Overview of the ISECG Mission Scenario
NASA/R. Martinez Chair, International Architecture Working Group
April 10, 2014 ISECG Mission Scenario
2020 2030 Low-Earth Orbit International Space Station Robotic Mission Commercial or Government-Owned Platforms Human Mission Beyond Low-Earth Orbit Cargo Mission Test Missions
Asteroid Redirection Rosetta Hayabusa-2 OSIRIS-REx (Sample Return) (Sample Return) Explore Near Earth Asteroid Near-Earth Objects Apophis Extended Staging Post for Crew Duration to Lunar Surface Lunar Vicinity Crew Missions Potential Commercial Opportunities
LADEE Luna 25 Luna 26 Luna 27 RESOLVE SELENE-2 Luna 28/29 SELENE-3 Human-Assisted (Sample Sample Return Humans to Lunar Surface Chandrayaan-2 Return) Moon Potential Commercial Opportunities
Human-Assisted Sample Return Sustainable Human MAVEN ISRO Mars ExoMars InSight ExoMars Mars JAXA Mars Sample Return Mission Missions to the Orbiter Mission 2016 2018 2020 Mars Opportunities Mars System Mars Precursor Human Scale EDL Test Mission Opportunities
Multi-Destination Small Human Transportation Cargo Surface Capabilities Initial Lander Mobility (Planned and Conceptual) Cargo Delivery
Evolvable Orion Russian Advanced Deep Space Orion Orion & Icon indicates first use opportunity. & Piloted Electric & SLS Crewed SLS Commercial/Institutional launchers not shown. Habitat SLS Propulsion (Upgrade) Lunar (Upgrade) System Lander ISS for Explora on
Maturing cri cal systems, tes ng technologies, human research, & tes ng ops techniques. Explora on of a Near Earth Asteroid Human explora on of an asteroid which has been captured and redirected to lunar vicinity
Enabling Capabili es Contribu ons to Mars Mission Readiness Demonstra on of the following core capabili es: • Space Launch System and Orion • 30-50kW Solar Electric Propulsion NASA’s SLS Advanced Electric Extra Vehicular System and Orion Propulsion Ac vity • Spacewalk, rendezvous, proximity opera ons, docking or grapple, deep Mission Ac vi es space naviga on and communica ons. • Characterize the composi on of the asteroid • Iden fy any resources and assess their poten al for extrac on • Apply human evalua on capabili es to select samples for return to Earth laboratories • Demonstra ng sample acquisi on, caching, storage opera ons, and crew transfer opera ons for future human-assisted sample return mission. Extended Dura on Crew Missions Visits to an evolvable Deep Space Habitat in the lunar vicinity
Enabling Capabili es Contribu ons to Mars Mission Readiness • Demonstrate deep space explora on capabili es such as SLS, Orion, advanced Russian crew transporta on capabili es and life support systems, achieving an Evolvable Deep Cargo NASA’s SLS and Russian Piloted acceptable level of risk prior to travel to Orion System Space Habitat Delivery des na ons away from the rela ve safety of Earth’s orbit Mission Ac vi es • Demonstrate autonomous crew • Advancing deep space human space opera on capability flight opera ons and techniques, • Demonstrate opera ons with reduced including staging opera ons supply chain • Conduc ng high priority science • Increase experience with complex deep benefi ng from human presence, space staging opera ons including human-assisted lunar • Advance core technologies and sample return. radia on protec on strategies for long • Tes ng technologies and subsystems dura on missions benefi ng from the deep space • Demonstrate interac ve human and environment robo c opera ons analogous to Mars • Characterizing human health and opera onal concepts performance in a deep space • Gain experience with solar electric environment propulsion used on a crewed spacecra Humans to the Lunar Surface Using evolvable Deep Space Habitat as staging post Enabling Capabili es Contribu ons to Mars Mission Readiness • Demonstrate staging opera ons with an Earth- return vehicle • Demonstrate extended crew Cargo NASA’s SLS Russian Piloted Evolvable Deep Lunar Lander mobility and habita on and Orion System Space Habitat Delivery systems • Demonstrate advanced Mission Ac vi es power systems • Test advanced surface power technologies • Characterize human health • Address high priority objec ves of the science and performance, combining community which benefit from human surface deep space and par al gravity presence environment exposure • Characterize human health and performance in a • Demonstrate opera ons par al gravity environment concepts and enhanced crew • Demonstrate long distance mobility concepts autonomy for surface • Explore concepts for human-robo c partnership explora on in planetary surface explora on • Poten ally provide the • U lize precision landing technologies opportunity for advancing demonstrated on robo c missions concepts related to the use of • Explore landing sites of interest for extended local resources dura ons