A Successful Infusion Process for Enabling Lunar Exploration Technologies

Details A Successful Infusion Process for Enabling Lunar Exploration Technologies A Successful Infusion Process for Enabling Lunar Exploration Technologies

Jan 2008

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Technical Report, AIAA Space 2007 Conference and Exposition

Computer Science

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Lunar Exploration, Constellation Program, Technology Utilization, Costs, Product Development, Propulsion, Manned Space Flight, Interplanetary Spacecraft

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The NASA Vision for Space Exploration begins with a more reliable flight capability to the International Space Station and ends with sending humans to Mars. An important stepping stone on the path to Mars encompasses human missions to the Moon. There is little doubt throughout the stakeholder community that new technologies will be required to enable this Vision. However, there are many factors that influence the ability to successfully infuse any technology including the technical risk, requirement and development schedule maturity, and, funds available. This paper focuses on effective infusion processes that have been used recently for the technologies in development for the lunar exploration flight program, Constellation. Recent successes with Constellation customers are highlighted for the Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP) Projects managed by NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC). Following an overview of the technical context of both the flight program and the technology capability mapping, the process is described for how to effectively build an integrated technology infusion plan. The process starts with a sound risk development plan and is completed with an integrated project plan, including content, schedule and cost. In reality, the available resources for this development are going to change over time, necessitating some level of iteration in the planning. However, the driving process is based on the initial risk assessment, which changes only when the overall architecture changes, enabling some level of stability in the process.

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