National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The Future of Space Exploration Orion, Ares and Beyond....AIAA / NSC / JPL Town Hall Meeting26 April • 2007

Neil WoodwardActing Director, Directorate Integration OfficeNASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate

Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Update

Vision For Space Exploration

• Complete the International Space Station

• Safely fly the Space Shuttle until 2010

• Develop and fly the Crew Exploration Vehicle no later than 2014 (goal of 2012)

• Return to the Moon no later than 2020

• Extend human presence across the solarsystem and beyond

• Implement a sustained and affordable human and robotic program

• Develop supporting innovative technologies,knowledge, and infrastructures

• Promote international and commercialparticipation in exploration

Lunar Robotic Missions

Lunar Outpost Buildup

Mars Expedition

COTS Crew & Cargo

Shuttle OPS

Orion Development

Ares 1 Development

LSAM Development

Surface Systems

Ares 5 & Earth Departure Stage

Science Robotics Missions

Initial Orion (CEV) Capability

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Exploration Roadmap

Saturn 5 (Apollo 17)141 Metric Tons

Space Shuttle20 Metric Tons

Ares I22 Metric Tons

Ares V131 Metric Tons

Defining the Transportation Architecture

Ares I

Ares V

Orion

Programs and Project Offices

Ames Research Center

Dryden Flight Research Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

White Sands Test Facility

Johnson Space Center

Michoud Assembly Facitity

Stennis Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Langley Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Glenn Research Center

O & C Facility SSME A-1 Test Stand Landing Impact Attenuation

KSC Launch Control Room 1 Wind Tunnel Tests

Making Progress....

LAS Reverse Flow Test

From SRR to SDR....

System Requirements Review

SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY

Cx Program SRR

Ares (CLV) SRR Upper Stage SRR

Orion CEV SRR

Mission Systems (MS) SRR

Ground Systems (GS) SRR

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Extravehicular ActivitySystems (EVA) SRR

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Human Civilization Scientific Knowledge Exploration Preparation

Global Partnerships Economic Expansion Public Engagement

Defining the Global Exploration Strategy

Defining the Long-term Lunar Presence

Defining the Future Exploration Strategy