RESULTS OF THE 2005 ENHANCING SPACE OPERATIONS WORKSHOP HELD BY THE AIAA SPACE OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

摘要

The Space Operations and Support Technical Committee (SOSTC) of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) holds an annual workshop to explore current issues in space operations. The workshop used to be entitled the "Reducing the Cost of Space Operations" workshop until 2002 when it was decided that a more encompassing title should be used and it became the "Improving Space Operations Workshop." In May of this year the workshop was sponsored by the Houston Section of the AIAA and held at the NASA Johnson Space Center. It was retitled "Enhancing Space Operations Workshop." The purpose of these workshops is to explore issues of importance in space operations and support as determined by members of the SOSTC and of relevance to the local space professionals. The topics that were explored in the 2005 workshop were addressed in six separate tracks: (1) advanced concepts and automation, (2) mission operations (with an emphasis on manned space flight), (3) risk management, (4) tools and technologies, (5) best practices, and (6) training and simulation. Each track was led by an expert in the topic either from the SOSTC or NASA JSC. This paper presents the results of the workshop in each of these six areas. The results should be of importance to space operations personnel interested in reducing the cost and improving the performance of space operations.