Life Support and Environmental Monitoring International System Maturation Team Considerations

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dc.creatorAnderson, Molly
dc.creatorGatens, Robyn
dc.creatorIkeda, Toshitami
dc.creatorIto, Tsuyoshi
dc.creatorWitt, Johannes
dc.creatorHovland, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-28T19:41:27Z
dc.date.available2016-07-28T19:41:27Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-10
dc.descriptionUnited States
dc.descriptionJapan
dc.descriptionNetherlands
dc.descriptionNASA JSC
dc.descriptionNASA
dc.descriptionJAXA
dc.descriptionESA
dc.description307
dc.descriptionICES307: Collaboration, Education and Outreach, and Public Engagement
dc.descriptionVienna, Austria
dc.descriptionMolly Anderson, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA
dc.descriptionRobyn Gatens, NASA Headquarters, USA
dc.descriptionToshitami Ikeda, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
dc.descriptionTsuyoshi Ito, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
dc.descriptionScott Hovland, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands
dc.descriptionJohannes Witt, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands
dc.descriptionThe 46th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Vienna, Austria, USA on 10 July 2016 through 14 July 2016.
dc.description.abstractHuman exploration of the solar system is an ambitious goal. Future missions to Mars or other planets will require the cooperation of many nations. Exploration concepts have been gathered by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) at a high level, representing overall goals and strategies of each participating agency. The ISECG Global Exploration Roadmap states that international partnerships are part of what drives the mission scenarios. It states “Collaborations will be established at all levels (missions, capabilities, technologies), with various levels of interdependency among the partners.” To make missions with interdependency successful, technologists and system experts need to share information early, before there are concrete plans and binding agreements. This paper provides an overview of possible ways of integrating NASA, ESA, and JAXA work into a roadmap of life support and environmental monitoring capabilities for future exploration missions. Agencies may have immediate plans, long term goals, or new ideas that are not part of official policy. But relationships between plans and capabilities may influence the strategies for the best ways to achieve partner goals. Without commitments and an organized program, requirements for future missions are unclear. Experience from ISS shows that standards and an early understanding of requirements are an important part of international partnerships. Attempting to integrate systems that were not designed together can create many problems. Several areas have been identified as important to discuss and understand: units of measure, cabin CO2 levels, and fluids like high purity oxygen, potable water and residual biocide, and crew urine and urine pretreat. Each of the partners is exploring different kinds of technologies. Depending on the system concepts, it may be important to define specific parameters, or explore possible ranges. Early coordination can create new possibilities for collaboration, and provide input to determine what combinations create the best overall system.
dc.identifier.otherICES_2016_447
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/67736
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher46th International Conference on Environmental Systems
dc.subjectlife support
dc.subjectenvironmental monitoring
dc.subjecttechnology development
dc.subjectrequirements
dc.titleLife Support and Environmental Monitoring International System Maturation Team Considerations
dc.typePresentation

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