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NASA/SP–2004–6113 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.........................................................................................................................................1 1.0 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................7 2.0 ROADMAP HISTORY ................................................................................................................................7 2.1 RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT.......................................................................................................8 2.2 BIOASTRONAUTICS CRITICAL PATH ROADMAP BASELINE DOCUMENT .......................................................8 2.3 BIOASTRONAUTICS STRATEGY ....................................................................................................................9 2.4 BIOASTRONAUTICS SCIENCE MANAGEMENT TEAM.....................................................................................9 3.0 ROADMAP CONTROL AND CONFIGURATION .................................................................................9 4.0 ROADMAP GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ...............................................................................................10 5.0 KEY ELEMENTS OF THE ROADMAP .................................................................................................11 5.1 SETTING REFERENCE MISSION REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................................12 5.2 RISK IDENTIFICATION................................................................................................................................12 5.2.1 Risk Data Sheets ..................................................................................................................................14 5.3 IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS ................................................................14 5.4 DEFINING DELIVERABLES .........................................................................................................................15 5.5 ASSESSING READINESS LEVELS.................................................................................................................17 6.0 ROADMAP RISKS AND RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS ....................................18 7.0 RISK ASSESSMENT AND RATING RESULTS....................................................................................24 7.1 RISK ASSESSMENT AND RATING................................................................................................................24 7.2 RISK RATING RESULTS..............................................................................................................................25 8.0 RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT.........................................................................................30 8.1 ROADMAP INTEGRATION AND INTERACTION .............................................................................................30 8.2 USING A PROJECT APPROACH....................................................................................................................31 9.0 FORWARD WORK....................................................................................................................................31 9.1 BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS..........................................................................................................................31 9.2 METRICS ...................................................................................................................................................32 10.0 CONCLUSIONS .........................................................................................................................................32 APPENDICES A. RISK DATA SHEETS ......................................................................................................................................... A-1 B. SPACE FLIGHT FACTOR INTERACTIONS ...................................................................................................... B-1 C. EXPLORATION SYSTEMS MISSION DIRECTORATE SCHEDULES AND MILESTONES ............................. C-1 D. ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................................................................... D-1 E. GLOSSARY........................................................................................................................................................ E-1 F. REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................. F-1 NASA/SP–2004–6113 iii INDEX OF TABLES AND FIGURES Tables Page TABLE 5-1: ROADMAP REFERENCE MISSIONS (AS OF JULY 2003) ................................................................................12 TABLE 5-2: ROADMAP CROSSCUTTING AREAS AND DISCIPLINE TEAMS.......................................................................13 TABLE 5-3: RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY QUESTION CATEGORIES ................................................................................14 TABLE 5-4: AREAS TO WHICH ROADMAP DELIVERABLES CONTRIBUTE .......................................................................15 TABLE 5-5: COUNTERMEASURE/TECHNICAL READINESS LEVELS ................................................................................17 TABLE 6-1: RISKS AND R&TQ FOR EACH DISCIPLINE AND CROSSCUTTING AREA .......................................................18 TABLE 6-2: CROSSCUTTING AREA: HUMAN HEALTH AND COUNTERMEASURES ..........................................................19 TABLE 6-3: CROSSCUTTING AREA: AUTONOMOUS MEDICAL CARE .............................................................................21