Next generation spacecraft interconnect standard (NGSIS)

It is not expected that at the end of it all, the NGSIS will publish a solution that fits all the problems presented. It is more likely that we have before us a small set of answers that scale with the problem presented. This applies to a physical interconnect where we will see photonic links given a certain met threshold, e.g. data rate; otherwise, we will apply a standard copper bus. This also applies to the type of protocol suite selected to control the flow of data throughout the spacecraft; whether it is on a high data rate section of the network, or on a low data rate portion that is concerned with health, guidance, and navigation.