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Affordable Exploration of Mars: Recommendations from a Community Workshop on Sustainable Initial Human MissionsThere is a growing consensus that within two decades initial human missions to Mars are affordable under plausible budget assumptions and with sustained international participation. In response to this idea, a distinguished group of experts from the Mars exploration stakeholder communities attended the "Affording Mars" workshop at George Washington University in December, 2013. Participants reviewed and discussed scenarios for affordable and sustainable human and robotic exploration of Mars, the role of the International Space Station over the coming decade as the essential early step toward humans to Mars, possible "bridge" missions in the 2020s, key capabilities required for affordable initial missions, international partnerships, and a usable definition of affordability and sustainability. We report here the findings, observations, and recommendations that were agreed to at that workshop.
Document ID
20140017320
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Thronson, Harley (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Carberry, Chris (Explore Mars, Inc. Beverly, MA, United States)
Cassady, R. J. (Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. Arlington, VA, United States)
Cooke, Doug (Cooke Concepts and Solutions)
Hopkins, Joshua (Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. Denver, CO, United States)
Perino, Maria A. (Thales Alenia Space Torino, Italy)
Kirkpatrick, Jim (American Astronautical Society Springfield, VA, United States)
Raftery, Michael (Boeing Space Exploration Houston, TX, United States)
Westenberg, Artemis (Explore Mars, Inc. Beverly, MA, United States)
Zucker, Richard (Explore Mars, Inc. Beverly, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
December 11, 2014
Publication Date
December 3, 2013
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
IAA-SEC2014-WASP002
GSFC-E-DAA-TN13466
Meeting Information
Meeting: Affording Human Exploration of Mars Workshop
Location: Washington, D.C.
Country: United States
Start Date: December 3, 2013
End Date: December 5, 2013
Sponsors: Explore Mars, Inc., George Washington Univ.
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNJ06TA25C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Community
Exploration
Missions

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