Johnson Space Center Engineering Directorate L-8: Enabling Human Spaceflight Exploration Systems & Technology Development Public Release Notice This document has been reviewed for technical accuracy, business/management sensitivity, and export control compliance. It is Montgomery Goforth suitable for public release without restrictions per NF1676 #37965. November 2016 www.nasa.gov 1 NASA’s Journey to Mars Engineering Priorities 1. Enhance ISS: Enhanced missions and systems reliability per ISS customer needs 2. Accelerate Orion: Safe, successful, affordable, and ahead of schedule 3. Enable commercial crew success 4. Human Spaceflight (HSF) exploration systems development • Technology required to enable exploration beyond LEO • System and subsystem development for beyond LEO HSF exploration JSC Engineering’s Internal Goal for Exploration • Priorities are nice, but they are not enough. • We needed a meaningful goal. • We needed a deadline. • Our Goal: Get within 8 years of launching humans to Mars (L-8) by 2025 • Develop and mature the technologies and systems needed • Develop and mature the personnel needed L-8 Characterizing L-8 JSC Engineering: HSF Exploration Systems Development • L-8 Is Not: • A program to go to Mars • Another Technology Road-Mapping effort • L-8 Is: • A way to translate Agency Technology Roadmaps and Architectures/Scenarios into a meaningful path for JSC Engineering to follow. • A way of focusing Engineering’s efforts and L-8 identifying our dependencies • A way to ensure Engineering personnel are ready to step up to the plate when the next program is defined • A framework supplying rationale for our proposals to obtain funding for technology development • An organizing principle for our Domain Implementation Plans JSC Engineering’s Domain Implementation Plan JSC Engineering: HSF Exploration Systems Development - Life Support Entry, Descent, & Landing - - Active Thermal Control Autonomous Rendezvous & Docking - - EVA Deep Space GN&C - - Habitation Systems - Human System Interfaces Reliable Pyrotechnics - - Wireless & Communication Systems Integrated Propulsion, Power, & ISRU - - Command & Data Handling Energy Storage & Distribution - - Radiation & EEE Parts Breakthrough Power & Propulsion - Crew Exercise - - Lightweight Habitable Spacecraft Simulation - - Entry, Descent, & Landing Autonomy - - Autonomous Rendezvous & Docking Software - - Vehicle Environments Robotics - AA-2 | iPAS | HESTIA | Morpheus Avionics Systems Domain Implementation Plan Decomposition Example - Wireless & Areas of Emphasis (AOEs): Communication Systems • RFID ALM - Command & • RFID Sensing Data Handling • Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) - Human System Interfaces • Mesh Networking - Radiation & EEE Parts • Wireless Development Flight Instrumentation • Proximity Communications • Reconfigurable/Software defined radio Pathstones: • Innovations for C&T testing and validation Gap • RF Interrogator development • Innovative applications of RF technology Gap • Fabric antenna development • Proximity antenna technologies Gap • System integration and modularization • Optical Communication A SpaceCom 2016 Collaboration Opportunity “L-8: RFID technology and sensor interrogators for wireless sensing/telemetry “ – Ray Wagner EA Domain Implementation Plan Overview JSC Engineering: HSF Exploration Systems Development 34 AOEs, - Life Support 11 AOEs, Entry, Descent, & Landing - - Active Thermal Control 27 w/ Gaps 9 w/ Gaps Autonomous Rendezvous - EVA 166 Pathstones, 71 Pathstones, & Docking - - Habitation Systems 48 Gaps 36 Gaps Deep Space GN&C - - Human System Interfaces Reliable Pyrotechnics - - Wireless & Communication Systems Integrated Propulsion, Power, & ISRU - - Command & Data Handling Energy Storage & Distribution - - Radiation & EEE Parts Breakthrough Power & Propulsion - 28 AOEs, 19 w/ Gaps 14 AOEs, 9 w/ Gaps 116 Pathstones, 63 Gaps 66 Pathstones, 18 Gaps - Lightweight Habitable Spacecraft Crew Exercise - 20 AOEs, 28 AOEs, Simulation - - Entry, Descent, & Landing 19 w/ Gaps 12 w/ Gaps - Autonomous Rendezvous & Autonomy - 86 Pathstones, 127 Pathstones, Docking Software - - Vehicle Environments 58 Gaps AA-2 | iPAS | HESTIA | Morpheus 38 Gaps Robotics - FY 2016 IRAD Investments Tied to L-8 JSC Engineering: HSF Exploration Systems Development Parachute Canopy Instrumentation Package - Alshahin Shape-Morphing Adaptive Radar Technology Orion Avcoat Material Heat Shield Flight Test - Salazar (SMART) – L. Erickson Visual Odometry for Autonomous Deep-Space Navigation – Robinson ISS Capillary Development (CapDev) Advanced Analytic Tools & Test Bed - Sargusingh Capabilities for Aerosciences – Kirk Mid L/D Mars EDL Pathfinder – Campbell Integrated Lox/LCH4: A Unifying Technology for The Modular Wearable Architecture: Future Exploration (Phase II Work) – B. Banker Lowering the Human-System Barrier Solid State Thermionics Power – J. George – Simon Regenerative Gas Dryer for Integrates ISRU Software Graphics Processing Unit Systems – A. Paz (sGPU): Solving the Visual Display LOX/LCH4 Propulsion Test in Space Problem for BEO Missions – McCabe Environment – Morehead Q-Thruster Work Novel Passive Thermal Management Systems for Future Human Exploration MED-2 Exercise Device Operations – Zumbado – Alvarez-Hernandez CFS: Human Spaceflight Product Line – Prokop Novel Passive Thermal Technology In-Flight HESTIA Sim Support – Bielski Demonstration – Alvarez-Hernandez AA-2 | iPAS | HESTIA | Morpheus FY 2017 IRAD Investments Tied to L-8 JSC Engineering: HSF Exploration Systems Development Shape-Morphing Adaptive Radar Technology Pulsar Navigation for Crewed Exploration of the (SMART) II – Erickson Solar System - D’Souza Laser Processed Heat Exchangers - Hansen Mid-L/D Ballistic Range Aerodynamics Test - A Low Power, Solid State, Method of Sostaric Oxygen Supply - Graf Retiring the Side Wall Rupture Risk with Li- Ion – Darcy SMR/SOFC System Integration for Magnetic Radiation Shielding for LOx/LCH4/ISRU – Mwara Human Space Exploration - Arndt Cubesat Q-Thruster Technology for Exploration – White Flat H Redundant Frangible Joint (RFJ) - Orion Heat Shield Spectrometer – Brown Holland Entry Vehicle (Dragon) On Demand Augmented Reality Authoring Tool - Wang Instrumentation - Wells & Bouslog Fatigue Reduction and Dexterity Charring Ablator Response (CHAR) Improvements via Space Suit Glove Grasp Strength Augmentation - Rogers Sublimation - Remark Core Flight Software (CFS) Human Spaceflight Aluminum Orbital Arc Weld Product Line (CITO) - Prokop Development - Luna Integrated System Demonstration for Inflatable Airlock EVA Interface - Litteken AA-2 | iPAS | HESTIA | Morpheus Spacecraft Autonomy (Basics) - Badger Potential Collaborations with Academia JSC Engineering: HSF Exploration Systems Development CO2 Removal, CO2 Reduction Wind Tunnel Tests for Supersonic Retro Propulsion Trace Contaminant Control, Particulate Filtration Reliable Brine Water Recovery (Low Volume) & Mid-L/D Re-entry bodies, Air Monitoring Techniques/Strategies Large Mass Mars Entry Trades, Variable Heat Rejection Technologies/Trades Autonomous Landing Lightweight Bio-resistant CHX Advanced Phase Change Materials Hazard Avoidance Algorithms, In-Situ Thermal Fluids Chemical Analysis Optical Tracking and Navigation Solvent Generation for Reusable Wipes Antimicrobial Omniphobic Surface Coatings NDE Tools/Methods for Pyros, LOx/LCH4 Propulsion Systems, Speech Recognition Evaluation Natural Language Processing Lunar/Planetary In-Situ Resource Acoustic Echo Cancelation Algorithms Utilization, (e.g., in a spacesuit) “Propellant-less” Thrusters, Wearable Technologies Thermionic Energy Conversion, Power Scavenging Sensors Mesh Network Implementations Non-Maxwellian Plasma Confinement RF over IP for testing Systems E-textile & 3D-printed antennas Advanced manufacturing techniques for Sparing of Electronics Autonomous Grasping Humanoid Walking Additive Manufactured Lattice Core Designs Thin Ply Composites Integrated Dynamic Systems Simulation Inflatable materials Creep characterization Trick-based Software Simulation Enhancements Impact & Leak Detection for Inflatables Rover/Mars Ascent Vehicle Cabin Design Integration Acrylic & Ceramic Window Development & Characterization Augmented Reality Research & Applications Integrated Thermoelastic Design/Analysis Methods for Heatshields Autonomy Tools (Robotics Planning, Flight Director In a Box) SpaceCom 2016: NASA Challenges & Solutions Pavilion JSC Engineering: HSF Exploration Systems Development Advanced Concepts for O2 Concentration Entry Descent and Landing at Mars - Sostaric and storage – Graf Autonomous Mission Planning – Condon Space Environments Test Capability / James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) – Anchondo In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Non-Venting Thermal Control Systems Capabilities – Sanders for Space Vehicles – Smith & Massina NDE Methods for Ultimately Reliable Pyrotechnics – Scott & Hinkel RFID technology and sensor Safe Li-Ion batteries – Darcy & Scott interrogators to develop low cost sensor suites - Wagner Spacecraft Autonomy – Badger Docking Systems and other Advanced Vehicle Mobility – Junkin Attachment/Release mechanisms Optimizing Virtual Reality and Tracking and related technologies – Lewis Systems for Zero-G Space Environments - Paddock Using Human-Machine Interactions to Modeling the integration of hardware and Enhance Astronaut Performance and Adaptation software systems of spacecraft using tools such in Reduced Gravity Environments - Burkhart as SysML - Carrejo | AA-2 | iPAS | HESTIA | Morpheus We Want Your Help! • Our L-8 efforts have