Paper Info
Title
Analysis of Concepts for Large-Scale Robotic Lunar Precursor Missions.
Abstract
Two concepts for large-scale, complex, robotic missions to search for frozen water at the lunar South Pole are systematically analyzed to determine their relative productivity and investment requirements. The Strategic Assessment of Risk and Technology (START) methodology and tool are utilized to determine temporal R&D-investment recommendations to optimize mission performance goals subject to budget, workforce, and other non-technical constraints. Explicit distinction is made between enabling and enhancing technologies. Uncertainties and dependencies are included within the optimization framework. This study determined that given the constraints used in this analysis, the longer mission would return 12 times the value of the shorter mission for roughly an 11% increase in cost, and would be enabled with the recommended temporal technology portfolio.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/SYSOSE.2007.4304270
SoSE
Keywords
Field
DocType
astronomy computing,lunar surface,risk analysis,space research,NASA lunar mission,Strategic Assessment of Risk and Technology methodology,analysis software,frozen water search,lunar South Pole,mission performance optimization,return on investment,robotic lunar precursor missions,NASA lunar missions,analysis software,decision-making,exploration,optimization,productivity,return on investment,technology development,value
Technology development,Frozen Water,Return on investment,Systems engineering,Analysis software,Workforce,Risk analysis (business),Portfolio,Engineering,Space research
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.37
3
Authors
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Charles R. Weisbin1151315.88
Robert Moeller233.09
Wayne Zimmerman341.13
William Smythe420.71
Tracy Van Houten520.71
William Lincoln6102.34
Jeffrey H. Smith7102.81
Alberto Elfes81470416.36
Virgil Adumitroaie921.05