Using Systems Engineering to Develop Responsive Logistics for Future Space Missions

Abstract

The goal of establishing a long term manned presence on the Moon and eventual exploration of Mars brings the practice of logistics to a whole new level. We describe an approach to logistics as a 'system of systems' that integrates logistic system development with vehicle design and mission planning, and provides the basis for a data management architecture that can provide Health Monitoring for the entire logistic system using data from enterprise systems and other resources.