and beyond. The Vision for Space Exploration calls for a "building block" strategy of human and robotic missions to achieve new exploration goals.
One Step at a Time
NASA has the talent, experience and leadership to fulfill our destiny as Explorers
Affordable, Sustainable, Focused, Achievable
“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.“ Antoine de-Saint-Exupery
International Space Station The Partnership
America’s Space Shuttle
Europe’s Ariane 5 Japan’s H2
An international fleet of space vehicles will
• Rotate crews (Shuttle and Soyuz)
• Deliver propellant and supplies
• Replenish science experiments
Russia’s Proton, Soyuz, and Progress vehicles
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
COMING SOON TO A CITY NEAR YOU!
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov+realtime data+sighting + city
Preparing for Mars Exploration:
Next Stop - Our Moon
Our Moon as a test bed
Future Lunar Base?
•Carbon Dioxide (CO2): 95.32%
•Nitrogen (N2): 2.7%
•Argon (Ar): 1.6%
•Oxygen (O2): 0.13%
•Water (H2O): 0.03%
•Neon (Ne): 0.00025 %
Martian air contains only about 1/1,000 as much water as our air, but even this small amount can condense out, forming clouds that ride high in the atmosphere or swirl around the slopes of towering volcanoes.Moon Radius(km) Mass(kg) Distance (km)
PHOBOS 13.5x10.8x9.4 1.08e+16 9,380
DEMOS 7.5x6.1x5.5 1.80e+15 23,460
Mars Exploration ProgramMars Exploration ProgramLaunch YearLaunch Year
Key Technology Challenges
• Space Transportation– Safe, fast, and efficient
• Affordable, Abundant Power– Solar and nuclear
• Crew Health and Safety– Counter measures and
medical autonomy, environmental monitoring and control
• Optimized Robotic and Human Operations– Dramatically higher
productivity; on-site intelligence
• Space Systems Performance– Advanced materials, low-
mass, self-healing, self-assembly, self-sufficiency…
Nanotube Space Elevator
Space Solar Power
M2P2
L1 Outpost
Invariant Manifolds
Gossamer Telescopes
Artificial Gravity
Robonaut
Aerobraking
RLV NEP
Employing Human and Robotic Capabilities
NASA will send human and robotic explorers as partners, leveraging the capabilities of each where most useful.
Now 15-25 yrs5-10 yrs
First Aid Space ClinicDigital Human Cybermedicine
Candidate Technologies:
Leading Candidates with potential high payoff• Digital Human
• Micro-nano instruments
• Haptic interfaces
• Molecular sensors
• Smart materials and systems
• Biotechnology/bioinformatics
• Artificial G therapy
• Gene function research
Comments & RecommendationsBio-info-miniaturization revolutions of the mid ‘90s need to be incorporated into Space Medicine R&D.
• Develop next generation research instruments• Correlate gene function with metabolic effects• Leverage external partnerships• Conduct high fidelity mission sims
“Breakthroughs” for Medical Autonomy
Biomass Production Description
Production of Fresh Food Supplements for Transit
Production of Fresh Food Supplements for Planetary Surface
provide fresh crop foods for 10% of crew’s diet. The unit would also provide 20% of the crew’s O2 needs and 20% of the CO2 removal.
Bioregenerative Life Support
Expanded or multiple CPS units to provide 25% of the diet and 50% of atmospheric regeneration.
Waste ManagementCurrent State-of-the-Art
Waste Collection System Hand Compacted Waste - ShuttleDisposableFeces container.Untreated