Using Creativity to Develop Space Concepts

摘要

Today's scientists, combat developers and others are tackling tough Space-related issues like dealing with Space debris that could damage our satellites, building responsive Space vehicles and developing high altitude platforms with hot, new concepts. To do this, the community is using the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration process, NASA's experimental process, or the civilian industry's research and development resources. The primary question military operators and Space professionals ask about the process and final products is: 'Will this new concept serve the warfighter well' While performing their duties as Space operations officers and Space enablers, this entire community will continue to ask the same question. They will be assessing all aspects of military operations to determine what other urgent needs can be satisfied by the Space-based systems being developed. The goal is to push the needs statement forward. Space professionals with operational experience should be involved in the development, test and evaluation of new concepts. Who knows, they may become the ones configuring or reconfiguring the payload on a High Altitude Airship or a small satellite in the future. It is not beyond the reach of any of those Space professional/Space enablers to have a viable solution to the issues that face the Space community. These solutions begin with an intellectual dissection of the problem and an educated imagination asking 'what- if' or 'I think we could use this to do. . . . ' The resulting Space machine or Space concept could become the subject for an Army artist's canvas in tomorrow's military context.