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Lunar and Mars Exploration Chronology Summaries

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/lunartimeline.html

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology_mars.html

Critical Thinking: http://www.criticalthinking.org/aboutCT/define_critical_thinking.cfm

August 16, 2011: NASA is planning a daring new mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid. The spacecraft, named OSIRIS-REx, will orbit 1999 RQ36 for a year before gathering samples for return to Earth. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16aug_osirisrex/

August 15, 2011: NASA is interested in architecture approaches that provide cost-effective human missions to Near Earth Objects (NEOs) in the 2025 to 2030 timeframe, Earth-orbit Debris Mitigation and Satellite Servicing Mission as early as 2015, Human-focused Mars Mission Systems and Technologies NET 2035, and Lunar Outpost Settlement Architectures for initial missions in 2025. Refer to NASA's 2012 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition for more info:

http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102723065644-23/News+Release-RASCAL+2012.pdf

http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102723065644-24/2012_RASC_AL+Themes+Call.pdf

Course Objectives

Utilize systems engineering methods to design and analyze a spacecraft intended for human occupancy and provide a functional knowledge of the technologies used to sustain life. Emphasis is placed on deriving requirements from stated mission goals and objectives, developing integrated functional schematics, and comparing design options by trade study.

Office Hours: ‘drop in’ if door open, or by appointment if requested

Textbooks:

1. required - Human Spaceflight Mission Analysis and Design, eds. Larson and Pranke, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., NY, Space Technologies Series, 1999

2. supplemental (optional) - Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics, Peter Eckart, Space Tech. Library Vol. 5, Kluwer Academic Publishers & Microcosm Press, 1996

Reference documents:

NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, NASA/SP-2007-6105 Rev 1 – download pdf copy (~9 MB)

Space Shuttle Reference Manual - http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/

NASA Standards (various) – https://standards.nasa.gov/documents/nasa

NASA/SP-2010-3407 Human Integration Design Handbook (HIDH)

Approved: 01-27-2010 / Expiration Date: N/A

HIDH is the companion document to NASA-STD-3001, Space Flight Human System Standard Volume 2, Human Factors, Habitability, and Environmental Health

Volume 2 is currently in the final stage of the baseline process and when completed, both NASA-STD-3001, Volume 2 and the HIDH will supersede NASA-STD-3000

NASA Space Flight Human System Standard Volume 1: Crew Health (Superseding NASA-STD-3000, Volume 1, Chapter 7; and JSC 26882, Space Flight Health Requirements Document), 2009-09-25 Baseline

NASA Space Flight Human System Standard Volume 2: Human Factors, Habitability, and Environmental Health, 2011-01-10 Baseline

NASA/CR-2004-208941 Advanced Life Support - Baseline Values and Assumptions Document (BVAD)

NASA NPR 8000.4A Agency Risk Management Procedural Requirements

Effective Date: December 16, 2008 / Expiration Date: December 16, 2013

NASA NPR 8705.2B Human-Rating Requirements for Space Systems (w/change 1 dated 12/7/2009)

Effective Date: May 06, 2008 / Expiration Date: May 06, 2013

Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants (SMAC’s)

Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Waterborne Contaminants (SWEG’s)

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/slsd/about/divisions/hefd/facilities/toxicology-exposure.html

Grading – 20% on Homework/Quizzes/Participation, 40% from Exams, 40% from Group Project (with individual weighting as warranted)

Exam 1 – Week 6 (9/27)

Exam 2 – Week 12 (11/8 or 11/10)

Group Project Presentation – Finals Week (with incremental reviews throughout the semester)

See Grading Policy Notes for additional information

See Additional Syllabus Notes for policies on Disabilities, Absences, Behavior and other University Guidelines

Lecture Notes

Topics: (subject to minor revision)

Introduction to Human Spaceflight and Current Programs – Ch 1 (in HSMAD text)

Human Space Mission Objectives – Ch 2

Design Reference Mission (DRM)

Space Environments – Orbit, Planets and NEO’s – Ch 3, 4

Human Physiology – Ch 5

Ergonomics, Human Factors and Psychology – Ch 6, 7

Systems Engineering Terminology and Design Phases

Deriving Requirements and Constraints

Ground Rules, Assumptions, Definitions and Acronyms

Functional Decomposition

Minimum Functionality Design Approach – Physics & Physiology

Trade Space – Safety & Operability

(Orbit Selection – Ch 9)

(Entry / Descent/ Landing / Ascent – Ch 10)

Defining and Sizing Spacecraft Elements – Ch 11, 12, 13

‘Human in the Loop’ Design Drivers

Determining Habitable Volume

Crew and Payload Accommodations (CA / PA) – Ch 18

Spacesuits and Extravehicular Activity (EVA) – Ch 22

Environmental Control & Life Support Subsystem (ECLSS) and Enabling Technologies – Ch 17

Atmosphere Management

Water Management

Food Supply

Waste Processing

Subsystem Integration and Interface Definitions

Structures – Ch 21

Command, Control and Communication (C3) – Ch 27

Power – Ch 20

Thermal – Ch 16

Thermal Control – Ch 16

in situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) – Ch 15

ADCS / GNC – Ch 19

Spacecraft Propulsion – Ch 24

Launch / Transfer Systems – Ch 25

Risk Management – Ch 8

Hazard Identification and Analysis

Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)

Risk Mitigation

Design Validation / Manufacturability

Requirement Compliance Verification

Certification of Flight Readiness (CoFR)