NDLI: Logistics considerations for a human mission to Mars

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Roy, W.E.
Copyright Year	2000
Description	Author affiliation: NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (Roy, W.E.)
Abstract	Throughout the history of mankind, humans have ventured beyond their home base and source of support, and explored the unknown. Humans are again poised to venture beyond their home base of Earth. This venture will rival the journeys of the early explorers especially in terms of mission duration and isolation from sources of supply and assistance. This next journey may be to Mars. The NASA Human Mars Mission (HMM) presents a multitude of technological challenges that must be addressed in order to safely send and return a crew to Mars. Once the manned phase of the mission is committed to launch, orbital mechanics will drive the crew to be away from Earth for a minimum of two years. There will be no re-supply and only a limited mass and volume allotment for logistics materials. The crew will have limited resources and capabilities available to them to maintain and repair the flight vehicle and the surface systems. Logistics will be one of the more significant challenges the program must investigate, research, and eventually overcome. The program must provide for the long-term logistics supportability of vehicle systems and associated hardware where supply from Earth is non-existence. The crew will be asked to perform tasks normally not required of "today's" astronauts. Much like the early explorers, the crew must be able to handle all situations autonomously. This logistics challenge can be met by developing robust, redundant systems and by incorporating creative logistics solutions into the flight vehicle and surface system designs early in the program.
Starting Page	227
Ending Page	233
File Size	869203
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780358465
ISSN	1095323X
DOI	10.1109/AERO.2000.878228
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2000-03-25
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Logistics Humans Mars Earth Remotely operated vehicles History NASA Hidden Markov models Isolation technology Space technology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aerospace Engineering Space and Planetary Science

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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