This paper summarizes the motivation for and the resulting development of a flexibleobject-oriented software model for simulation and analysis of space exploration campaignlogistics. The software model was designed to be applicable to several widely-varying usecase scenarios including International Space Station resupply, support for a long-term lunar outpost and global lunar exploration, and Martian exploration by human and roboticagents. The model includes analysis capability for exploration sustainability topics includingreusability, reconfigurability, commonality, and repairability. Key additional featuresinclude modular demand models that are easily interchanged, element-level models for finegrained demand integration, and reconfigurable system operational states to dynamicallychange demand models. Other capabilities include generalized impulsive burn maneuvers,surface transportation, abstracted flight transportation, improved support for multidestination scenarios, and multi-user collaboration via online databases.
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