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NASA AR&D Community of Practice

               A Joint Collaborative Effort of
ARC, DFRC, GRC, GSFC, JSC, JPL, LaRC, MSFC, and the NESC


                2012 NASA PM Challenge
                     February 2012
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 2
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 3
AR&D CoP Overview
February 2012



        The NESC and the Office of the Chief Engineer were originally
        chartered with establishing the Automated / Autonomous
        Rendezvous and Docking/Capture/Berthing (AR&D) Community of
        Practice (CoP).
        Formed in May 2010 to enable collaboration across the Agency and
        develop the relationships to utilize the experience, expertise, and
        skills of each center.
        Established as a peer network of AR&D technical practitioners and
        subject matter experts.
        Currently hold monthly CoP telecons and an annual face-to-face
        meeting.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                          Page 4
AR&D CoP Purpose
February 2012



        Promote cross-directorate communication on AR&D in order to
        facilitate maximum leverage of agency resources for technology
        road-mapping and informal peer reviews.
        Develop an Agency AR&D Strategy - the purpose of this
        presentation.
        Steer AR&D technologies and developments in the future.
        Provide a source of independent technical expert support at formal
        design reviews and for anomalies.
        Enable simple periodic sharing of data, lessons learned and best
        engineering practices.
        Leverage Agency hardware and/or software/algorithms across
        directorates.
        Increase awareness of partnership, collaboration, and cost-
        leveraging opportunities inside and outside the Agency.


NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 5
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 6
Overarching Summary
February 2012



        The ability of space assets to rendezvous and dock/capture/berth is
        a fundamental enabler for numerous classes of NASA’s
        missions, and is therefore an essential capability for the future of
        NASA.
        However:
           NASA programs requiring AR&D capabilities are estimated within to be
            spending up to an order-of-magnitude more than necessary and taking twice
            as long as necessary to achieve their AR&D capability, “reinventing the wheel”
            for each program.
           NASA has fallen behind all of our foreign counterparts in AR&D technology
            (especially autonomy) in the process.
        The AR&D CoP recommends:
           NASA develop an AR&D “Warehouse”.
           NASA coordinate and integrate all current and proposed technology
            development activities into a cohesive cross-Agency strategy to produce and
            utilize this AR&D Warehouse.

NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                         Page 7
Costs of Today’s Way of Doing Business
February 2012


        Initial estimates indicate enormous savings in time and money once the Warehouse
        is completely developed.
        The methods used to arrive at this data are presented in Appendices A and B of the
        paper, and are not the focus of this presentation.

       Vehicle Mission                                Without Integrated               With Integrated
                                                      Agency Strategy                  Agency Strategy
       LEO to non-ISS (e.g. satellite                 $65.6M‡                          $6.6M‡
       servicing, on-orbit assembly)                  4 years                          2 years
       LEO to ISS (dual string, human                 $83.4M‡‡                         $20.0M to $8.4M‡
       rated)                                         5 years                          2 years
       Beyond LEO                                     $56.2M‡‡                         $28.8M to $10.0M‡‡‡
                                                      4 years                          2 years

        A few notes:
           This could make future missions in the $300M and less category much more viable.
           Assuming 6 new vehicles going to LEO (2 to ISS, 4 non-ISS), and 2 going beyond LEO, in the next
            ten years, the Agency would save roughly $520M and 16 development-years over that decade.
           Each vehicle also has a significant risk reduction in technical performance as time progresses.


NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                               Page 8
“Warehouse” Defined
February 2012



        “Warehouse” refers to a toolbox (or library, or capability suite) that
        has pre-integrated selectable
           supply-chain hardware
           reusable software components
        that are considered
           ready-to-fly
           low-risk
           reliable
           versatile
           scalable
           cost-effective
           architecture and destination independent
        that can be confidently utilized operationally on human spaceflight
        and robotic vehicles over a variety of mission classes and design
        reference missions, especially beyond LEO.
NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                              Page 9
“Warehouse” Defined
February 2012



        “Warehouse” refers to a toolbox (or library, or capability suite) that
        has pre-integrated selectable
           supply-chain hardware
           reusable software components
        that are considered
           ready-to-fly                               This is not
           low-risk                                   standardization.
           reliable
           versatile
           scalable
           cost-effective
           architecture and destination independent
        that can be confidently utilized operationally on human spaceflight
        and robotic vehicles over a variety of mission classes and design
        reference missions, especially beyond LEO.
NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                             Page 10
Why is an Integrated Agency Strategy Required?
February 2012




        There is no single mission that can achieve all AR&D capabilities and
        enable all mission classes.
           A campaign of coordinated missions will be needed to exercise and develop all AR&D-
            enabling capabilities.
        To achieve the noted long-term savings, some minimal Agency-level
        investments will be required by the earliest programs to adopt this strategy.
           This approach will not be the most cost-effective solution for these early Programs.
           This is precisely why we are where we are in terms of our history of point-designs and
            their obsolescence.
           This can only be overcome by Agency leadership and investment.
NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                    Page 11
Why Not External Solutions?
February 2012



        Risk of:
           limited insight into their designs,
           limits on our vehicles as dictated by their designs, and
           ownership and/or technology transfer issues.
        Thus, we believe a NASA-developed Warehouse is critical to NASA’s
        future, and note that NASA leadership in establishing an AR&D
        Warehouse will also benefit proposed Department of Defense (DoD)
        missions and the commercial sector as well.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                        Page 12
Overview Summarized
February 2012


        The NASA AR&D CoP believes the AR&D Warehouse is a highly desired
        outcome, achievable in the next five to ten years.
        A strong commitment by Agency leadership to a strategic Agency direction
        based on an evolutionary, stair-step development, through a campaign of
        coordinated ground tests and space-based system demonstrations of
        AR&D component technologies, will yield this multiple-use AR&D
        Warehouse and its associated benefits.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                              Page 13
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 14
Autonomy vs. Automation
February 2012


        Autonomous (Autonomy): ground dependency vs. onboard capability.
           A fully autonomous function can be executed onboard using a combination of
            crew and onboard software, without ground support.
           A fully non-autonomous function requires ground support using a combination of
            flight controllers and ground software.

        Automated (Automation): human operation vs. computer operation.
           A fully automated function is done completely by computers (onboard and/or
            ground).
           A fully non-automated function is done completely by humans (crew and/or flight
            controllers).
        Given these definitions, we can characterize the split between:
            onboard flight computers (autonomous/automated),
            onboard crew (autonomous/non-automated),
            ground computers (non-autonomous/automated),
            ground personnel (non-autonomous/non-automated), and
            all “shades of grey” in between, which varies greatly based on function.
NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                          Page 15
Notional Example Levels of Autonomy
                             and Automation
February 2012




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                         Page 16
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 17
Our History is One of Point Designs
February 2012


        In spite of a significant track record of successful rendezvous and docking
        missions to the ISS involving varying degrees of AR&D capability, and other
        successful demonstration missions of limited AR&D capability, a U.S.
        mainstream AR&D technology base for a wide spectrum of missions does
        not exist.
        To date, all U.S. programs have generated point-designs with limited future
        application.
           Full autonomy and automation has not been required for LEO rendezvous and docking
            missions as yet - these missions take advantage of ground and space-based assets.
           Missions implement varying degrees of autonomy and automation that are tailored for
            their purposes.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                               Page 18
Our History - Examined
February 2012


        For the past three decades the Space Shuttle exclusively provided American
        operational rendezvous and docking capability.
           100% success rate.
           Limited to LEO operations.
           Heavily utilized ground operators and the flight crew to increase mission success probability and
            robustness to failures.
        Recently, AR&D technology demonstrators (such as Orbital Express and XSS-11)
        have flown successful or partially successful AR&D missions.
           All had intentionally limited human involvement from ground controllers.
           All were intentionally limited in scope and capability.
           All had no clear long-term impact as they were not part of an overall coordinated strategy.
           Much of the hardware demonstrated on these missions is no longer available to support future flights.
        Operational ISS transport and re-supply has the same issues as Shuttle:
           Currently provided by AR&D systems in the form of ATV, HTV, and Progress, by the
            Europeans, Japanese, and Russians respectively, and in the future by the U.S. through the
            Orion/MPCV spacecraft and/or commercial vendors.
           All these systems are necessarily optimized to take advantage of LEO infrastructure, such as GPS
            and ready-access to ground controllers, and are therefore not extensible to applications beyond LEO
            without significant NRE.


NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                                 Page 19
Our History is Therefore
                                  “A History of Obsolescence”
February 2012



        Our history of point designs shows that they become obsolete after
        each mission is flown.
           The capabilities developed for each vehicle and mission simply do not outlive
            their projects.
           They become obsolete and are of limited or no use to future programs, so new NASA
            projects are continually reinventing the wheel of AR&D.
           Thus, new missions requiring AR&D capabilities continue to incur significant non-
            recurring engineering (NRE) and development costs related to AR&D component
            sensors and integrated systems.
        The primary reasons for this “history of obsolescence” are:
           A lack of an integrated Agency-wide AR&D technology development strategy
            that drives programs to long-term Agency-wide solutions versus program point
            designs, and
           A lack of funding the additional minimal resources to the programs that this
            takes in the short-term.



NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                 Page 20
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 21
Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
February 2012


        Broad Agency support and funding for an evolutionary, stair-step
        development through a campaign of space-based system demonstrations
        of an AR&D capability suite that supports the spectrum of Agency
        exploration missions is required.
           As capabilities continue to be developed, it may not always be in the best interest of
            individual Programs to help advance these capabilities, especially in terms of maintaining
            the versatility of the system.
           If upcoming missions simply tailor their systems to fit their specific needs, their
            contribution to future planned missions will be minimal, as we have seen in the past.
        The Agency will also have to commit to continual reassessment of this
        AR&D strategy, making adjustments as needed.
        The Agency will also have to actively coordinate AR&D efforts at various
        centers.
        The NESC will support all continued efforts to ensure continual Agency
        support and manage overall integrated Agency AR&D success.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                     Page 22
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 23
Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
February 2012


        The Warehouse is a library or toolbox of reusable AR&D GN&C
        algorithms, mission manager algorithms, and supply-chain hardware
        components, all integrated with standardized interfaces.
        Although it would be highly desired, it is impractical to design a “universal”
        AR&D Warehouse that meets 100 percent of the needs for every mission.
        The goal is to provide an AR&D toolbox with approximately 80 percent of the
        capability needed for any mission and flexible interface standards that allow
        each mission to tailor the remaining 20 percent of their flight design based on
        unique mission needs.
        Provides the ability to construct cohesive AR&D flight system configurations, or
        instantiations, very rapidly, for all of NASA’s future robotic and human missions
        requiring AR&D.
        Since the majority of the effort in an AR&D mission is solving the complex
        systems integration challenges, the 80 percent off-the-shelf solution delivered
        by the Warehouse greatly reduces the NRE costs for each mission compared to
        business-as-usual.
        The AR&D Warehouse is not one of standardizing AR&D. Only the interfaces are
        standardized.

NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                          Page 24
Warehouse - Concept
February 2012




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                         Page 25
Warehouse – Key Notes
February 2012


        Evolvable
           Each element is evolvable allowing advances in sensor technology, computer
            technology, and algorithms to be integrated with a minimum of difficulty.
        Optional
           Note that no project is forced to use any of the Warehouse.
           When a new mission sets out to develop its AR&D system, or a mission concept team
            sets out to quickly model its AR&D system, those involved simply pull what they want
            from the Warehouse “toolbox” or “library”.
           If they choose, they can use nothing from the AR&D Warehouse, and start out with less
            than 10% of their design that’s probably already in-hand. Or if they pull one of each
            category of items in the toolbox, they could end up with as much of 80% of their design.
           Only requirement: After their design is complete, they are required to place any newly
            developed items and added knowledge back into the Warehouse for future missions’
            use.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                  Page 26
Warehouse – Key Notes
February 2012


        User Support
           The AR&D CoP will also provide support via its network of experts to projects to assist
            them in utilizing, and later contributing to, the Warehouse.
        There would be developmental vs. operational subcategories
           Categories similar to TRLs to distinguish developmental items at one extreme
            versus items with flight heritage at the other.
        Goal to Maximize Open Source Nature of Warehouse
           At a minimum, items in the Warehouse shall meet “open-interface” standards.
                •   Even if an item is a “black box” because of contractual, proprietary, or other
                    restrictions, other elements of the Warehouse will be able to utilize that item, for any
                    program that wishes to use such an item. This will enable sharing of items across
                    NASA and DoD and our industry partners.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                           Page 27
Warehouse – Open Source Issues
February 2012




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                          Page 28
Why Can’t We Obtain an “Off-The-Shelf” System?
February 2012



        Answer: AR&D is a Capability, Not a System
           AR&D is a distributed capability that requires many vehicle subsystems to
            operate in concert.
           AR&D leverages the complete vehicle capability through the systems
            engineering and integration of multiple subsystems.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                         Page 29
If AR&D Involves All Systems,
                      How Can We Build an AR&D Warehouse?
February 2012


        The Warehouse focuses on those systems that are most impacted by
        adding an AR&D requirement to a vehicle:
           Relative navigation sensors and integrated communications,
           Robust AR&D GN&C & real-time Flight Software (FSW),
           Docking/capture mechanisms/interfaces, and
           Mission/system managers for Autonomy/Automation.
        Note that all other subsystems, e.g. propulsion, C&DH, etc., would be part
        of any vehicle, even those that do not rendezvous.
        The AR&D capability suite would be populated with various solutions for
        each of these four areas, and all solutions would have standardized
        interfaces.
           The recently agreed-to “International Docking System Standard” is an excellent example.
        Then, each mission would then pick-and-choose which solutions in the
        AR&D suite are most useful for implementing their design.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                Page 30
A Few Notes on the Four Subsystems
February 2012



        Our paper gives some more detail on each of these four
        systems, and how NASA should start advancing each individually.
        In the interest of time, please refer to the whitepaper. For now, note:
           None of these subsystems are low TRL by themselves; the immaturity is in the
            integration.
           This will require both ground testing and on-orbit demonstrations, as well as
            incorporation of lessons learned through integration with other subsystems on
            a variety of spacecraft before they can all be considered part of a U.S. AR&D
            Warehouse.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                        Page 31
AR&D Warehouse Development, Step 1 of 3
February 2012


        Initial maturation of the four subsystem technologies (relative navigation
        sensors and integrated communication, robust AR&D GN&C & real-time
        FSW, docking/capture mechanisms, and mission/system managers).
           Involves both ground and flight testing, provides NASA with hands-on
            experience, establishes the architecture for the capability suite, and lays the groundwork
            for commercial application.
           This can be addressed in relatively short order with the judicious coordination of ongoing
            Program efforts and new funding, as well as leveraging the RPOD accomplishments of
            previous Programs, heritage GN&C algorithms, and software will be utilized to minimize
            development costs. Also, existing mission manager software will be used initially as a
            baseline to create a flexible and configurable system to support future vehicle
            architectures.
           NASA has already invested significant resources toward the NRE development costs for
            pertinent navigation sensors required for AR&D.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                   Page 32
AR&D Warehouse Development, Step 2 of 3
February 2012


        Achieve an understanding of the integration and interplay of AR&D with
        various subsystems, while meeting vehicle and mission requirements and
        constraints.
           This is our most significant challenge.
           The vast majority of the AR&D development effort involves recognizing and dealing with
            contingencies and unexpected behavior from subsystem interaction and off-nominal
            conditions.
           So, in addition to architecting the AR&D GN&C system to maximize robustness (through
            well-designed FDIR and contingency responses) and minimize such subsystem
            interaction/dependencies (i.e., keeping clean interfaces by design), we must accumulate
            operational experience, confidence, and history with these systems and capabilities
            through ground testing as well as multiple space-based system demonstrations to lower
            the risk for each mission.
           The focus for AR&D technology development can be reduced to two steps.
                •   First, re-use, extend, and update current mature capabilities.
                •   Second, fill and enhance the remaining technology gaps, such as enhancing autonomy through
                    systematic fail-operational approaches, enhance mission manager re-planning and re-configuration
                    response capabilities, incorporation of robust AR&D GN&C algorithms into real-time FSW, and
                    extension of these algorithms to support missions beyond LEO.


NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                                Page 33
AR&D Warehouse Development, Step 3 of 3
February 2012



        Development of supply chains for AR&D hardware.
           A very large portion of the cost reductions estimated herein is due to use of
            hardware made available through a stable supply chain.
           Our history is one of AR&D hardware developed for single-use applications.
           In the case of standardizing docking mechanisms for larger spacecraft, the
            Agency is already moving forward with changing this paradigm.
           We have many more opportunities however to ensure that hardware is
            available for multiple uses.
                •   For example, three separate flash LIDAR experiments have flown on the Space
                    Shuttle in recent years. NASA should take steps to ensure that all three continue in
                    development and remain available for selection by programs, “off-the-shelf”, as all
                    three have their applications depending on program requirements. But none will ever
                    be selected if the supply is not there.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                       Page 34
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 35
Risk of Inaction
February 2012


        Thus far, we have attempted to establish these four items:
           There is no current off-the-shelf versatile AR&D capability.
           Technology components (such as sensors) developed for previous missions:
                •   Often no longer exist in a production capacity, and/or
                •   Were most likely designed with specific missions in mind and would require extensive redesign.
           Foreign and commercial systems are not viable for this same reason, in addition to complications from limited insight in
            their designs and limits on our vehicles as dictated by their designs.
           AR&D’s high level of dependency on other systems.
        Assuming there is agreement on these four items, then, without Agency-level
        direction, coordination, commitment, and investments to get an AR&D Warehouse, it is
        reasonable to assume that new Programs:
           Must continue to develop their own AR&D components, “reinventing the wheel” for each mission, developing their own
            tailored/custom, sufficient AR&D systems.
                •   Burdened with the associated significant NRE, schedule, and technical risk.
           Perpetuate the history of obsolescence and prevent the maturation of an Agency capability suite, which would reduce
            these risks for future Progams.
        The penalty of not establishing an Agency-level coordinated strategy now is significant long term
        additional cost, increased development time, and increased risk for future Projects.
        Additionally, the Agency will miss an opportunity to address our needs, influence the commercial
        sector, and will fall ever further behind our foreign counterparts.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                                                Page 36
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 37
Strategy Implementation Relative to Orion
                       (and other existing Projects)
February 2012


        All existing Projects with AR&D are candidates for immediate involvement in the
        overall strategy.
           Minimal additional Agency level investments would be required and additional strategic AR&D
            requirements would need to be levied on existing Projects.
        Without such Agency level redirection, Projects will surely optimize their AR&D
        subsystems for their mission specific operations.
           For example, if Orion goes to ISS, it would tailor toward LEO and take advantage of
            GPS, TDRSS, and ground support that would not be available for other mission classes. As
            shown, an Orion design optimized for an ISS mission will not fully provide all AR&D needs for the
            NASA portfolio of missions over the next 10-15 years.
        However, with Agency investments and proper re-direction, NASA can utilize Orion in
        mutually developing a system that is extensible to human and robotic missions
        beyond LEO and build a more complete solution which is reusable.
           Same benefits even if Orion does not go to ISS, and even if we used a different vehicle as an
            example.
        As a result, when coupled with additional investments in other Programs, Orion’s
        AR&D system would satisfy the Agency’s first-step objectives, and ensure that Orion
        would complement the overall strategic path to an AR&D Warehouse for the Agency.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                                 Page 38
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 39
Progress Thus Far
February 2012


        First, the AR&D Community of Practice has led AR&D practitioners at eight
        NASA centers and the NESC to come to agreement on this strategy.
           This paper has been presented and endorsed and/or agreed to by the Agency’s Flight
            Sciences Steering Committee, the Agency Chief Engineer, the GNC Technical Discipline
            Team, and the NESC Review Board.
           The Office of Chief Technologist adopted the bulk of its TA4 Roadmap* from early drafts
            of this whitepaper, and drafted its 2010 Broad Area Announcement call in the area of
            AR&D also from early drafts of this document.
           Later in CY2012, the CoP will incorporate any public and industry feedback that OCT
            received from its roadmaps, and will re-release this full whitepaper to the DoD and the
            public via publication and solicit additional feedback and support.
        While implementation details are not the subject of this whitepaper, once
        fully adopted, the CoP will formulate recommendations for implementation
        if requested.



        * NASA OCT Robotics, Tele-Robotics and Autonomous Systems Roadmap, Technology Area
        04, Draft, November 2010

NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                   Page 40
Progress Thus Far
February 2012


        In parallel, the initial development of the warehouse can go forward, and it
        has.
           The warehouse concept has already received $225k in institutional funds from the
            centers to begin building the warehouse and the standardized interfaces necessary.
           An initial demonstration of the warehouse was performed in September 2011.
           The CoP hopes to acquire additional funding to complete the initial development of the
            warehouse and to demonstrate it, especially its algorithm modularity and capability to run
            in multiple environments and testbeds in FY2012.
        The CoP is also looking for a low cost flight opportunity. Once the
        warehouse is successfully used for a flight, the cost savings will be
        calculated and used to refine the projected costs already mentioned herein.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                   Page 41
Contents
February 2012



        AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose
        Overview of Strategy
        Autonomy and Automation Defined
        The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence
        The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy
        The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept
        Risk of Inaction
        Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV
        Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps
        Summary




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                            Page 42
Summary
February 2012


        The AR&D CoP recommends that the Agency make the necessary commitments and
        investments to implement a cohesive cross-Agency strategic direction for AR&D, that
        is based on evolutionary stair-step development through a campaign of coordinated
        ground tests and space-based system demonstrations, to achieve a mainstream
        AR&D capability suite, or “warehouse”, that supports the spectrum of future Agency
        exploration missions.
        The Agency should coordinate and integrate all ongoing and future technology and
        development Programs, including investing additional (minimal) resources and
        levying additional strategic AR&D requirements on current Programs, as
        necessary, such that current Programs are fully integrated into this Agency strategy.
        The CoP believes that with this approach, a U.S. mainstream AR&D technology base
        for a wide spectrum of missions can be developed that is ready-to-fly, low-
        risk, reliable, versatile, architecture and destination independent, and extremely cost-
        effective, perhaps reducing AR&D implementation costs from roughly $70M per
        mission to as low as $7M per mission.
        This capability would enable the future missions of the Science and Human
        Exploration and Operations Mission Directorates, would benefit the DoD and the
        commercial spaceflight sector, and would re-establish U.S. leadership in the AR&D
        community.


NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                             Page 43
Questions?
February 2012




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                Page 44
February 2012




                                  BACKUP




NASA AR&D Community of Practice            Page 45
AR&D-Specific Subsystems (1 of 4)
February 2012



        Relative Navigation Sensors and Integrated Communications
           During the course of RPOD, varying accuracies of bearing, range, and relative
            attitude are needed for AR&D.
           Current commercial implementations for optical, laser, and RF systems (and
            combinations of these) are mid-TRL (Technology Readiness Level) and
            require flight experience to gain reliability and operational confidence.
           Moreover, integrated communication capability (at mid-field to near-field range)
            greatly enhances the responsiveness and robustness of the AR&D GN&C
            system, along with its portability.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                         Page 46
AR&D-Specific Subsystems (2 of 4)
February 2012



        Robust AR&D GN&C & Real-Time Flight Software (FSW)
           Space Shuttle, Orbital Express, XSS-11, and other development efforts have
            raised the maturity of AR&D GN&C algorithms to a very high level for these
            point designs.
           However, to develop and refine these point design algorithms into a robust
            AR&D GN&C system capability, integrated with the high-level Mission/System
            Managers (item 4 below), and implemented into realtime FSW is an enormous
            challenge.
           A best-practices based implementation of an AR&D GN&C system into real-
            time FSW operating systems does not exist.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                      Page 47
AR&D-Specific Subsystems (3 of 4)
February 2012



        Docking/Capture Mechanisms
           NASA is planning for the imminent construction of a new low-impact docking
            mechanism built to an international standard for human spaceflight missions to
            ISS.
           A smaller common docking system for robotic spacecraft is also needed to
            enable cost-efficient robotic spacecraft AR&D.
           Assembly of the large vehicles and stages used for beyond LEO exploration
            missions will require new mechanisms with new capture envelopes beyond
            any docking system currently used or in development.
           Berthing methods may also be utilized when warranted.
           Furthermore, for satellite servicing/rescue, development and testing is needed
            for the application of autonomous robotic capture of non-cooperative target
            vehicles in which the target does not have capture aids such as grapple
            fixtures.
           AR&D capability must be compatible with the capture envelopes of all the
            above systems.

NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                        Page 48
AR&D-Specific Subsystems (4 of 4)
February 2012



        Mission/System Managers for Autonomy/Automation
           A scalable spacecraft software executive that can be tailored for various
            mission applications and various levels of autonomy and automation, as
            enabled by the robust AR&D GN&C system (item 2 above), is needed to
            ensure safety and operational confidence in AR&D software execution.
           A scalable and evolvable executive architecture will prevent each mission from
            reinventing this critical piece of the AR&D software.
           Numerous spacecraft software executives have been developed, but the
            necessary piece that is missing is an Agency-wide open standard which will
            minimize the costs of such architectures.
           Creation of such a standard is also critical to ensure an ability of these
            architectures to leverage lessons learned and to evolve to higher levels of
            autonomy/automation over time as trust increases gradually in these
            capabilities.
           This evolutionary trait is especially critical to the trust of, and therefore success
            of, AR&D on crewed vehicles.
           Advances in fault management techniques must also be made in parallel.
NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                              Page 49
AR&D Warehouse Development, Step 3 of 3
February 2012


           The classes of sensors of use to AR&D can be generally grouped according to:
                •   Long range RF devices: At distances of 1-1,000+ km RF signals between AR&D
                    spacecraft are used to support rendezvous maneuvers with timely state updates.
                •   Long range optical devices: At distances of 1-1,000+ km optical bearing
                    measurements may be accumulated in time to support rendezvous maneuvers.
                •   Medium range optical and laser devices: At distances in the transition between
                    rendezvous and proximity operations (1-30 km) optical and laser devices can be used
                    to directly measure relative translational states.
                •   Short range optical and laser devices: At distances appropriate for proximity
                    operations (< 5 km to dock) optical and laser devices may provide both translation and
                    orientation state information.




NASA AR&D Community of Practice                                                                       Page 50

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  • 1. NASA AR&D Community of Practice A Joint Collaborative Effort of ARC, DFRC, GRC, GSFC, JSC, JPL, LaRC, MSFC, and the NESC 2012 NASA PM Challenge February 2012
  • 2. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 2
  • 3. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 3
  • 4. AR&D CoP Overview February 2012 The NESC and the Office of the Chief Engineer were originally chartered with establishing the Automated / Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking/Capture/Berthing (AR&D) Community of Practice (CoP). Formed in May 2010 to enable collaboration across the Agency and develop the relationships to utilize the experience, expertise, and skills of each center. Established as a peer network of AR&D technical practitioners and subject matter experts. Currently hold monthly CoP telecons and an annual face-to-face meeting. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 4
  • 5. AR&D CoP Purpose February 2012 Promote cross-directorate communication on AR&D in order to facilitate maximum leverage of agency resources for technology road-mapping and informal peer reviews. Develop an Agency AR&D Strategy - the purpose of this presentation. Steer AR&D technologies and developments in the future. Provide a source of independent technical expert support at formal design reviews and for anomalies. Enable simple periodic sharing of data, lessons learned and best engineering practices. Leverage Agency hardware and/or software/algorithms across directorates. Increase awareness of partnership, collaboration, and cost- leveraging opportunities inside and outside the Agency. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 5
  • 6. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 6
  • 7. Overarching Summary February 2012 The ability of space assets to rendezvous and dock/capture/berth is a fundamental enabler for numerous classes of NASA’s missions, and is therefore an essential capability for the future of NASA. However:  NASA programs requiring AR&D capabilities are estimated within to be spending up to an order-of-magnitude more than necessary and taking twice as long as necessary to achieve their AR&D capability, “reinventing the wheel” for each program.  NASA has fallen behind all of our foreign counterparts in AR&D technology (especially autonomy) in the process. The AR&D CoP recommends:  NASA develop an AR&D “Warehouse”.  NASA coordinate and integrate all current and proposed technology development activities into a cohesive cross-Agency strategy to produce and utilize this AR&D Warehouse. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 7
  • 8. Costs of Today’s Way of Doing Business February 2012 Initial estimates indicate enormous savings in time and money once the Warehouse is completely developed. The methods used to arrive at this data are presented in Appendices A and B of the paper, and are not the focus of this presentation. Vehicle Mission Without Integrated With Integrated Agency Strategy Agency Strategy LEO to non-ISS (e.g. satellite $65.6M‡ $6.6M‡ servicing, on-orbit assembly) 4 years 2 years LEO to ISS (dual string, human $83.4M‡‡ $20.0M to $8.4M‡ rated) 5 years 2 years Beyond LEO $56.2M‡‡ $28.8M to $10.0M‡‡‡ 4 years 2 years A few notes:  This could make future missions in the $300M and less category much more viable.  Assuming 6 new vehicles going to LEO (2 to ISS, 4 non-ISS), and 2 going beyond LEO, in the next ten years, the Agency would save roughly $520M and 16 development-years over that decade.  Each vehicle also has a significant risk reduction in technical performance as time progresses. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 8
  • 9. “Warehouse” Defined February 2012 “Warehouse” refers to a toolbox (or library, or capability suite) that has pre-integrated selectable  supply-chain hardware  reusable software components that are considered  ready-to-fly  low-risk  reliable  versatile  scalable  cost-effective  architecture and destination independent that can be confidently utilized operationally on human spaceflight and robotic vehicles over a variety of mission classes and design reference missions, especially beyond LEO. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 9
  • 10. “Warehouse” Defined February 2012 “Warehouse” refers to a toolbox (or library, or capability suite) that has pre-integrated selectable  supply-chain hardware  reusable software components that are considered  ready-to-fly This is not  low-risk standardization.  reliable  versatile  scalable  cost-effective  architecture and destination independent that can be confidently utilized operationally on human spaceflight and robotic vehicles over a variety of mission classes and design reference missions, especially beyond LEO. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 10
  • 11. Why is an Integrated Agency Strategy Required? February 2012 There is no single mission that can achieve all AR&D capabilities and enable all mission classes.  A campaign of coordinated missions will be needed to exercise and develop all AR&D- enabling capabilities. To achieve the noted long-term savings, some minimal Agency-level investments will be required by the earliest programs to adopt this strategy.  This approach will not be the most cost-effective solution for these early Programs.  This is precisely why we are where we are in terms of our history of point-designs and their obsolescence.  This can only be overcome by Agency leadership and investment. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 11
  • 12. Why Not External Solutions? February 2012 Risk of:  limited insight into their designs,  limits on our vehicles as dictated by their designs, and  ownership and/or technology transfer issues. Thus, we believe a NASA-developed Warehouse is critical to NASA’s future, and note that NASA leadership in establishing an AR&D Warehouse will also benefit proposed Department of Defense (DoD) missions and the commercial sector as well. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 12
  • 13. Overview Summarized February 2012 The NASA AR&D CoP believes the AR&D Warehouse is a highly desired outcome, achievable in the next five to ten years. A strong commitment by Agency leadership to a strategic Agency direction based on an evolutionary, stair-step development, through a campaign of coordinated ground tests and space-based system demonstrations of AR&D component technologies, will yield this multiple-use AR&D Warehouse and its associated benefits. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 13
  • 14. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 14
  • 15. Autonomy vs. Automation February 2012 Autonomous (Autonomy): ground dependency vs. onboard capability.  A fully autonomous function can be executed onboard using a combination of crew and onboard software, without ground support.  A fully non-autonomous function requires ground support using a combination of flight controllers and ground software. Automated (Automation): human operation vs. computer operation.  A fully automated function is done completely by computers (onboard and/or ground).  A fully non-automated function is done completely by humans (crew and/or flight controllers). Given these definitions, we can characterize the split between: onboard flight computers (autonomous/automated), onboard crew (autonomous/non-automated), ground computers (non-autonomous/automated), ground personnel (non-autonomous/non-automated), and all “shades of grey” in between, which varies greatly based on function. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 15
  • 16. Notional Example Levels of Autonomy and Automation February 2012 NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 16
  • 17. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 17
  • 18. Our History is One of Point Designs February 2012 In spite of a significant track record of successful rendezvous and docking missions to the ISS involving varying degrees of AR&D capability, and other successful demonstration missions of limited AR&D capability, a U.S. mainstream AR&D technology base for a wide spectrum of missions does not exist. To date, all U.S. programs have generated point-designs with limited future application.  Full autonomy and automation has not been required for LEO rendezvous and docking missions as yet - these missions take advantage of ground and space-based assets.  Missions implement varying degrees of autonomy and automation that are tailored for their purposes. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 18
  • 19. Our History - Examined February 2012 For the past three decades the Space Shuttle exclusively provided American operational rendezvous and docking capability.  100% success rate.  Limited to LEO operations.  Heavily utilized ground operators and the flight crew to increase mission success probability and robustness to failures. Recently, AR&D technology demonstrators (such as Orbital Express and XSS-11) have flown successful or partially successful AR&D missions.  All had intentionally limited human involvement from ground controllers.  All were intentionally limited in scope and capability.  All had no clear long-term impact as they were not part of an overall coordinated strategy.  Much of the hardware demonstrated on these missions is no longer available to support future flights. Operational ISS transport and re-supply has the same issues as Shuttle:  Currently provided by AR&D systems in the form of ATV, HTV, and Progress, by the Europeans, Japanese, and Russians respectively, and in the future by the U.S. through the Orion/MPCV spacecraft and/or commercial vendors.  All these systems are necessarily optimized to take advantage of LEO infrastructure, such as GPS and ready-access to ground controllers, and are therefore not extensible to applications beyond LEO without significant NRE. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 19
  • 20. Our History is Therefore “A History of Obsolescence” February 2012 Our history of point designs shows that they become obsolete after each mission is flown.  The capabilities developed for each vehicle and mission simply do not outlive their projects.  They become obsolete and are of limited or no use to future programs, so new NASA projects are continually reinventing the wheel of AR&D.  Thus, new missions requiring AR&D capabilities continue to incur significant non- recurring engineering (NRE) and development costs related to AR&D component sensors and integrated systems. The primary reasons for this “history of obsolescence” are:  A lack of an integrated Agency-wide AR&D technology development strategy that drives programs to long-term Agency-wide solutions versus program point designs, and  A lack of funding the additional minimal resources to the programs that this takes in the short-term. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 20
  • 21. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 21
  • 22. Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy February 2012 Broad Agency support and funding for an evolutionary, stair-step development through a campaign of space-based system demonstrations of an AR&D capability suite that supports the spectrum of Agency exploration missions is required.  As capabilities continue to be developed, it may not always be in the best interest of individual Programs to help advance these capabilities, especially in terms of maintaining the versatility of the system.  If upcoming missions simply tailor their systems to fit their specific needs, their contribution to future planned missions will be minimal, as we have seen in the past. The Agency will also have to commit to continual reassessment of this AR&D strategy, making adjustments as needed. The Agency will also have to actively coordinate AR&D efforts at various centers. The NESC will support all continued efforts to ensure continual Agency support and manage overall integrated Agency AR&D success. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 22
  • 23. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 23
  • 24. Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept February 2012 The Warehouse is a library or toolbox of reusable AR&D GN&C algorithms, mission manager algorithms, and supply-chain hardware components, all integrated with standardized interfaces. Although it would be highly desired, it is impractical to design a “universal” AR&D Warehouse that meets 100 percent of the needs for every mission. The goal is to provide an AR&D toolbox with approximately 80 percent of the capability needed for any mission and flexible interface standards that allow each mission to tailor the remaining 20 percent of their flight design based on unique mission needs. Provides the ability to construct cohesive AR&D flight system configurations, or instantiations, very rapidly, for all of NASA’s future robotic and human missions requiring AR&D. Since the majority of the effort in an AR&D mission is solving the complex systems integration challenges, the 80 percent off-the-shelf solution delivered by the Warehouse greatly reduces the NRE costs for each mission compared to business-as-usual. The AR&D Warehouse is not one of standardizing AR&D. Only the interfaces are standardized. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 24
  • 25. Warehouse - Concept February 2012 NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 25
  • 26. Warehouse – Key Notes February 2012 Evolvable  Each element is evolvable allowing advances in sensor technology, computer technology, and algorithms to be integrated with a minimum of difficulty. Optional  Note that no project is forced to use any of the Warehouse.  When a new mission sets out to develop its AR&D system, or a mission concept team sets out to quickly model its AR&D system, those involved simply pull what they want from the Warehouse “toolbox” or “library”.  If they choose, they can use nothing from the AR&D Warehouse, and start out with less than 10% of their design that’s probably already in-hand. Or if they pull one of each category of items in the toolbox, they could end up with as much of 80% of their design.  Only requirement: After their design is complete, they are required to place any newly developed items and added knowledge back into the Warehouse for future missions’ use. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 26
  • 27. Warehouse – Key Notes February 2012 User Support  The AR&D CoP will also provide support via its network of experts to projects to assist them in utilizing, and later contributing to, the Warehouse. There would be developmental vs. operational subcategories  Categories similar to TRLs to distinguish developmental items at one extreme versus items with flight heritage at the other. Goal to Maximize Open Source Nature of Warehouse  At a minimum, items in the Warehouse shall meet “open-interface” standards. • Even if an item is a “black box” because of contractual, proprietary, or other restrictions, other elements of the Warehouse will be able to utilize that item, for any program that wishes to use such an item. This will enable sharing of items across NASA and DoD and our industry partners. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 27
  • 28. Warehouse – Open Source Issues February 2012 NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 28
  • 29. Why Can’t We Obtain an “Off-The-Shelf” System? February 2012 Answer: AR&D is a Capability, Not a System  AR&D is a distributed capability that requires many vehicle subsystems to operate in concert.  AR&D leverages the complete vehicle capability through the systems engineering and integration of multiple subsystems. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 29
  • 30. If AR&D Involves All Systems, How Can We Build an AR&D Warehouse? February 2012 The Warehouse focuses on those systems that are most impacted by adding an AR&D requirement to a vehicle:  Relative navigation sensors and integrated communications,  Robust AR&D GN&C & real-time Flight Software (FSW),  Docking/capture mechanisms/interfaces, and  Mission/system managers for Autonomy/Automation. Note that all other subsystems, e.g. propulsion, C&DH, etc., would be part of any vehicle, even those that do not rendezvous. The AR&D capability suite would be populated with various solutions for each of these four areas, and all solutions would have standardized interfaces.  The recently agreed-to “International Docking System Standard” is an excellent example. Then, each mission would then pick-and-choose which solutions in the AR&D suite are most useful for implementing their design. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 30
  • 31. A Few Notes on the Four Subsystems February 2012 Our paper gives some more detail on each of these four systems, and how NASA should start advancing each individually. In the interest of time, please refer to the whitepaper. For now, note:  None of these subsystems are low TRL by themselves; the immaturity is in the integration.  This will require both ground testing and on-orbit demonstrations, as well as incorporation of lessons learned through integration with other subsystems on a variety of spacecraft before they can all be considered part of a U.S. AR&D Warehouse. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 31
  • 32. AR&D Warehouse Development, Step 1 of 3 February 2012 Initial maturation of the four subsystem technologies (relative navigation sensors and integrated communication, robust AR&D GN&C & real-time FSW, docking/capture mechanisms, and mission/system managers).  Involves both ground and flight testing, provides NASA with hands-on experience, establishes the architecture for the capability suite, and lays the groundwork for commercial application.  This can be addressed in relatively short order with the judicious coordination of ongoing Program efforts and new funding, as well as leveraging the RPOD accomplishments of previous Programs, heritage GN&C algorithms, and software will be utilized to minimize development costs. Also, existing mission manager software will be used initially as a baseline to create a flexible and configurable system to support future vehicle architectures.  NASA has already invested significant resources toward the NRE development costs for pertinent navigation sensors required for AR&D. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 32
  • 33. AR&D Warehouse Development, Step 2 of 3 February 2012 Achieve an understanding of the integration and interplay of AR&D with various subsystems, while meeting vehicle and mission requirements and constraints.  This is our most significant challenge.  The vast majority of the AR&D development effort involves recognizing and dealing with contingencies and unexpected behavior from subsystem interaction and off-nominal conditions.  So, in addition to architecting the AR&D GN&C system to maximize robustness (through well-designed FDIR and contingency responses) and minimize such subsystem interaction/dependencies (i.e., keeping clean interfaces by design), we must accumulate operational experience, confidence, and history with these systems and capabilities through ground testing as well as multiple space-based system demonstrations to lower the risk for each mission.  The focus for AR&D technology development can be reduced to two steps. • First, re-use, extend, and update current mature capabilities. • Second, fill and enhance the remaining technology gaps, such as enhancing autonomy through systematic fail-operational approaches, enhance mission manager re-planning and re-configuration response capabilities, incorporation of robust AR&D GN&C algorithms into real-time FSW, and extension of these algorithms to support missions beyond LEO. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 33
  • 34. AR&D Warehouse Development, Step 3 of 3 February 2012 Development of supply chains for AR&D hardware.  A very large portion of the cost reductions estimated herein is due to use of hardware made available through a stable supply chain.  Our history is one of AR&D hardware developed for single-use applications.  In the case of standardizing docking mechanisms for larger spacecraft, the Agency is already moving forward with changing this paradigm.  We have many more opportunities however to ensure that hardware is available for multiple uses. • For example, three separate flash LIDAR experiments have flown on the Space Shuttle in recent years. NASA should take steps to ensure that all three continue in development and remain available for selection by programs, “off-the-shelf”, as all three have their applications depending on program requirements. But none will ever be selected if the supply is not there. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 34
  • 35. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 35
  • 36. Risk of Inaction February 2012 Thus far, we have attempted to establish these four items:  There is no current off-the-shelf versatile AR&D capability.  Technology components (such as sensors) developed for previous missions: • Often no longer exist in a production capacity, and/or • Were most likely designed with specific missions in mind and would require extensive redesign.  Foreign and commercial systems are not viable for this same reason, in addition to complications from limited insight in their designs and limits on our vehicles as dictated by their designs.  AR&D’s high level of dependency on other systems. Assuming there is agreement on these four items, then, without Agency-level direction, coordination, commitment, and investments to get an AR&D Warehouse, it is reasonable to assume that new Programs:  Must continue to develop their own AR&D components, “reinventing the wheel” for each mission, developing their own tailored/custom, sufficient AR&D systems. • Burdened with the associated significant NRE, schedule, and technical risk.  Perpetuate the history of obsolescence and prevent the maturation of an Agency capability suite, which would reduce these risks for future Progams. The penalty of not establishing an Agency-level coordinated strategy now is significant long term additional cost, increased development time, and increased risk for future Projects. Additionally, the Agency will miss an opportunity to address our needs, influence the commercial sector, and will fall ever further behind our foreign counterparts. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 36
  • 37. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 37
  • 38. Strategy Implementation Relative to Orion (and other existing Projects) February 2012 All existing Projects with AR&D are candidates for immediate involvement in the overall strategy.  Minimal additional Agency level investments would be required and additional strategic AR&D requirements would need to be levied on existing Projects. Without such Agency level redirection, Projects will surely optimize their AR&D subsystems for their mission specific operations.  For example, if Orion goes to ISS, it would tailor toward LEO and take advantage of GPS, TDRSS, and ground support that would not be available for other mission classes. As shown, an Orion design optimized for an ISS mission will not fully provide all AR&D needs for the NASA portfolio of missions over the next 10-15 years. However, with Agency investments and proper re-direction, NASA can utilize Orion in mutually developing a system that is extensible to human and robotic missions beyond LEO and build a more complete solution which is reusable.  Same benefits even if Orion does not go to ISS, and even if we used a different vehicle as an example. As a result, when coupled with additional investments in other Programs, Orion’s AR&D system would satisfy the Agency’s first-step objectives, and ensure that Orion would complement the overall strategic path to an AR&D Warehouse for the Agency. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 38
  • 39. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 39
  • 40. Progress Thus Far February 2012 First, the AR&D Community of Practice has led AR&D practitioners at eight NASA centers and the NESC to come to agreement on this strategy.  This paper has been presented and endorsed and/or agreed to by the Agency’s Flight Sciences Steering Committee, the Agency Chief Engineer, the GNC Technical Discipline Team, and the NESC Review Board.  The Office of Chief Technologist adopted the bulk of its TA4 Roadmap* from early drafts of this whitepaper, and drafted its 2010 Broad Area Announcement call in the area of AR&D also from early drafts of this document.  Later in CY2012, the CoP will incorporate any public and industry feedback that OCT received from its roadmaps, and will re-release this full whitepaper to the DoD and the public via publication and solicit additional feedback and support. While implementation details are not the subject of this whitepaper, once fully adopted, the CoP will formulate recommendations for implementation if requested. * NASA OCT Robotics, Tele-Robotics and Autonomous Systems Roadmap, Technology Area 04, Draft, November 2010 NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 40
  • 41. Progress Thus Far February 2012 In parallel, the initial development of the warehouse can go forward, and it has.  The warehouse concept has already received $225k in institutional funds from the centers to begin building the warehouse and the standardized interfaces necessary.  An initial demonstration of the warehouse was performed in September 2011.  The CoP hopes to acquire additional funding to complete the initial development of the warehouse and to demonstrate it, especially its algorithm modularity and capability to run in multiple environments and testbeds in FY2012. The CoP is also looking for a low cost flight opportunity. Once the warehouse is successfully used for a flight, the cost savings will be calculated and used to refine the projected costs already mentioned herein. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 41
  • 42. Contents February 2012 AR&D Community of Practice Overview and Purpose Overview of Strategy Autonomy and Automation Defined The Problem – Our History of Obsolescence The Solution, Part 1 – Integrated Agency AR&D Strategy The Solution, Part 2 – The Warehouse / Toolbox / Library Concept Risk of Inaction Strategy Relative to Orion/MPCV Progress Thus Far and Immediate Next Steps Summary NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 42
  • 43. Summary February 2012 The AR&D CoP recommends that the Agency make the necessary commitments and investments to implement a cohesive cross-Agency strategic direction for AR&D, that is based on evolutionary stair-step development through a campaign of coordinated ground tests and space-based system demonstrations, to achieve a mainstream AR&D capability suite, or “warehouse”, that supports the spectrum of future Agency exploration missions. The Agency should coordinate and integrate all ongoing and future technology and development Programs, including investing additional (minimal) resources and levying additional strategic AR&D requirements on current Programs, as necessary, such that current Programs are fully integrated into this Agency strategy. The CoP believes that with this approach, a U.S. mainstream AR&D technology base for a wide spectrum of missions can be developed that is ready-to-fly, low- risk, reliable, versatile, architecture and destination independent, and extremely cost- effective, perhaps reducing AR&D implementation costs from roughly $70M per mission to as low as $7M per mission. This capability would enable the future missions of the Science and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorates, would benefit the DoD and the commercial spaceflight sector, and would re-establish U.S. leadership in the AR&D community. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 43
  • 44. Questions? February 2012 NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 44
  • 45. February 2012 BACKUP NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 45
  • 46. AR&D-Specific Subsystems (1 of 4) February 2012 Relative Navigation Sensors and Integrated Communications  During the course of RPOD, varying accuracies of bearing, range, and relative attitude are needed for AR&D.  Current commercial implementations for optical, laser, and RF systems (and combinations of these) are mid-TRL (Technology Readiness Level) and require flight experience to gain reliability and operational confidence.  Moreover, integrated communication capability (at mid-field to near-field range) greatly enhances the responsiveness and robustness of the AR&D GN&C system, along with its portability. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 46
  • 47. AR&D-Specific Subsystems (2 of 4) February 2012 Robust AR&D GN&C & Real-Time Flight Software (FSW)  Space Shuttle, Orbital Express, XSS-11, and other development efforts have raised the maturity of AR&D GN&C algorithms to a very high level for these point designs.  However, to develop and refine these point design algorithms into a robust AR&D GN&C system capability, integrated with the high-level Mission/System Managers (item 4 below), and implemented into realtime FSW is an enormous challenge.  A best-practices based implementation of an AR&D GN&C system into real- time FSW operating systems does not exist. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 47
  • 48. AR&D-Specific Subsystems (3 of 4) February 2012 Docking/Capture Mechanisms  NASA is planning for the imminent construction of a new low-impact docking mechanism built to an international standard for human spaceflight missions to ISS.  A smaller common docking system for robotic spacecraft is also needed to enable cost-efficient robotic spacecraft AR&D.  Assembly of the large vehicles and stages used for beyond LEO exploration missions will require new mechanisms with new capture envelopes beyond any docking system currently used or in development.  Berthing methods may also be utilized when warranted.  Furthermore, for satellite servicing/rescue, development and testing is needed for the application of autonomous robotic capture of non-cooperative target vehicles in which the target does not have capture aids such as grapple fixtures.  AR&D capability must be compatible with the capture envelopes of all the above systems. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 48
  • 49. AR&D-Specific Subsystems (4 of 4) February 2012 Mission/System Managers for Autonomy/Automation  A scalable spacecraft software executive that can be tailored for various mission applications and various levels of autonomy and automation, as enabled by the robust AR&D GN&C system (item 2 above), is needed to ensure safety and operational confidence in AR&D software execution.  A scalable and evolvable executive architecture will prevent each mission from reinventing this critical piece of the AR&D software.  Numerous spacecraft software executives have been developed, but the necessary piece that is missing is an Agency-wide open standard which will minimize the costs of such architectures.  Creation of such a standard is also critical to ensure an ability of these architectures to leverage lessons learned and to evolve to higher levels of autonomy/automation over time as trust increases gradually in these capabilities.  This evolutionary trait is especially critical to the trust of, and therefore success of, AR&D on crewed vehicles.  Advances in fault management techniques must also be made in parallel. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 49
  • 50. AR&D Warehouse Development, Step 3 of 3 February 2012  The classes of sensors of use to AR&D can be generally grouped according to: • Long range RF devices: At distances of 1-1,000+ km RF signals between AR&D spacecraft are used to support rendezvous maneuvers with timely state updates. • Long range optical devices: At distances of 1-1,000+ km optical bearing measurements may be accumulated in time to support rendezvous maneuvers. • Medium range optical and laser devices: At distances in the transition between rendezvous and proximity operations (1-30 km) optical and laser devices can be used to directly measure relative translational states. • Short range optical and laser devices: At distances appropriate for proximity operations (< 5 km to dock) optical and laser devices may provide both translation and orientation state information. NASA AR&D Community of Practice Page 50