Preliminary Results of Carlo Gavazzi Space Study performed for ESA on the “Analysis and Design of a Surface Architecture for European Space Exploration”
- Paper number
IAC-08.D3.1.1
- Author
Dr. Alberto Della Torre, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Italy
- Coauthor
Mr. Bernhard Hufenbach, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands
- Coauthor
Mr. Marc Haese, ESA/ ESTEC, The Netherlands
- Coauthor
Mr. Juergen Schlutz, University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Igor Vukman, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Italy
- Coauthor
Mr. Filippo Mailland, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Italy
- Coauthor
Mr. Emanuele Monchieri, Carlo Gavazzi Space S.p.A., Italy
- Year
2008
- Abstract
The proposed paper provides an overview of the preliminary results achieved by the Carlo Gavazzi Space Team in the ESA Study on “Analysis and Design of a Surface Architecture for European Space Exploration”. In view of the evolving European and international context, ESA is conducting analysis of and defining the potential role for Europe in future international space exploration programmes through the study and development of long-term scenarios for space exploration. The Project is part of a strategic ESA Study on the Analysis and Development of Reference Architectures for Space Exploration, covering targets like Moon, NEOs, Libration Points and Mars, considering all the involved Architecture Segments, including Surface, Transport, In-Space and Earth based Segments. The paper describes the methodology applied throughout the study and the different activities performed, up to the achievement of the study final objectives, which are a Reference Surface Architecture compatible and complementary with the ones of the most faring nations involved in Space Exploration, and the definition of the Roadmaps and Plans needed for its Development and Deployment. The paper, while providing a deeper insight on the Moon Surface Architecture defined during the study, identifies also its synergies with the Architectures applicable to the other Exploration Program Destinations, with the objective of defining an Architecture that evolves throughout the different missions, building as far as practicable on existing capabilities, whose definition is not uniquely driven by the short term requirements but also by the medium – long term ones, identified in light of a strategic view of the Exploration Programs evolution. The study foresees several iterations prior to converging towards the European Reference Surface Architecture definition, encompassing a Strategic Vision for the Architectures Evolution. The main study activities addressed in the paper include: a. Definition and Consolidation of the Surface Architecture Requirements for the different Destinations (Moon, NEOs, Mars), starting from the ESA specified High Level Architectural Requirements, inherited from the inputs from the Stakeholders community. b. Analysis and definition of the resulting Moon Surface Architecture. c. Integration of the European Moon Reference Architecture in the ESA Concurrent Design Facility. d. Integration of the European Moon Reference Architecture into the International Reference Architecture. e. Design of a selected set of Moon Surface Elements. The first set includes an Exploration Hopper, a Pressurized Rover, an ISRU Demo Plant and e Deep Driller. f. Definition of the European Priorities and Roadmaps related to the selected Surface Architecture Development.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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