Title :
Transforming the operations paradigm of space exploration
Author :
Leonard, Matthew J. ; Baroff, Lynn E.
Author_Institution :
Exploration Missions & Syst. Office, Nat. Aeronaut. & Space Adm., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
The international Space community has become comfortable over the years with a model of operations that is based on verbal delegation of operations control from a mission control center based on Earth. This model requires near-constant telemetry regarding the status of the vehicle, as well as tasks on-board. The future long-duration exploration missions being considered will require significant changes in this operational paradigm, adjusting to situational realities, capitalizing on the evolution that has occurred in vehicle autonomous health management, and maximizing the time crewmembers can devote to exploration.
Keywords :
aircraft maintenance; condition monitoring; space research; space vehicles; telemetry; international space community; mission control center; near constant telemetry; operations control; space exploration operations paradigm; vehicle autonomous health management; vehicle status; Humans; Moon; NASA; Robots; Space exploration; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7350-2
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2011.5747604
