Creating A Strategy for Exploration
- Paper number
IAC-06-A3.6.01
- Author
Mr. Jeff Volosin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Gib Kirkham, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Headquarters, United States
- Coauthor
Mrs. Lisa Guerra, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Glenn Research Center, United States
- Year
2006
- Abstract
Beginning in April, NASA and its international partners will gather with individuals from governmental, scientific, academic, and commercial communities to begin a nearly year long exploration strategy development effort aimed at defining a strategy for lunar exploration, including the role of the Moon as a stepping stone to Mars and other destinations. Over the course of several months leading to the IAC in Valencia, experts from a broad range of communities will work in multidisciplinary teams, exchanging ideas on the strategy for exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Key elements of this strategy will include: o Ensuring that lunar exploration is in integral part of a broader exploration strategy that encompasses Mars and other destinations. o A strategy for lunar robotic missions to collect key strategic information and develop key capabilities to enable and enhance human exploration. o A strategy for human missions that will enable us to live and work productively on other planetary surfaces, starting with the moon, including the development and use of lunar resources. o Enabling opportunities for international collaboration through merging of common interests in our respective strategic plans for exploration. o Characterization of opportunities for science investigations on the moon. o Enabling opportunities for lunar commerce. This paper will look back at this global effort for developing a Space Exploration Strategy for future robotic and human missions. It will assess the areas of common interests and objectives of the participants and the integration of these interests into a comprehensive plan for exploration to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
- Abstract document
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